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  How The Music World Rallied Around MCA Before His Death

  May 4, 2012 – Tributes to Beastie Boys' Adam "MCA" Yauch have been pouring out over the last few hours since news of his passing spread, from Diplo to Krist Novoselic to Big Boi. …
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  Rumored Bon Iver-Roots Jam Session Surfaces

  February 9, 2012 – Rumor had it Bon Iver did a little jamming with late-night's coolest house band when he was in New York recently, and now the evidence has finally arrived as a web-only clip from Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Justin Vernon and the Roots' ?uestlove, longtime Twitter pals, are totally vibing on this funkified remix of "Perth," the first track on the four-times-Grammy-nominated Bon Iver, Bon Iver. …
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  Henology: SPIN Test Drives ?uestlove's New Chicken Drumstick

  December 6, 2011 – Though his mighty Roots crew just released an especially complex concept album, drummer ?uestlove premiered his tastiest work yet at New York's legendary Blue Note last night: Love's Drumstick, an origami-wrapped buttermilk chicken drumstick served in a Bento Box. It was all part of "?uestlove Eats... A Night of Food and Music," the first event for his new catering service?uest Loves Food. …
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  The SPIN Interview: ?uestlove

  June 1, 2008 – With both relevant and obscure history buzzing through his afro, the Roots’ ?uestlove has been revising hip-hop’s rule book for 15 years. He’s also the genre’s go-to quote machine, dropping pearls like dimes. “Obama,” he says, “is the new De La Soul.” Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson is pop music's visionary B-boy auteur. …
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• Al Green, 'Lay It Down' (Blue Note)

  May 27, 2008 – This R&B equivalent of Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose pairs Al Green, the dapper philosopher king of Memphis soul, with producers James Poyser and Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson of the Roots. The result doesn't prove that Green's still got it; I Can't Stop, his 2003 reunion with Hi Records impresario Willie Mitchell, already did that. …
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