QUESTLOVE'S MUSIC IS HISTORY: THE ALBUM VERSION

Photos courtesy of Discogs Released: June 19, 1990 Recorded: 1989-1990 Label: MCA Records Side 1 1. Let the Rhytm Hit 'Em 2. No Omega* 3. In the Ghetto 4. Step Back 5. Eric B. Made My Day Side 2 1. Run For Cover 2. Untouchables 3. Mahogany 4. Keep 'Em Eager to Listen 5. Set 'Em Straight *-Questlove: "This is my favorite Rakim joint.  This is why you know that every hip-hop head subscribes to the Rakim-as-god-MC theory.  He bobs and weaves through all the verses, has little iambic pentameter moves, gets into his lines and out of them with speed and elegance.  "Next episode be smooth as a Persian"?  It already is."

Photos courtesy of Discogs Released: September 14, 1990 Recorded: 1989-1990 Label: Def Jam Recordings/Columbia Records Side 1 1. The Boomin' System 2. Around The Way Girl 3. Eat 'Em Up, L Chill 4. Mr. Goodbar 5. Murdergram (Live at Rapmania) * 6. Cheesy Rat Blues 7. Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem) Side 2 1. Mama Said Knock You Out 2. Milky Cereal 3. Jingling Baby (Remixed But Still Jingling) 4. To Da Break Of Dawn 5. 6 Minutes Of Pleasure 6. Illegal Search 7. The Power Of God *-Questlove: "I loved the album before this one, Walking With a Panther , though I can understand why people believed that it wasn't up to his standards.  When he came back, he came back hungry.  For some reason, it sends me back to "You Can't Dance," from his debut album in 1985.  That's my favorite corny LL joint, and maybe my favorite all-time LL joint.  Sue me:  I loved it when it came out.  In fact, I loved it so much that it's the source of a forthcoming humblebrag.  Befor...

Photos courtesy of Discogs Released: August 31, 1990 Label: Reprise Records Side 1 1. (Not Again!?) 2. So Much 2 Say* 3. (Human Body) 4. I L-O-V-E U 5. Something Within Me 6. Time After Time (The Savior Is Waiting) 7. Come Unto Me 8. (Pre-Prise: I'm On My Way) Side 2 1. I Believe 2. Sunday's on the Way 3. I'm On My Way 4. (That's the Law) 5. Where Do the Children Play? *-Questlove: "This track stopped me dead.  It's a rapid-fire exercise, like the Animaniacs were humanized.  The whole song is about how there's not time to go through it all ("So much to say/So little time"), so it's an exercise in itself.  Can you play that again?"

Photos courtesy of Discogs Released: July 10, 1990 Recorded: 1981-1990 Label: Paisley Park/Reprise Records Side 1 1. Dreamland 2. Pandemonium 3. Sexy Socialites 4. Jerk Out 5. Yount 6. Blondie 7. Donald Trump (Black Version) 8. Chocolate* Side 2 1. Cooking Class 2. Skillet 3. It's Your World 4. Sometimes I Get Lonely 5. Data Bank 6. My Summertime Thang 7. Pretty Little Women *- Questlove- "On D'Angelo records, we would program a click track and then drunkenly dance around the metronome to build up rhythm.  Prince does the opposite.  Everything is airtight but then he'll go for the human element on something as simple as handclaps . "