QUESTLOVE'S MUSIC IS HISTORY: THE ALBUM VERSION

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: January 28, 2016 Recorded: 2014-2016 Label: Def Jam Recordings Side A 1. Consideration 2. James Joint* 3. Kiss It Better 4. Work Side B 1. Desperado 2. Woo 3. Needed Me 4. Yeah, I Said It Side C 1. Same Ol' Mistakes 2. Never Ending 3. Love on the Brain Side D 1. Higher 2. Close To You 3. Goodnight Gotham 4. Pose 5. Sex With Me *-Questlove: "When I first heard this, I was sure that the James of the title was James Poyser, one of the Roots, and I was all bent out of shape.  How could he have worked on it without me?  Turned out not to be him.  I'll hold that story until later.  But the song stuck with me.  It's a masterpiece at a short length.  Rihanna packed a whole narrative into two minutes of less.  It's not easy to do.  For me, the king of that kind of thing is Prince's "Sister," which fits an entire movie's worth of plot into a minute and a half."