DJ Questlove: A Night At The Shrine (by Cam Be)

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A glimpse of Questlove recently DJing at The Shrine Chicago

Song: Daft Punk feat. Pharrell - Get Lucky

D'Angelo & Questlove live in Brooklyn, New York

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SETLIST:

01) Go Back To The Thing / Let Me Have It All (Sly & The Family Stone)
02) Cosmic Slop (Funkadelic)
03) Woman’s Gotta Have It (Bobby Womack)
04) The Line
05) You Caught Me Smilin’ / Africa Talks To You “The Asphalt Jungle” (Sly & The Family Stone)
06) Tell Me If You Still Care (The S.O.S. Band)
07) Our Love Has Died (Ohio Players)
08) The Root
09) Really Love
10) Alright
11) Mother’s Son (Curtis Mayfield)
12) New Position (Prince)
13) Africa
14) encore break
15) Lady


credits:

released 24 March 2013

Photo via Okayplayer.

Philly Jam Session - Kindred, Questlove, Robert Glasper, Black Thought - Jan 5th 2013

SAVE $10 Off General Admission by using promo code "SHRINE" on our ticket site. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS!

Joe Russo Presents - New Monthly Event at The Shrine

"It is my pleasure to announce a new (DJ driven) monthly party at The Shrine.
The first Saturday of the month I will bring the best DJ's on the planet to The Shrine.
These DJ's will play music that represents The Shrine and will also bridge the gap between what's current and what's classic.
My personal tastes run deep and you can be sure if they are spinning on the 1st Saturday of the month that you need to be here!" - Joe Russo

Legendary drummer, producer & DJ "?uestlove" (pronounced Quest Love) will be rocking the house on Saturday, March 3rd at The Shrine!

Brand New Bag: Questlove on Don Cornelius

Swiped from OKP.

you guys see this bag?

this bag has NEVER left my side for the past 14 years. I deemed it imperative that i NEVER part with it. you can imagine the arguments i’ve gotten into with flight attendants over that bag. this bag is my blue blanket to my linus. i carry that bag everywhere cause the future is in this bag. and by the future i mean our past. and by our past i mean Soul Train.

Don Cornelius was my first non musical non celeb non blood related hero.

its amazing timing that my arrival on earth and his greatest creative manifestation came within 9 months of each other. both symbolizing a new hope for urban america.

most won’t get it til now (especially now that he’s gone) but i pray that Don knew of the appreciation he had in all of us born after 1968.

you people will have to forgive me…im just kinda writing from the heart….sporadic thoughts tears and snot are spilling out and whatnot. im certain dream and toure and nelson will do his legacy justice in print….i just felt the need to write something.

i just wanna use my position to really let people know that next to Berry Gordy, Don Cornelius was hands down the MOST crucial non political figure to emerge from the civil rights era post 68. the craziest most radical thing of all is i don’t even consider Soul Train his most radical statement. yes the idea of the young black teenager NOT mired in legal trouble on the 6 oclock news getting camera time was a new idea to most…so of course the fact the U.S. really got its first vicarious look at our culture was amazing.

but the TRUE stroke of genius in my opinion was how Don managed to show US how important we were. which was NOT an easy task.

not by premiering the newest jam by james brown

not by focusing on the latest dance craze
not by the crazy outfits….

ill tell you how Don really made a radical statement. and he himself acknowledges it:

the commercials.

Soul Train had double duty, to not only produce a show, but they also had to provide ALL of the production for the Johnson beauty products commercials that was funding the show. often using the set and the soul train gang (they became soul train dancers in 1976) as lead actors.

ok ahmir so where are you going with this?

the genius of it all was THIS was the first time that black people were proud to be called AFRICAN.

psssh before 1971?—i mean on the real…til like the early 80s on some schoolyard insult game ish? if someone called you “african” that was the most insulting degrading lower than low “im finna f**k you up” type of insult.

i know right? why?

to control our mentality during the slave period we were taught we were the lowest of low.

to control us AFTER slavery during the jim crow era we were taught we were the lowest of low.

the first introduction to entertainment (of which we were allowed to participate) was minstrel entertainment an over exaggerated buffoon display of shame and ugliness that we STILL CARRY TO THIS DAY (minus the makeup) (hello hip-hop….but that is another piece altogether).

to say with a straight, dignified face that BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL was the RISKIEST radical life-changing move that america has seen. and amazingly enough for one hour for one saturday out the week, if you were watching soul train….it became contagious. next thing you know you are actually believing you have some sort of worth.

the whole idea of Afrocentrism in my opinion manifested and spread with Soul Train in its first 6 years.

i saw the impact it had on my mom and dad and how they let the impact trickle down to my sister and me.

i mean i was BORN into it: so i came in this world thinking every african american had it just like i did: some funky dressing, proud, knowledgable parents who since birth exposed me to every record known to man and who kept my crown (make no mistake, i’d cry “mommy cut it off the kids are teasing me!”) on my head as a symbol that one day i would be “a mighty leader”….lol

seriously, they were like “that afro is symbolic because we named you Ahmir and Ahmir means King and to be a King you must have a crown and to lead you must be knowledgeable!”

and with that…Soul Train was about maybe one of 5 tv shows i was allowed to watch on tv. if it was educational pbs or some other similar program then i was allowed but mostly it was all about Soul Train.

and of course watching it as a baby i had no clue Don was trying to program the minds of an untainted generation. hell i don’t even know if HE knew the grand scheme of things. but somehow we rode each other to glory.

once the vcr age came to be, i started religiously recording all the episodes. and back when i became a signed artist i crafted MANY a Dear Santa letter asking if there is anyway possible i can see an episode or two from my childhood.

don’s people never answered me back.

then my 1st trip to japan came.

got off the plane and noticed a weird liking some of the natives were taking to me. and how they all in their weird communication was trying to say they like my “soul train style”.

puzzled i was like “how do yall know that?”

my translator then explained how Don syndicated 100 classic episod—–

that was ALL she had to say: we were in INSTANT “take me to these tapes NOW!!!” mode.

my translator was startled like “where’s the fire?!” but i had to explain to her ALL of my memories were locked inside this show. and because of my limited tv viewing all the thoughts were still fresh in my head.

it took her about 12 hours but she found someone willing to dub all 100 epi$ode$ for me.

after that i was a man on a mission from god.

and EVER since that day i carried those VHS tapes ANYWHERE i went.

why?

to school people.

my first student? D’angelo.

we had JUST started Voodoo and these Soul Train eps were proving to be a MIGHTY educational tool and a source of energy for us.

and day by day you saw and heard the results.

then i started sharing eps with Erykah and so on…

then this artist and so on…

and that artist and so on….

soon after once mini TB drives came into fashion i then started carrying around endless hardrives of Soul Train eps (i got about 400+) sharing with ANYONE within eyeshot a history of a people.

even my thursday night regular spot (Bowl Train at @brooklynbowl) is just an excuse for me to watch my all time favorite show on a movie screen.

Don has left a legacy behind that i will PERSONALLY carry on until i can’t carry anymore.

Soul Train to me is the GREATEST creation and inspiration of my life. i literally watch 5 eps a day just as mere background noise (the best roomate ever is a tv….this is why i cannot be a cat from brooklyn) i will NEVER EVER forget its powerful impact on education on pride on creativity on culture and on me.

i love you don.

love and peace.

D'Angelo Back At Work on Long-Awaited New Album

Reclusive R&B star D'Angelo is apparently back at work on his decade-plus-in-the-making third album. A studio session took place in New York late last night with two longtime D'Angelo collaborators, Roots drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and bassist Pino Palladino, as well as producer/engineer Russell Elevado, according to posts from Questlove on Twitter.

"Most people use midnight as a time to sleep. others are working on their 11 year followup. this of course being hour number one," wrote the drummer.

The album, which was at one point provisionally titled "James River," is being eyed for release before the end of the year through J Records, according to a source, but could move to early 2012 depending on when it is finally turned in. It will be D'Angelo's long-awaited follow-up to the 2000 album "Voodoo," which won the 2001 Grammy for best R&B album and has sold 1.7 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Questlove and Palladino later backed D'Angelo on an acclaimed tour in support of the album.

Read more on BILLBOARD (click here)

The Influence of Fela: DJ ?uestlove

The The Influence of afrobeat legend Fela Kuti is examined as Drummer/Producer/DJ of the Legendary Roots Crew ?uestlove visit the Shrine in Chicago.

Included interview segments with Femi Kuti son of Fela

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Video By:
Cam Be
Jamaar J

Interview By:
Jeff Baraka

?uestlove on Saturday, April 23rd | FREE 8pm - 9pm | $10 before 11pm

The Shrine will not stop!

Legendary drummer, producer & dj "?uestlove" (pronounced Quest Love) will be rocking the house on Saturday, April 23rd at The Shrine!

We are also featuring a special early performance by the "Chicago Afro Beat Project" (C.A.B.P.). An amazing Afro Beat band from Chicago.



The premiere screening of "The Return of Chicago Cool: The Creation of The Shrine"

Doors open at 8pm, viewing of documentary starts promptly @ 8:30pm.

All in attendance will recieve complimentary admission to a special DJ set by ?uestlove & a hosted cocktail bar courtesy of CIROC.

$10 entry from 9pm to 11pm & $25 after!

See you Saturday, April 23rd!

Doors open at 8pm, party til 3am.