Last month, music legend/late-night television personality/drummer for the Roots Questlove donned his best tweed jacket and started teaching a class entitled Classic Albums at NYU. There are only a couple dozen insanely lucky students in the class, but NYULocaljust published a lengthy interview with ?uesto and co-professor Harry Weinger for the rest of us.
Amongst his many insights, Professor Questlove discussed his idea of a masterpiece:
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The seven records on which his class will focus:
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Whether he asks his students to call him Questlove or Professor Thompson:
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And then there’s this enticing exchange to close out the interview:
NYU Local: Any word on the D’Angelo album? I heard he may appear at a Brooklyn Bowl show.
Questlove: They announced that already?
NYU Local: It’s a rumor going around.
Questlove: Nice rumor! [Laughs] On that note, I have to go to class.
NYU Local: Any legitimacy to it?
Questlove: I don’t know…. It’s definitely not in February, but at Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday nights I can do whatever I want. I’ve asked a lot of luminaries. I have someone – not D’Angelo – that I’m trying to pull a coup on to perform there. They’re of god status and they’re considering it.
NYU Local: Professor King just gave me a copy of the D’Angelo reissues and I’ve been playing it nonstop.
Questlove: Wait until you hear the new album.
Read the rest of the interview right here and start dreaming up ways to break into the Clive Davis Institute before the end of the semester.
[via NYULocal]
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