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Questlove (2012)

Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born January 20, 1971 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ), better known under his pseudonyms Questlove or ? Uestlove , is an American drummer and producer of many hip-hop and soul artists . He is the co-founder and drummer of the hip-hop band The Roots .

Live and act

Thompson founded the band "The Square Roots" in 1987 while he was attending the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, with the rapper Tariq Trotter ( Black Thought ), later just "The Roots". With rapper Malik B., keyboardist Scott Storch and double bass player Josh Abrams , they began touring Europe in 1992 and recorded their first album. Thompson then founded the production team The Grand Negaz , including Black Thought and James Poyser. In a similar line-up, it was replaced shortly after by The The Grand Wizzards . In the late 1990s he founded with members of the Native Tongues , as Q-Tip , Common , Mos Def and Talib Kweli , and among other Erykah Badu , D'Angelo and J Dilla , the neo-soul -Kollektiv The Soulquarians that for Production of very important albums of this genre is responsible. In 2004 he was the drummer for almost all music contributions at Dave Chappelle's Block Party , as well as starring in a few skits on the Chappelle's Show .

In 1999, Thompson co-founded the Okayplayer online community for alternative hip-hop and modern soul . The community consists of most of the artists mentioned above, as well as other "like-minded recording artists", including Amy Winehouse , Jill Scott , Leela James , India.Arie , k-os and RJD2 . In 2004, the website also became a record label , which in the same year released an album on which members of the community can be heard.

Questlove was also active as an endorser and developed the small, inexpensive breakbeats by Questlove drums with Ludwig Drums .

In 2013, Thompson's autobiography (co-written with Ben Greenman) - Mo 'Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove (New York: Grand Central Publishing) was published.

As a member of the Roots, he was part of the ensemble of the NBC TV show "Late Night" and has been part of the Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon since 2014 . The Rolling Stone listed it in 2016 to rank 54 of the 100 best drummers of all time .

In 2018 he was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.

Discography

Questlove at an aftershow party in Hamburg (1999)

The roots

see The Roots # discography

More shots

Thompson has also worked as a producer and / or drummer on albums by the following artists:

Web links

Commons : Questlove  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ "Who are The Soulquarians?"
  2. ↑ Questlove u. his design on YouTube
  3. ↑ 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time. Rolling Stone , March 31, 2016, accessed August 6, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
personal data
SURNAME Questlove
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thompson, Amir Khalib
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American drummer and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th January 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania