The Musical Movement We Don't Talk About Enough (Patreon)

In the late 90s, Questlove helped found a collective of musicians and artists including D'Angelo, James Poyser, J Dilla, Erykah Badu, Common, Bilal, and others like Q Tip, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Pino Palladino.   They were dubbed, somewhat accidentally, the "Soulquarians" and this collection of albums is some of the best music ever recorded and has influenced so much music, in completely other genres since.   Today I'm talking all about the Soulquarians, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Common, J Dilla, The Roots etc, diving into specifics of their recording process, some of the albums, their influence since, and how all throughout Questlove knew what he had to do to make it big: build a music scene  

Stream the Listening Guide, which includes every song mentioned in this video: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5sIqVFtXp9Xz5cld3S1Pzr?si=bca3a80b47fd4237

ALSO - CHECK OUT THE INSANE AI GENERATED SOULQUARIAN IMAGES 

SOURCES Here are the primary sources I consulted for the facts of this video:  https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/06/the-soulquarians-at-electric-lady https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/arts/music/playing-changes-excerpt-soulquarians-dangelo.html https://theboombox.com/the-soulquarians-changed-hip-hop-soul-music/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral Dan Charnas' book, "Dilla Time": https://amzn.to/3JXrAcP Questlove's book "Music is History": https://amzn.to/3phQfiW