Mo Meta Blues

You have to bear in mind that Questlove is one of the smartest motherf s on the planet His musical knowledge, for all practical purposes, is limitless Robert ChristgauMO META BLUES The World According to QuestloveMo Meta Blues is a punch drunk memoir in which Everyone s Favorite Questlove tells his own story while tackling some of the lates, the greats, the fakes, the philosophers, the heavyweights, and the true originals of the music world He digs deep into the album cuts of his life and unearths some pivotal moments in black art, hip hop, and pop culture.Ahmir Questlove Thompson is many things virtuoso drummer, producer, arranger, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon bandleader, DJ, composer, and tireless Tweeter He is one of our most ubiquitous cultural tastemakers, and in this, his first book, he reveals his own formative experiences from growing up in 1970s West Philly as the son of a 1950s doo wop singer, to finding his own way through the music world and ultimately co founding and rising up with the Roots, a.k.a., the last hip hop band on Earth Mo Meta Blues also has some many random or not musings about the state of hip hop, the state of music criticism, the state of statements, as well as a plethora of run ins with celebrities, idols, and fellow artists, from Stevie Wonder to KISS to D Angelo to Jay Z to Dave Chappelle toyou ever seen Prince roller skate But Mo Meta Blues isn t just a memoir It s a dialogue about the nature of memory and the idea of a post modern black man saddled with some post modern blues It s a book that questions what a book like Mo Meta Blues really is It s the side wind of a one of a kind mind.It s a rare gift that gives as well as takes.It s a record that keeps going around and around. Free Read Mo Meta Blues by Ahmir Questlove Thompson For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Music has the power to stop time When I listen to songs, I m transported back to the moment of their birth, which is sometimes even before the moment of my birth Old songs, rock or soul or blues, still connect with me because the human emotions in them, whether jealousy or rage or hope, are recognizably similar to the emotions that I m feeling now But I m feeling all of them, all the time, and so the songs act like a chemical process that isolates certain feelings at certain times maybe onMusic has the power to stop time When I listen to songs, I m transported back to the moment of their birth, which is sometimes even before the moment of my birth Old songs, rock or soul or blues, still connect with me because the human emotions in them, whether jealousy or rage or hope, are recognizably similar to the emotions that I m feeling now But I m feeling all of them, all the time, and so the songs act like a chemical process that isolates certain feelings at certain times maybe one song helps illuminate the jubilation and one helps illuminate the sorrow and one helps illuminate the resignation Music has the power to stop time But music also keeps timeQuestlove, Mo Meta BluesI have to admit that I don t know much about The Roots I did see one of their former members, Rahzel the Human Beatbox, perform at the University of British Columbia some years ago but I would be hard pressed to name a Roo...Confession To my knowledge, I ve never heard a Roots song Everything I know about the Roots comes from hearing them as the house band on Jimmy Fallon and on the wonderful viral videos of the group playing Call Me Maybe and Blurred Lines on kids instruments Truthfully, I went into the book hoping to read a bunch of Jimmy Fallon and celebrity stories What I got instead was the story of a man my age who pours his love of music onto every page uestlove shatters all of m...Mo Meta Blues substantiates all that I originally suspected about Questlove s musical nerdom As the child of a moderately successful former Do Wop singer, coupled with an upbringing steeped in drumming, Quest seemed predestined for his current post as leader of the Grammy winning Hip Hop group The Roots In the realm of percussion, his skill with the sticks is undeniable Where things become doubtful, are in Questlove s recollections of his childhood and music To hear someone cite their grasp Mo Meta Blues substantiates all that I originally suspected about Questlove s musical nerdom As the child of a moderately successful former Do Wop singer, coupled with an upbringing steeped in drumming, Quest seemed predestined for his current post as leader of the Grammy winning Hip Hop group The Roots In the realm of percussion, his skill with the sticks is undeniable Where things become doubtful, are in Questlove s recollections of his childhood and music To hear someone cite their grasp of adult oriented albums while they were mere infants is beyond farfetched I m all for the idea of kids being intellectually and emotionally advanced for their age but we have to be reasonable The strength of any memoir is in its effectiveness in conveying the story of the individual s being highlighted Mo Meta is sound in that respect As a member of an alternative Hip Hop collective, it didn t come as any real surprise that Questlove s taste ...when you live your life through records, the records are a record of your life drummer, dj, producer, and co founder of the legendary roots crew, ahmir questlove thompson is a one of the music world s most virtuosic individuals possessing talent in spades, uestlove s accomplishments are many, but it is his encyclopedic knowledge and abiding passion for music past and present that set him in another realm mo meta blues is indeed a music memoir, but the story of a life shaped by song mostwhen you live your life through records, the records are a record of your life drummer, dj, producer, and co founder of the legendary roots crew, ahmir questlove thompson is a one of the music world s most virtuosic individuals possessing talent in spades, uestlove s accomplishments are many, but it is his encyclopedic knowledge and abiding passion for music past and present that set him in another realm mo meta blues is indeed a music memoir, but the story of a life shaped by song most of all.quest begins his bio with the obligatory childhood recollections, albeit ones perhaps farfascinating than the average musical superstar lee andrews, his father, helmed a philly based doo wop group, surrounding and immersing him in the music industry from a very young age questo revisits his formative years in west philly recalling an early and still enduring obsession with rolling stone and record reviews in general, th...5 stars And you gave David Byrne s book 4 What Yep You aren t even a Roots fan, why Because Questlove made me head over heels in deep smit of him Not just for his character as a human being, his intellectual mightiness, charm or even having the best stories about Prince everit was because he made me see music with a different lens and perspective than I had before He renewed something in myself I lost He made me fall in love with idea again that the records I love are testaments of 5 stars And you gave David Byrne s book 4 What Yep You aren t even a Roots fan, why Because Questlove made me head over heels in deep smit of him Not just for his character as a human being, his intellectual mightiness, charm or even having the best stories about Prince everit was because he made me see music with a different lens and perspective than I had before He renewed something in myself I lost He made me fall i...I remember when I first heard The Roots My singer put this new group from his hometown on and our whole band all just sat in his apartment playing with his pet hedgehog, silently, listening to their entire first album I remember a few quiet holy shit s during Dice Raw s breathless tightrope act of a freestyle We all felt that something had changed Finally, someone had made live hip hop work Questlove talks about his own formative musical experiences in his memoir He s around the same age I remember when I first heard The Roots My singer put this new group from his hometown on and our whole band all just sat in his apartment playing with his pet hedgehog, sile...Anyone who has ever heard or read Questlove during an interview knows that he s probably the most unpretentiously scholarly musician on the scene today he talks about music his own and others in the way we re used to seeing filmmakers or novelists discuss their respective arts The breadth and depth of his music knowledge would have to be unparalleled it almost certainly is in the modern music industry but what stands out the most about Questlove in intervi...I don t usually read non fiction and I honestly can t think of the last memoir I read In light of that, Mo Meta was my natural choice to deviate from the norm, because I love The Roots I ve been a fan for a while now, and I admire Quest and the entire band as musicians Plus, I m from Philadelphia There s something ...I absolutely loved this book I enjoyed the musical journey that Questlove shares with the reader as he talks about the early years of his life He provides awesome playlist that just make you want to dance This book would be great as an enhance media document where you could listen and download music as you read I would also like to see some the album covers that he describes so beautifully.Questlove shares a lot of personal stories in the memoir He talks about attendi...From a very young age, Questlove Ahmir Thompson is not only relatable, but shows real continuity of character From his earliest memories, he s thoughtful and when it comes to the things that intrigue or move him hopelessly absorbed , enthusiastic, stubborn, full of joy and easily embarrassed His anecdotes revolving around obsessions or inspirat...

• English
• 27 February 2018
Ahmir Questlove Thompson
• Hardcover
• 288 pages
• 1455501352
• Ahmir Questlove Thompson
• Mo Meta Blues