i was readin' my morning gossip coloumn, and there it was, in print:

Our OKP/Questlove Reply

Wednesday March 31, 2004

We put up a lil’ rumor about Questlove and The Roots and him really wanting to play drums for Prince. Well, we got an email and Questie replied, but we don’t quite understand what he meant. Here is the reply that was posted on the coveted Okayplayer.com message boards:

“classic case of "no one got shot this week so let's just talk about ANYTHING"

couldn't mofos just give me a bigup and say nice article? clef wrote about marley, but no one is saying that he gonna do the bob reveiw 2004---on the real maybe they shoulda focused on the fact that only 2 hip hop acts got on rolling stone's 50 list (i woulda at LEAST expected 7 to 8 but not 2).”

First, Quest - people getting shot is NEWS so the rumors would never deal in that. This is just chit chatter, Well, Quest we honestly didn’t even know you had a piece in the latest Rolling Stone, truth be told. We couldn’t talk about Clef because nobody said anything to us about Clef. But the person that had this to say is a serious Prince fan, fanatic, club member and all that. Apparently, he or she thought they knew something about you and apparently they were wrong. HEY GUYS QUESTLOVE AIN’T LEAVING THE ROOTS, PRINCE OR NO PRINCE!

AND, we know what happened to Malik B, duh!

Hey, never let it be said that we aren’t quick to dead a rumor. Moving on.

you can read the rest on http://www.allhiphop.com/rumors/

I fucking hate questlove....he sucks. Str8 soft man.


Nero

mochalox said:

Prince treated Quest like shit. I think he hates real down black men.

2freaky4church1 said:

He probably treated him like shit because he plays like shit!

2freaky4church1 said:

this here, without a doubt, has to be one of the most absolutely stupid and totally blind-assed things ever posted on this site. EVER.

seriously. 2freaky, that shit offended me. pitiful.

2freaky4church1 said:

For real man, that's a wack statement. How many times has P professed his love for Miles? And nobody knows how P truly feels about anybody unless you hear it from him.

How about ALL this shit is dumb!

Can somebody translate it for me.

CalhounSq said:

It truly is...

Hip-hop should be thankful they got 2 acts on the list - awful, awful genre of music, killed popular music.

i'm feeling torn. I liked Quest before, but lately he's been trippin'. He's aiiight, but i think someone told him he was the -ish- and he's gotten a bit puffed up.

I do not think Prince has any problems with real down Black men. Look at his past collaborations. He has always in some way gainfully employed a Black man somehow. Plus, it doesn't matter whether the drummer's B or W. I just want it funky.

-my

2freaky4church1 said:

WHO QUESTY DOWN WITH?

JOSS STONE?

THAT MAKE HIM REAL DOWN?

[This message was edited Fri Apr 2 11:25:40 2004 by POOK]

I was kiddin, but he did treat Quest pretty bad.

Romance1600 said:

I feel awful for ya. Cuz hip hop is gonna be here for a long while. I appriciate what it's given to society. A voice for that demographic that previously didn't have one. Hip Hop also gives room for commentary on the state of affairs in that same dempgraphic. I enjoy all of that, along with hip hop's longevity, all the better to keep you irritated longer.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Unfortunately he excels at Olympic gold medal levels of saying stupid, totally blind-assed things.

BobGeorge999 said:

WHAT DEMOGRAPHIC?

MARATHON RUNNER WITH MANSERVANT DEMOGRAPHIC?

PEOPLE WHO AFFORD CRISTAL DEMOGRAPHIC?

mochalox said:

yes they are. well, i am anyway.

POOK said:

nicely put POOK. The game has changed. Popular mainstream hip hop ain't out to speak for anything or anyone but themselves. And the Joss Stone comment was witty.

We do this Questlove, hip hop. black men-Prince discussion every few months. Give it a rest....

Nero

ps. but i do hate questlove's wack ass

adorable2 said:

I dun care much 4 Questlove..buh 1 thang is *Hip Hop*<<1 my fav genres. That's dunna lotta commiting 2 2day's society. Just like 1 person said b4. I think HH is good..& Prince is koo wit pplz that's down. He black himself he should be,he just doin' his own thang sumthin' not so predictable. That's where I'm givin' him mad propz about. He even touches a bit HH in sum his songs,if u really listen 2'em.

i like questlove, but let him stick to the roots and let johnny b. well stick with the npg...

adorable2 said:

Yup, I call what's on the airwaves and charts now "RAP." The ingredients for Rap are as follows;

Must contain subject matter dealing with;
Money
Girls (ho's, yamps, tricks, pick one)
'Player' or 'Pimp' (utilizing said hos and tricks mentioned previously)
Platinum & Diamond jewelry (possibly located on every tooth, wrist, neck, finger, ear, and belt buckle)
Rims (Spinners, 20"+, Chrome etc)
Cars (escalades, Bentely's, Range Rovers and Hummers)
and finally some violence (it's gotten way better than it used to be)

Hip Hop speaks on social change, the improvement of lifestyles of an entire race. Hip Hop represents the 'tears' of the people. See artist like; Common, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Black Eyed Peas, Lauryn Hill and Ms. Badu to name a few. Even some Prince

Blue

TheBluePrince said:[quote]

adorable2 said:

Yup, and as much as I'm enjoying Musicology, I'm playing the Kanye West CD twice as often. Though now I understand why Romance1600 trashed Musicology so hard....

Romance1600 said:

think what you want.....

MendesCity said:[quote]

TheBluePrince said:

Yeah, Kanye is in the rotation as well for me. #8 Never let you down: is a great song, my favorite verse is...

"I get down for me grandfather,
who took my mama
made her sit in that seat
where white folks ain't wont us to eat.
At the tender age of six she was arrested for the sit-ins,
and with that in my blood I was born to be different.
Now n****s can't make it to ballots to chose leadership,
but we can make it to 'Jacobs' or the dealership.
S' why I here new music, and I jus don't be feelin it,
racism still alive, they just be concealin' it...."

I can kind of relate to that verse. That's my favorite part of the whole album.

Blue

POOK said: