This weekend marked the EMP Museum’s Sounds of the City Pop Conference. The four day event included speakers such as Santigold, The GZA, and MC Heems of Das Racist. Topics were covered from “ragtime to hip-hop to ‘Warhol’s New York.’” On Sunday evening, Questlove closed out the amazing conference with a talk on vinyl and record collecting. This marks the second time that Questlove has graced NYU with a glorious talk, and this one proved to be just as fascinating and informative as his previous lecture on Stevie Wonder. He provided the audience with a list of some of his favorite records, and we’ve laid them out here for your future listening pleasure.
Kool and the Gang- Celebration
Stevie Wonder- For Once In My Life
Sly and the Family Stone- From Fresh
Neil Sedaka- Bad Blood
Rufus feat. Chaka Khan- Dance With Me
The Jackson Five- Boogie Man
The Fifth Dimension- Love Hangover
Neil Sedaka- That’s When The Music Takes Me
The Sugar Hill Gang- Rapper’s Delight
Public Enemy- Rebel Without A Cause
Dyke and The Blazers- Let A Woman Be A Woman
Ultramagnetic MC’s- Critical Beatdown
Any track from De La Soul
Eugene McDaniels- Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse
Anything from the “most committed and patient producer ever,” J Dilla
Michael Jackson- Rock With You
[...] good friend of mine, Mitch, goes to school at NYU and told me that Questlove came to his school to speak. In his lecture Questlove provided a list of [...]
The Silver siblings at it again
I’m the guy on the right above and allow me to clarify – this list and the other songs Questlove and I discussed represent songs from his childhood as well as tracks he has collected for one reason or another… *not* his favorite songs.