Arthur Baker

The Questlove Show

iHeartPodcasts

Music, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Arthur Baker, a pioneer of Dance, Electro, and Hip-Hop, sits down in studio with Questlove for an episode years in the making. The conversation traces key milestones from Arthur’s new memoir, Looking for the Perfect Beat: Remixing and Reshaping Hip-Hop, Rock and Rhythms, as he details his role in “Planet Rock,” the early days of New Edition, and his evolution from a music-obsessed DJ in Boston to one of the most groundbreaking producers and remixers in 1980s New York City. It’s the perfect Questlove Show conversation to close out 2025—and yes, there will be a Part 2 coming soon.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.3	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.4	The Questlove show is a production of IHeart Radio.
0:17.6	I have general, no small talking before the podcast.
0:24.3	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:25.1	I totally agree.
0:27.0	That's why.
0:28.0	I've been doing a podcast.
0:31.5	You were the first person I knew with a podcast.
0:34.0	Really?
0:35.1	Yeah.
0:35.6	Who else was doing it?
0:36.5	In the music field? I would keep it at.
0:38.3	Okay.
0:39.3	Is it rolling, Bob?
0:42.3	Audio is rolling.
0:43.3	It's always rolling.
0:44.3	Yeah, no, that's a... You gotta keep it always in record.
0:48.3	Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Questlove show.
0:51.3	I know there's a lot of... this has been a long time coming quotes that you hear for me when I do the intro of the show.
0:57.7	But this is the longest of the long timers.
1:00.6	Like, you know, this should have been episode five, episode six, instead of episode 5,000.
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