Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
The Questlove Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 115 minutes
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Summary
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis join The Questlove Show in-studio to discuss their upcoming April Las Vegas residency, along with key milestones from their extraordinary career. The legendary duo unpacks the dynamics of their decades-long creative partnership, both in and out of the studio. They revisit sessions with Janet Jackson, Usher, Mary J. Blige, The Isley Brothers, and Barry White, offering insight into the moments behind some of their most iconic work. Along the way, Jam and Lewis reveal which hip-hop star they once crafted a batch of tracks for, the 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee they championed, and their perspective on current events in the Twin Cities. A bucket-list conversation for Questlove, the episode is driven by deep mutual respect, admiration, and the kind of chemistry that only comes with true musical brotherhood.
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| 0:00.0 | No gloss, no filter. |
| 0:03.1 | Just stories. |
| 0:04.8 | Spoken without fear. |
| 0:06.5 | Person who is not generous can not be an artist. |
| 0:09.4 | The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. |
| 0:14.3 | Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Abhaw on the IHeart Radio app, |
| 0:18.5 | Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:23.0 | Come for the honesty. |
| 0:24.9 | Stay for the fire. |
| 0:29.2 | The Questlove show is a production of IHeart Radio. So I'm just slowly realizing that I've not done my elaborate intros. |
| 0:54.8 | I was so busy in preparing the interviews. |
| 0:57.6 | But this is the Questleff show, QLS, in case you're late arriving to us. |
| 1:03.4 | What can I say, ladies and gentlemen? |
| 1:05.0 | This is the Ernie and Burt of Funk, the Shields and Yarnel of Soul, the Peaches and Herb of the Get |
| 1:15.8 | Down, you know, the Sherlock Holmes and Watson of Altyka-W-W-W-W-W. This is the |
| 1:21.1 | Lennon McCartney of Jam and Lewis. I can't believe this moment is happening, but it is happening. |
| 1:27.6 | 40 top 10 hits, 16 of them number one, producer of the year accolades, anything that we can award them. |
| 1:35.5 | They have accomplished members of one of the last best funk bands that matter pre-hip-hop. |
| 1:44.5 | I have to make that |
| 1:45.2 | distinction. |
| 1:47.4 | And it's telling that you're the last album |
| 1:50.0 | that you two participated in literally |
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