Leon Mobley on Playing for Mandela, Collaborating with Nas, Starring on Zoom, and Performing with Duke Ellington

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Leon Mobley has lived an absolutely fascinating life. From performing with Duke Ellington as a child, to being mentored by Babatunde Olatunji, to recording with Stevie Wonder, to collaborations with Nas, the longtime percussionist with Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals is a legend among drummers. The story for Mobley starts early, at the Elma Lewis School of Fine art and continues with a role in Raisin (the musical based on A Raisin In The Sun) on Broadway. From there, he embarked on a fascinating ride that saw him share a stage with everyone from Michael Jackson to the Marley family. His collaboration list is unimpeachable and his energy is always turned to 11. If you have an interest in drumming, and the traditional African rhythms that informs so much of our music today, this is the episode for you!

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0:00.0	Peace and love party people. This is Talib Kuala Lee to BKMC, the MCEO.
0:03.8	You are about to hear an excerpt of People's Party hosted by me and my lovely and talented co-host,
0:08.6	Ms. Jasmine Lee. What up Jasmine? What up Peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our episodes
0:13.6	with stars from the game to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Haddish,
0:18.5	subscribe to the Luminary channel on Apple Podcasts.
0:21.8	Did you see your mirrors film Quest Love Summer Soul?
0:25.5	Yes, this is the performance of Love Odd.
0:28.5	I actually performed with the Al�ua School.
0:33.1	Okay. Opening at that event?
0:36.2	Yes. It was a great, well-dicated Boston.
0:38.5	Wow. Yeah. Like this film, um, and just one, the Oscar.
0:43.2	Nice. It was overshadowed by another moment, but it, but a mirror's moment was very powerful.
0:49.7	Yes. A mirror Quest Love Thompson, what he's done for drumming in general.
0:54.5	How he's brought it into the mainstream.
0:56.0	Oh, yes, indeed. We've worked together. We toured together.
1:00.5	Ben Harper and Anderson Krimino's.
1:02.2	Yeah. We toured with the roots.
1:04.3	Yes. Ben has played with bass player from that Zeppelin with Amir Arndrom's.
1:11.2	Yes.
1:11.9	This is my brother.
1:12.9	This is family.
1:13.6	Oh, this is family.
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