Posdnuos of De La Soul

The Questlove Show

iHeartPodcasts

Music, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 122 minutes

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Summary

Posdnuos of De La Soul sits down with Questlove for a long-awaited conversation fans have been asking for. Ahmir digs into the group's catalog with fan-driven questions, while Plug 1 shares stories from the studio, reveals which classic tracks were originally intended for other artists, and reflects on the legacy of his brother, Dave aka Trugoy the Dove. The discussion celebrates one of Hip-Hop's most influential groups—and their lasting impact on The Roots. With last year's Cabin In The Sky album still in constant rotation, this is an episode fans won't want to miss. Catch De La Soul at May's Roots Picnic in Philadelphia.

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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. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Questlove.
0:55.9	This is The Questlove Show.
0:58.0	It's not often that one gets a career that enables him to write his own ticket and fulfill a bunch of bucketless dreams of which creating this very platform to nerd out on some of my favorite people in creativity.
1:19.6	Our guest today is absolutely no exception. His creativity is so strong, so stringent, so powerful, that it actually inspired my best friend of nine high school to start our own group.
1:38.1	Not many people can claim that.
1:40.2	Look, man, all I'm going to say is that Kelvin Passenuse Mercer has agreed to let me ask him 86 questions.
1:56.1	Number one, how are you doing today, sir?
1:59.4	I'm good, man. I mean, thank you for the intro because, you know, bro, I mean, sometimes I, when I'm blessed to hear you say things like that, I already view our relationship as brothers and friends. So, you know, I sometimes have to look through you like, okay, yeah, maybe this is how when I talk to Jeff,
2:18.5	but when I go with the phone, I'm like, damn, that's Jazzy Jeff, but I'm his friend.
2:21.8	So. Right. I won't make it weird.
2:26.0	It's a blessing, but, you know, it doesn't feel like, wait a minute, is he talking about me?
2:30.2	Because I'm his homeboy, but.
2:33.1	Anyway, I got to start.
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