Questlove Reaches Into The Mailbag & Answers - March 5
The Questlove Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
This Questlove Show mini “mailbag” episode features Ahmir responding to listener questions about underappreciated (and groundbreaking) Philly Hip-Hop group The Goats, his creative process and wild story behind crafting the music-driven opening montage for the SNL 50 documentary, and a deep-dive on The Jacksons’ This Place Hotel (Heartbreak Hotel), including why he sees Michael Jackson as an early influence on Gangsta Rap themes, and reveals he made his own private mix of The Jacksons' Triumph. You can submit questions by direct messaging on IG and Facebook, or through the contact-us portal at QuestloveSupreme.com.
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| 0:00.0 | The Questlove show is a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 0:07.2 | All right, y'all, this is Letters to The Quest Love Show. |
| 0:10.5 | Again, if you have any letters, slide into our DMs. |
| 0:13.8 | First of all, follow QLS on all the socials, please. |
| 0:17.2 | And also, subscribe and like on YouTube. |
| 0:20.9 | That is the fuel to our fire. |
| 0:24.8 | If you like these episodes and whatnot, |
| 0:27.7 | look, |
| 0:28.0 | it just takes a second. |
| 0:29.2 | Please like and subscribe. |
| 0:30.6 | We're trying to build a nation of informed music heads here. |
| 0:34.7 | Yeah, thank you. |
| 0:35.8 | I like doing this. |
| 0:36.8 | Give me more questions. All right. |
| 0:39.5 | All right, this is a fun one from Alon. Hey, QLS team. I'm a long time listener and second time |
| 0:44.9 | emailer. Uh-oh, we like that. I'm digging the new format with the mailbag especially, because I might |
| 0:50.4 | get my question seen. What I want to hear is Brother Quest talk about Phillies the Goats. |
| 0:55.4 | They were a big deal to my group of skateboard punk rock friends when tricks of the shade came out. |
| 1:01.4 | They are also massively overlooked group, not just in terms of sound, but a hardcore political hip-hop. |
| 1:07.7 | I've listened to almost all the QLS episodes and what had happened was |
| 1:11.3 | season. It seems like a couple of times Amir was about to mention the goats when talking about |
| 1:16.4 | Philly hip-hop history and interning at Roughhouse, but I haven't heard anything. I want to hear |
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