Questlove Reaches Into The Mailbag & Answers - March 7
The Questlove Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Questlove answers Questlove Show listener letters in a candid mini-episode that spans grief, legacy, and the weight of influence. Responding to a fan whose “musical Mount Rushmore” includes several late legends in Ahmir's orbit, he reflects on losing collaborators. Quest also revisits the rise and evolution of Okayplayer, teases liner notes and treats for the next Roots projects, and addresses the fate of his lockdown DJ sets and whether they might return online. Please send your questions by the contact us page on QuestloveSupreme.com or DM'ing the show.
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| 0:00.0 | The Questlove show is a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 0:06.8 | All right, y'all, this is letters to the Questlove show. |
| 0:10.1 | Again, if you have any letters, slide into our DMs. |
| 0:13.4 | First of all, follow QLS on all the socials, please. |
| 0:17.3 | And also, subscribe and like on YouTube. |
| 0:20.5 | That is the fuel to our fire. If you like these |
| 0:25.4 | episodes and whatnot, look, it just takes a second. Please like and subscribe. We're trying to |
| 0:30.7 | build a nation of informed music heads here. Yeah, thank you. I like doing this. Give me more |
| 0:36.8 | questions. All right. |
| 0:39.6 | This is a question from Charlie. Okay. Question for Questlove. My musical Mount Rushmore is |
| 0:44.8 | DeAngelo, Prince, Stevie, and Amy Winehouse. Life is a music fan has become exponentially |
| 0:50.2 | less exciting as three of them have passed away and I'm just a fan. |
| 0:58.6 | I've had to accept that and I'll never have an experience like the first time I heard voodoo ever again. |
| 1:00.1 | Is somebody who obviously knew and collaborated with them, have you had times when it feels |
| 1:04.9 | like it's not worth it or the same without them? |
| 1:07.4 | Thanks and sorry for being a downer. |
| 1:11.1 | One by one as the aforementioned three went to the next plane. I will say that I probably go |
| 1:21.6 | through a month of sort of pondering, what does this mean? |
| 1:28.2 | What happens with me is when someone leaves, |
| 1:34.5 | there's a pressure pointed to me basically that now you're going to have to lead. |
| 1:42.6 | And, you know, it's weird. |
| 1:45.4 | When Prince passed, I was on the phone with DeAngelo. |
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