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What Had Happened Was

Things Fall Apart Part 2

What Had Happened Was

Talkhouse

Music Interviews, Music

5.01.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of our season long interview with Questlove, we continue the story of Things Fall Apart. We hear the stories behind Table of Contents, Step into the Realm, Adrenaline featuring Beanie Siegel and the difficulty in constructing the hit single You Got Me. In the story of the latter we hear how The Roots encountered Jill Scott and the factors that led to her replacement on the song by Erykah Badu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode of what it happened was is brought to you by McDonald's.

0:04.0

Y'all remember them little plastic McNugget Buddy's toys that used to be in happy meals.

0:08.0

McDonald's has done the unthinkable and brought them back in a collaboration with the young hood legend artist

0:15.0

Kerwin Frost. Each Kerwin Frost comes with a new McNugget buddy

0:20.1

collectible designed by Kerwin Frost himself.

0:24.3

And the best part is each McNugget Buddy has a unique interchangeable little outfit so you can

0:30.0

collect them all.

0:31.7

I legit used to collect these new little

0:33.5

little mignuggett

0:35.0

and these new little McNuggets buddies designed by

0:38.1

curwin frost have a brand new cast

0:40.4

to look cute neighborhood characters with personalities of their own.

0:44.9

The one I vibe with most is named after Kerwin himself.

0:48.9

He's creative, he got a little dreadlots and tattoos, and he's known for spreading positivity and encouragement

0:54.8

all throughout the neighborhood.

0:57.8

The Kerwin-Frost box is available December 11th through December 31st and participate

1:02.4

in McDonald's for a limited time while supplies last. What up y'all? My name is a new.

1:29.7

What up y'all, my name is Open, Mike Eagle. This is what it happened was. Season 4, episode 11, things fall apart, part 2. We are into the album now. Starting with the intro of the album table of contents we start to get

1:35.1

inside into the creation of songs on the album some of them be warned this is another cliffhanger episode so we're gonna do a part

1:46.9

three of things fall apart in the next episode be one but in this episode we get the stories behind, you got me.

1:57.0

Adrenaline, step into the realm, dynamite, the next movement, the spark, and and more you even get stuff about folks outside of the

2:07.1

roots media bubble like De Angelo and Erica Badu. We only got a couple of episodes left after this. Can you believe it?

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