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Watch The Full Episode - https://youtu.be/YHc9TP8EgLo Watch the Questlove Supreme Podcast - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_tOgLuJmFpLzoO8WqSCMwRY79gep8BG4&feature=shared The Foreign Exchange is currently celebrating the 20th anniversary of Connected, which was released in August 2004. The success of that album, and ensuing FE works, was validating to Phonte and Nicolay. In a Questlove Supreme interview…

Watch The Full Episode - https://youtu.be/YHc9TP8EgLo Watch the Questlove Supreme Podcast - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_tOgLuJmFpLzoO8WqSCMwRY79gep8BG4&feature=shared The Foreign Exchange is currently celebrating the 20th anniversary of Connected, which was released in August 2004. During a special in-studio Questlove Supreme episode, Nicolay and Phonte share some elements of the FE formula, including early software—and…

Watch The Full Episode - https://youtu.be/YHc9TP8EgLo Watch the Questlove Supreme Podcast - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_tOgLuJmFpLzoO8WqSCMwRY79gep8BG4&feature=shared The Foreign Exchange has a genesis on the message boards of OkayPlayer. During an in-studio episode of Questlove Supreme, Nicolay and Phonte recall meeting online, and explaining the pioneering origins of a beloved, Grammy-nominated musical group. Check…

Watch The Full Episode - https://youtu.be/zdhAYGuGa8E Watch More Questlove Supreme - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_tOgLuJmFpLzoO8WqSCMwRY79gep8BG4 Sananda Maitreya was friends with the late, great Michael Hutchence of INXS. After Michael passed, Sananda entertained replacing him as the lead vocalist of the band. While Sananda did an Olympics opening performance, he discusses how a rumor…

Watch The Full Episode - https://youtu.be/zdhAYGuGa8E Watch More Questlove Supreme - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_tOgLuJmFpLzoO8WqSCMwRY79gep8BG4 In his one-on-one QLS interview with Questlove, Sananda Maitreya revisits his first two albums, Introducing The Hardline... and Neither Fish Nor Flesh https://open.spotify.com/album/32hEtpw8J9opz3x6VhKgNA?si=7toNIz-DQmOq5xyMmixUtA, and speaks about far deeper and substantial things. This includes an unforgettable 1980 dream involving…

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Watch The Full Episode - https://youtu.be/Xb_Jam4-j-8 Watch More Questlove Supreme - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_tOgLuJmFpLzoO8WqSCMwRY79gep8BG4 In a clip from his Questlove Supreme interview, Tony Award-winning dance and choreographer George Faison describes his input on the original production of The Wiz. Faison recalls his intentions, his inspirations, and the collaborations that took place leading…

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Watch The Full Episode - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDxzF_V4bEw Watch the Questlove Supreme Podcast - https://bit.ly/QuestloveSupremeLive In Part 2 of James Poyser's Questlove Supreme interview, the musician and producer details his involvement in Erykah Badu's Baduizm and Mama's Gun albums. Poyser recalls the stress of insulating her from Motown Records, and his own…

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