Tries taking on the man for his complete freedom.Looked out for his peeps on the low doing benefits and raising like a modern day Robin Hood.Droped music on the net in record time.Had an MTV mansion/compound long before anyone did.Made a black album with a chip on shoulder to prove he was still bad.Parental Advisory was invented because of him.Balled so hard in Paris and other parts of France-so he made a film about it.Could make an entire album in less than a week.Turned a long music video into a revolution.Used his music to give his views on the po po, politicians, gun control, war, God, squares and “the man.”.Used the exotic honey to his advantage.Refused to be ordinary and eschewed the proper English language as a ways two communicate.Played mystery card-let us think what we wanted-gave the press middle finger.Invented the remix (not disco edits, but reimagining the album version).Had beef with his peers who hated on him.Pretty much wrote the book on gettin some better than any of his contemporaries.Puts his crew on-get them deals and makes them stars.Cock blocks and steals your lady on the low (ask Rick).Takes fashion taboos and makes them mainstream and acceptable.Creates fictional background tales to keep the press guessing.Limited access to music forces him to create his own world of music.You can read all 40 of Questlove's reasons below: ![]() He opined Prince was hip-hop in a Rolling Stone essay from April. Questlove posted a photo of The Source's tribute cover to Prince and wrote out 40 different reasons Prince is a hip-hop pioneer in the caption. Some people wouldn’t categorize Prince’s music as hip-hop, but he had the rare ability to be in all genres. The Roots frontman continues to keep Prince's legacy alive Saturday. And as we move forward, we will encounter every single day, more reasons to remember him,” he said. ![]() "He was very, very generous in that regard. “We can follow the trails he blazed, we can follow his example, we can be fierce, we can be uncompromising, we can be experimental, we can also listen to all the songs he left for us," he said. At the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, Questlove introduced Madonna and Stevie Wonder’s performance with some kind words about the Purple One’s impact on music. Questlove, the drummer for the Roots, has been passionate about voicing his love for Prince since the icon's death in April.
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