100 Albums Posted by Questlove
4 min readNov 4, 2019
Late October, the critically acclaimed artist, musician, drummer and one of the frontmen of the group The Roots, shared 100 music albums, through his Instagram stories.
Not given in a particular order, those albums are at the heart of Questlove’s influence. From the Jazz live at the Blues Alley of Wynton Marsalis quartet (1986) to the rockband Radiohead and their Kid A (2000) via Hip Hop pioneers Clipse (Hell Hath No Fury, 2006), this list is for all taste and all instrumentals lovers.
Without further ado, find the list below:
- Terence Trent d’Arby — Neither fish nor flesh
- Tower of Power — Live and In Living Color
- James Brown — In the Jungle Groove
- Jeru the Damaja — The Sun Rises In The East
- Jazzy Jeff & Will Smith — And In This Corner
- Gary Wilson — You Think You Really Know Me
- J Dilla — Donuts
- Wynton Marsalis — Live At Blues Alley
- Young Black Teenagers — With The Young Black Teenagers
- Syreeta — Stevie wonder presents Syreeta
- London music works — Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure Score
- Jackson 5 — Get It Together
- Wu Tang — Enter the 36 Chambers
- Larry Young — Unity
- Gil Scott-Heron — Reflections
- Kali Uchis — Isolation
- Son of Bazerk — Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk
- Diana Ross — Diana
- Funkadelic — Let’s Take It To The Stage
- Minnie Riperton — Come to my garden
- Nina Simone — Nina Simone & Piano
- The Meters — Look-Ka Py Py
- Al Jarreau — Look to The Rainbow
- Tony Toni Tone — Sons of Soul
- Jungle Brothers — Straight out the jungle
- Jill Scott — Who is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
- The Isley Brothers — The Heat Is On
- Rick James — Street Songs
- Los Lobos — Kiko
- Louis Jordan — Let the Good Times Roll
- The Beatnuts— Street Level
- Sting — Nothing Like The Sun
- Curtis Mayfield — Curtis/Live!
- Brand Nubian — One for all
- Radiohead — Kid A
- Cody Chesnutt — The Headphone Masterpiece
- Prince — The Truth
- Stereolab — Dots & Loops
- Common — Like Water for Chocolate
- Richard Pryor — That Nigger’s crazy
- The Avalanches — Since I left you
- Peter Rock & C.L. Smooth — Mecca & The soul brother
- Sade — Stronger than pride
- Ahmad Jamal Trio — The Awakening
- Erykah Badu — New Amerykah Part one
- The Beatles — Revolver
- Tears for Fears — The seeds of love
- Herbie Hancock — Thrust
- Max Roach — Percussion Bitter Sweet
- The Police — Reggatta De Blanc
- Ultramagnetic MCs — Critical Beatdown
- Fiona Apple — Tidal
- Fela Kuti — Beasts of No Nation
- The Pharcyde — Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
- Joni Mitchell — The Hissing of the Summer Laws
- Clipse — Hell Hath No Fury
- Marvin Gaye — Here my Dear
- Graham Central Station — Release Yourself
- Amy Winehouse — Back To Black
- Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth — Pleasure
- Earth, Wind & Fire — All ‘N All
- John Coltrane — Coltrane Plays the blues
- Eugene McDaniels — Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse
- Talking Heads — Remain in Light
- Beastie Boys — Licensed to Ill
- Led Zepplin — Physical Graffiti
- The Time — What Time is it?
- Slum Village — Fantastic Vol 2
- Sly & the Family Stone — Fresh
- Max Roach — Drums Unlimited
- Fishbone — Fishbone
- Stevie Wonder — Talking Book
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience — Electric Ladyland
- James Brown — Revolution of the mind: Live at the Apollo Vol3
- The Beatles — Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band
- Stevie Wonder — Songs in the Key of Life
- Miles Davis — On the Corner
- John Coltrane — A Love Supreme
- Stevie Wonder — Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
- The Beach Boys — Pet Sounds
- Janet Jackson — Control
- Ice Cube — Amerikkka’s Most Wanted
- Beastie Boys — Paul’s Boutique
- The Police — Synchronicity
- Miles Davis — Nefertiti
- Marvin Gaye — What’s going’ on
- Bill Withers — + ‘Justements
- Prince — Parade: Music from the motion picture Under the Cherry Moon
- Sly & The Family Stone — There’s a riot going on
- Michael Jackson — Thriller
- Stevie Wonder — Music Of My Mind
- A Tribe Called Quest — Midnight Marauders
- Prince — 1999
- D’Angelo — Voodoo
- De La Soul — De La Soul Is Dead
- Rufus — Ask Rufus
- Michael Jackson — Off The Wall
- Slum Village — Fan-Tas-Tic Vol 1
- Public Enemy — It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
- Average White Band — Person To Person
Enjoy the music!