100 Albums Posted by Questlove

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:

1. Terence Trent d’Arby — Neither fish nor flesh
2. Tower of Power — Live and In Living Color
3. James Brown — In the Jungle Groove
4. Jeru the Damaja — The Sun Rises In The East
5. Jazzy Jeff & Will Smith — And In This Corner
6. Gary Wilson — You Think You Really Know Me
7. J Dilla — Donuts
8. Wynton Marsalis — Live At Blues Alley
9. Young Black Teenagers — With The Young Black Teenagers
10. Syreeta — Stevie wonder presents Syreeta
11. London music works — Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure Score
12. Jackson 5 — Get It Together
13. Wu Tang — Enter the 36 Chambers
14. Larry Young — Unity
15. Gil Scott-Heron — Reflections
16. Kali Uchis — Isolation
17. Son of Bazerk — Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk
18. Diana Ross — Diana
19. Funkadelic — Let’s Take It To The Stage
20. Minnie Riperton — Come to my garden
21. Nina Simone — Nina Simone & Piano
22. The Meters — Look-Ka Py Py
23. Al Jarreau — Look to The Rainbow
24. Tony Toni Tone — Sons of Soul
25. Jungle Brothers — Straight out the jungle
26. Jill Scott — Who is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
27. The Isley Brothers — The Heat Is On
28. Rick James — Street Songs
29. Los Lobos — Kiko
30. Louis Jordan — Let the Good Times Roll
31. The Beatnuts— Street Level
32. Sting — Nothing Like The Sun
33. Curtis Mayfield — Curtis/Live!
34. Brand Nubian — One for all
35. Radiohead — Kid A
36. Cody Chesnutt — The Headphone Masterpiece
37. Prince — The Truth
38. Stereolab — Dots & Loops
39. Common — Like Water for Chocolate
40. Richard Pryor — That Nigger’s crazy
41. The Avalanches — Since I left you
42. Peter Rock & C.L. Smooth — Mecca & The soul brother
43. Sade — Stronger than pride
44. Ahmad Jamal Trio — The Awakening
45. Erykah Badu — New Amerykah Part one
46. The Beatles — Revolver
47. Tears for Fears — The seeds of love
48. Herbie Hancock — Thrust
49. Max Roach — Percussion Bitter Sweet
50. The Police — Reggatta De Blanc
51. Ultramagnetic MCs — Critical Beatdown
52. Fiona Apple — Tidal
53. Fela Kuti — Beasts of No Nation
54. The Pharcyde — Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
55. Joni Mitchell — The Hissing of the Summer Laws
56. Clipse — Hell Hath No Fury
57. Marvin Gaye — Here my Dear
58. Graham Central Station — Release Yourself
59. Amy Winehouse — Back To Black
60. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth — Pleasure
61. Earth, Wind & Fire — All ‘N All
62. John Coltrane — Coltrane Plays the blues
63. Eugene McDaniels — Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse
64. Talking Heads — Remain in Light
65. Beastie Boys — Licensed to Ill
66. Led Zepplin — Physical Graffiti
67. The Time — What Time is it?
68. Slum Village — Fantastic Vol 2
69. Sly & the Family Stone — Fresh
70. Max Roach — Drums Unlimited
71. Fishbone — Fishbone
72. Stevie Wonder — Talking Book
73. The Jimi Hendrix Experience — Electric Ladyland
74. James Brown — Revolution of the mind: Live at the Apollo Vol3
75. The Beatles — Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band
76. Stevie Wonder — Songs in the Key of Life
77. Miles Davis — On the Corner
78. John Coltrane — A Love Supreme
79. Stevie Wonder — Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
80. The Beach Boys — Pet Sounds
81. Janet Jackson — Control
82. Ice Cube — Amerikkka’s Most Wanted
83. Beastie Boys — Paul’s Boutique
84. The Police — Synchronicity
85. Miles Davis — Nefertiti
86. Marvin Gaye — What’s going’ on
87. Bill Withers — + ‘Justements
88. Prince — Parade: Music from the motion picture Under the Cherry Moon
89. Sly & The Family Stone — There’s a riot going on
90. Michael Jackson — Thriller
91. Stevie Wonder — Music Of My Mind
92. A Tribe Called Quest — Midnight Marauders
93. Prince — 1999
94. D’Angelo — Voodoo
95. De La Soul — De La Soul Is Dead
96. Rufus — Ask Rufus
97. Michael Jackson — Off The Wall
98. Slum Village — Fan-Tas-Tic Vol 1
99. Public Enemy — It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
100. Average White Band — Person To Person

Enjoy the music!