Questlove Rates Autocorrect, Cupping, and 90s Hip Hop

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I hate iPhone autocorrect with a passion

and I'm certain that if they were to take

a grand total of the word most used

in the iPhone texting history,

I assure you the word 'ducking'

is the word that's being used. (laughs)

Now, the thing is,

is that why are they taking

a moralistic stance against cursing

as if it shouldn't exist?

I know it's like to protect kids, or whatever,

but it's just to the point where

I don't even go back and erase it.

It's just every word is 'ducking.'

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As a Philadelphian,

it would be blasphemy for me to

praise or even mention any Hostess product

because we are a Tastykake town.

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I think they need to work on it more because

that to me is like the black woman side eye.

If it's a thinking emoji,

I at least expect the eyes

to go up to the one-o'clock position

or the 11-o'clock position.

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I had cupping done to me yesterday.

Two words, never again.

That is the most painful torture.

And, to watch my loved ones looking at me,

I'm like, You guys are on my side.

What are you guys doing?

This is for your own good, Ahmir.

You need the circulation.

So, I'm not a fan of cupping.

I mean, I'm gonna give it

two or three more chances

and then, fuck it. (laughs)

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No genre of hip-hop, and no period of hip-hop,

really contextualized and kept alive

the music of the past that came before it

more than '90s hip-hop.

Of course, in my head,

I think I'm the Quincy Jones,

like open arms, Yes, there's room for all of us.

But, deep down inside,

kinda like trying to figure out who really voted for Trump

and those things,

I'm like, This is my music.

When I was growing up, jazz was a punishment.

My dad was straight conservative, right

when it came to music.

He used jazz to, sort of,

wipe the demons of all purple and hip-hop away from me.

But, after a while,

it started hittin, hearing that stuff

in the hip-hop music I was listening to.

And, you have producers.

You have Jazzy Jeff, Pete Rock, Q-Tip,

Ali Shaheed, DJ Premier.

And, they're using what I call

the boring section of your parents' record collection.

They're making miracles of it.

That to me brought it full circle.

So, that's the element

that I miss in '90s hip-hop.

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