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<b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson to Release
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<b><i><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Memoir To Be Released By Grand Central Publishing
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YORK, February 27, 2013</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> –
<b>Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson </b>announces the release of <b><i>Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove.
</i></b>The collection is a <span style="background:white">punch-drunk memoir in which everyone's favorite Questlove tells his own story while tackling some of the lates, the greats, the fakes and the true originals of the music world. He digs deep into the
album cuts of his life, and unearths some pivotal moments in Black music and pop culture. But more than just a series of remembrances </span><i>Mo' Meta Blues</i> is a book that also questions the nature of memory and the idea of a post modern Black man saddled
with some post-modern <i>Blues</i>. It's the side wind of a one-of-a-kind mind. It's a rare gift that gives as well as takes.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";background:white">Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is many things: virtuoso drummer, producer, arranger,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Late
Night with Jimmy Fallon</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span>bandleader, DJ, composer, and...tireless twitterer? He is one of our most ubiquitous cultural tastemakers, and in this, his first book, he reveals his own formative experiences-from
growing up in 1970's West Philly as the son of a 1950's doo-wop singer, to finding his own way though the music world and ultimately co-founding and rising up with The Roots, aka,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">the
last hip hop band on Earth</span></em>. The book also has some musings about the state of hip hop, the state of music criticism, the state of statements, as well as a plethora of run-ins with celebrities, idols and fellow artists, from Stevie Wonder to KISS
to D'Angelo to Jay-Z to Dave Chappelle to...you ever seen Prince roller-skate?!?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">About Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Drummer, DJ, producer, culinary entrepreneur, and member of
<b>The Roots</b> </span><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">- Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">, is the unmistakable heartbeat of Philadelphia’s most influential hip-hop group. He is also the Musical
Director for <b><i>Late Night with Jimmy Fallon</i></b> where his beloved Roots crew serves as house band. The
<b>4-time GRAMMY </b>award winning ensemble was recently just nominated for <b>Best Rap Album
</b>for the 2011 release of <b><i>undun</i></b>. This brings the band’s GRAMMY nomination count to twelve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Beyond that, this Grammy award winning musician's indisputable reputation has landed him musical directing positions with everyone from
<b>D'Angelo</b> to <b>Eminem</b> to <b>Jay-Z.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Recently making his way into the culinary world with his signature "Love's</span><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Drumstick," Questlove began his own culinary quest with off-premise catering, featuring Creole and Korean inspired soul food with a focus on locally sourced ingredients and “on-a-stick” decadence, for hi-profile
exclusive events. <br>
<b><u>About Ben Greenman</u></b><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Ben Greenman is an editor at the
<em><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">New Yorker</span></em> and the author of several acclaimed books of fiction, including
<em><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Superbad</span></em>, <em><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Please Step Back</span></em>, and
<em><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">What He's Poised to Do</span></em>. As a journalist and critic, he has written widely on music and pop culture. His most recent novel is
<em><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The Slippage</span></em>. He currently resides in Brooklyn.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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