?uestlove, the drummer for The Roots, has DJed in Dallas several times but I've never seen him. ("Too tired" was always my excuse.) Now I'm kicking myself -- last night's show was probably among the best times I've had all year. He played old-school hip-hop and soul from every coast and every genre. Tribe. Ice Cube. Biggie. Juvenile. Isley Brothers. Outkast. Talib Kweli. Even Usher's under-appreciated Confessions-era hit, "Bad Girl." (I love that song!)
The chill, jeans-wearing crowd danced, hooted their approval, yelled along with the words. I never thought I'd hear a sing-along of Eazy-E's "Boyz N Tha Hood" at Ghostbar, but there it was.
If you're into hip-hop, or you just want to dance all night, you gotta catch ?uest the next time he's in town. The man can control the decks.
By the way, he used to have a pretty well-read blog on his MySpace page, but he's since created a new one here. Check it out -- he's pretty honest and open.
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