"You have to bear in mind that [Questlove] is one of the smartest motherf*****s on the planet.
His musical knowledge for all practical purposes is limitless." --Robert Christgau A
punch-drunk memoir in which Everyone's Favorite Questlove tells his own story while tackling
some of the lates the greats the fakes the philosophers the heavyweights 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 art hip hop and pop culture. Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is many
things: virtuoso drummer producer arranger Late Night with Jimmy Fallon bandleader DJ
composer and tireless Tweeter. 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 1970s West
Philly as the son of a 1950s doo-wop singer to finding his own way through the music world and
ultimately co-founding and rising up with the Roots a.k.a. the last hip hop band on Earth.
Mo' Meta Blues also has some (many) random (or not) 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?!? But Mo' Meta Blues isn't just a memoir.
It's a dialogue about the nature of memory and the idea of a post-modern black man saddled with
some post-modern blues. It's a book that questions what a book like Mo' Meta Blues really is.
It's the side wind of a one-of-a-kind mind. It's a rare gift that gives as well as takes.
It's a record that keeps going around and around.
