May 3, 2025

What’s your favorite collaboration between artists?
I will always be partial to the Soulquarians Era, when The Roots, D'Angelo, J Dilla, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Common, Q-Tip, Mos Def (known now as Yasiin Bey), Talib Kweli, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, and a few others all collaborated over the course of a few years at Electric Lady Studios in New York City and made music together. The Roots' Things Fall Apart, D'Angelo's Voodoo, Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun, and Common's Like Water For Chocolate albums all came out of this period. This was also the period when Slum Village's Fantastic, Vol. 2 came to light. The whole time felt like one big jam session between artists.