I know it's passe but The Roots video with E. Baddu...the drummer at the end of the song plays a wicked beat...does he play acoustic drums on the actual track or is it just for show? Does he play those drums live also or do they use a tape substitute?
"I'm really into the game of making people guess, is it a machine, or is it him?" says Thompson, who also goes by the name ?uestlove (pronounced "Questlove"). One famous example is the Roots' biggest hit, "You Got Me," which sounds for all the world like a programmed side stick pattern—until Thompson cuts loose with a blazing drum-and-bass groove. Like much of Thompson's work, the passage is startling, witty, and funky.
