Nardwuar gets to the Roots of Questlove‘s musical history.

We don’t often post interviews like this, so when we do you know it’s got to be something really special. Vancouver musical encyclopedia and rap interviewer extraordinaire Nardwuar outdoes himself with this massive exploration of Questlove’s influences, and Questlove, being the affable chap that he is repays Narduar’s knowledge with the kind of verbose, wide-reaching answers you rarely ever hear these days.

As per usual the Canadian legend brings a stack of obscure vinyl to stump the Roots drummer, and gets some memorable reactions as Questlove tries to fill in the gaps and work out exactly how the interviewer actually got hold of the records at all. It’s charming stuff, and one of the warmest interviews we’ve seen in some time – well worth three-quarters of an hour of your time, we’d say. [via HipHop DX]