Performance · Production
Questlove
aka ?uestlove
Philadelphia, United States
Questlove is credited on 130 releases across 99 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1996–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
130
Pressings credited
99
Albums
4
Decades active
1,065
In collections
Biography
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born January 20, 1971), known professionally as Questlove (stylized as ?uestlove), is an American drummer, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor. He is the drummer and joint frontman (with Black Thought) for the hip-hop band the Roots. The Roots has been the in-house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014, after having fulfilled the same role on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Questlove is also one of the producers of the 2015 cast album of the Broadway musical Hamilton. He has also co-founded the websites Okayplayer and OkayAfrica. He joined Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University as an adjunct professor in 2016, and hosted the podcast Questlove Supreme. Questlove has produced recordings for artists including Elvis Costello, Common, D'Angelo, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Jay-Z, Nikka Costa, Booker T. Jones, Al Green, and John Legend. He has been a member of the Soulquarians, the Randy Watson Experience, the Soultronics, the Grand Negaz and the Grand Wizzards. As an author, he has written eight books. Questlove is the recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, six Grammy Awards and a BAFTA Award.
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Credited work
130 releases · 99 albums · active 1996–2025
- Performance · 104
- Production · 37
- Other credits · 31
- Engineering · 3
Studios: The Studio · Battery Studios, New York · Electric Lady Studios · Luminous Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Revolver
1966
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
1988
Baduizm
1997
Black Messiah
2014
Camp
2011
Phrenology
2002
Heavier Things
2003
Things Fall Apart
1999
Barbie The Album
2023
Blazing Arrow
2002
A Seat At The Table
2016
Illadelph Halflife
1996
Like Water For Chocolate
2000
Game Theory
2006
Who Is Jill Scott? (Words And Sounds Vol. 1)
2000
The Tipping Point
2004
Expansion Team
2001
Sunny Side Up
2009
Rising Down
2008
Live
1997
New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh
2010
Fly Or Die
2004
Electric Circus
2002
The Diary
2016
Frequent collaborators
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