Pharrell & The Yessirs. The Making Of "How Does It Feel?"

[tmd90340]

Do dumb shit, and I guarentee you we will all follow.

[yousurfer2]

what mics are they using?

[jonasgustaf]

@yousurfer2 I think the ribbon mics he's talking about is a pair of Coles 4038. Pretty expensive and hard to find, I think.

[MOBIKNOBI1001]

soo smooth i can listen it all the time man u'r style is like a heartbeat it will dont stop baby

[iPromoteDopeMusic]

I love the neptunes and I love dave philly! dave philly beats when you high!!!

[MrDeltroid]

Questlove is my favorite drummer.

[nick7allright]

he sound real white. then when he yells "hey can you play the track for me" he gets black

[T3rryS0u1]

Great artist......he is on of the saviours of Urban Soul!!

[itaickx]

I just found out were lil b got that woo woo sound of. 1:00

[carmellac2000]

?uestlove and travis barker are the tightest drummers to ever lived sorry tommy lee

[MARSdaFIFTH]

@carmellac2000 You might wanna investigate that a little more bruh...lol

[carmellac2000]

@MARSdaFIFTH tommy lee is good but those other cats are pristine!...sis...lol

[backtothebeat4]

@carmellac2000 don't ever say questlove and travis barker in the same sentence again.

thanks

[carmellac2000]

@backtothebeat4 lol why is that?

[carmellac2000]

note to self buy drumsticks

[darthzodiac]

I play drums

[OptimisPrhyme]

my God... he has a perfect pocket...

[Fjord76]

I'm a long time fan of yours (since Do you want more?!!?) but I didn't know this album (I just got it a few days ago) When I read what happened to this project or QTip's Kamaal the Abstract, I can't help but thinking that most of people in the music industry are very stupid :( Anyway,thanks a lot i'm enjoying this in a way you can't even imagine :D (besides, seeing you playing with both hands on the hi hat is really rare!) You rock ?uest, BIG TIME :D

[2base]

I WOULD NEVER THINK ?UESTLOVE TALKED LIKE THAT

[BreatheMusicOfficial]

- NEW 2010 release Pharrell "That Girl" REMIX, Check Out NEW REMIX

for 2010 REMIX............Leave feedback..thanks

[MrY0ung23]

Nice...lmfao its amazing how much i like watching Quest<3 playi the drumzz

[rene9109]

this dude is good....wish i could play like that. i havent touched a drumset in 4 or 5 years :(

[youngbloodke]

I like this a whole lot better than the travis barker vids

[italia10588]

@youngbloodke

I can't thumbs up you enough for that comment. FUCK travis barker.

[SheekLucci]

lmao, listen to how good that snare drum sounds and then talk about a "Correct way to tune"

[flybutshy]

your telling ?uestlove how to tune a drum, hahaha, theres a conventional way, but i say tune it however you want so it sounds how you want, end of

[CITOONTHEBEAT8]

MY FAVORITE DRUMMER

[poncho2211]

@CITOONTHEBEAT8 I second that

[teamsleepnine]

can anyone tell me why he cover the bass drum with the blanket?

[f1snextchamp]

To dampen the resonance, so it sounds less "ringy."

It is a very common engineer's trick, pioneered by British recording legend (and psycho) Joe Meek, in the 1950s

[Marol]

it dampens it, almost like moon gels on a snare drum head...

[flybutshy]

its to create a chamber so the bass mic only picks up the bass drum, one mic internall and one on the outside is a common method with the chamber, it sounds amazing, hope that answerd your question :)

[falzonious]

could watch dude all day

[MaudoSey]

Shiet this is so awesome haha.

[Justin7118]

pocket for dayz....

[chilla2]

4:18 superstition

[soulmman]

Man watching this makes me wish I knew how to play the drums.

[luciferrrrrrrrrrr]

/watch?v=_z1DK8pGolQ

[m0410450]

ah, I don't know how he does it.... 6 minutes grooving on the same beat over and a=over again never does a different fill in. Now that's damned fine drumming.

[1man2manynotes]

the best tend 2 use real instruments

[15X]

AT 5:10

[celestialnubian]

Pharrell can play a little durms himself but ?uestlove is boss.

[whateverdude716]

@ 8:10 the stick on the floor tom fall's off LMAO

[IrwinDizzle]

People have no common sense, Listen and read.....

[bukakkeguy]

dear ?uestlove,

you're one of the tightest drummers in the world, but you should know better than to leave your sticks chillin on the floor tom, your sick nasty overhead mics will surelly pick them up rattlin around as they are in this video... silly guy

[dazzelya]

Dear bukkebukkeman,

Perhaps you have (real) studio experience. Even if the first take was immaculate, you always record more. Punching in (like ? said in the video) is always an option.

Silly guy.

[OneNationFunkHipHop]

Afro?

[OZilla612]

quest leeeezy!

[misterriddlez]

that hi hat.....that hi hat

[sirdrumalot9]

i think im gunna go stoch tape a t-shirt to my bass drum

[CeonBroughton]

yh go and do it

[syntheticvitamin]

Look on flore tom. When Pharrell plays. Things lead the life. A drum stick and some thing...

[KnockoutNed1]

i wish i could download ?s brain

[Singyadrawlsoff]

I agree with, timmidrummerboy! Alot of drummers now adays have such a hard time trying to keep it in the pocket. It's like it's become a struggle of some sort.

[copihuestate]

boring .... 6 minutes of the same loop over and over

[Moog167]

Try to play on a MPC or loop in a live show.....it's tough if you don't have a pocket and pocket (making people dance) gets you money not stick twirls and chops thats why cats like ?uestlove are famous

[d1thundergod]

and yet..you will watch the same porno over and over and over..

[copihuestate]

no i usually randomise my porn search engine , so each day is a diferent adeventure , i have midget monday , lebos on saturday , gang band on friday ..

and this .. this is just and ugly guy playing the same loop over and over . .

and i dont see the relation between this and porn ... do you ?

[d1thundergod]

he's an ugly guy beating a drum over and over..you are an ugly beating your meat over and over..kindered spirits if you ask me..which you did.

[copihuestate]

stop making gay noises

[d1thundergod]

...so, you're an expert on gay noises...wonder how you came about that knowledge?first hand?

[copihuestate]

hi , remember me ? , we used to fight in this comments ,now i think we both are funny as hell .. and i just want you my friend to know that i wish you the best ! .

[d1thundergod]

peace.

[artistems456]

AHAHAH YOUR A FAG

[Lenoar]

LOL !

[timmidrummerboy]

dats why I like him pocket.

[bdrums777]

i saw him using a sabian crash when i saw him live and he is using one in the studio as well.

[martincredible]

lol it did sound like superstition by stevie wonder

[WONDAWOMAN]

wHAT i NEED to know is where to find the official album with the mix that has qwestlove and James pooyser playing on it. I heard "Dim the lights" in studio version on qwestlove's myspace and went& bought the album, but was disappointed, cuz that version of that song along with the qwestlove version of the others were not on it. I went to work & found an unmarked CD that had all the remixes on it,but sound is poor. Where can I find it? Done mixed w/questloves versions on it?

[edwardyourlord2]

i have the entire album.. where he does it with the yessirs... its called out of my mind. and it has the same drum beat as this vid.

[joi124]

he is a beast

[namir91]

?uest keep killin it with the ill drumming. This track is dope, everytime i hear it i get the urge start bboying.

[warforthought]

my favorite part was "whoo, it sounds like superstition!"

haha i was thinking the exact same thing before he said it

[go2class]

tony allen quest love lenny white best drummers

[KenSebben]

yep...add Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks, Billy Cobham....even Assaf Seewi

[JayIiDeSoul]

tht beat is so dope, damn ?uest u nvr stop flooring me

[keyaneghterafi]

Why are you so amazing?

[adzmorris]

Guys there is no best and never will be a best! Tony,Aaron,?uestlove,Thomas Lang are all great! Its like saying Ice Cream is better than apple pie or Steak is better than Chicken, its all good and I could never commit to just ice cream or apple pie, i love both!!! Love ?uestloves groove, Love Aaron chops, Love Thomas's complex stuff and I love Meg Whites simplicity and Stevie Wonders musicallity! Some times the "non-drummer" kill it as well! One is not and never will be "better" than the other!!

[bigxcon]

i dont know about you ... but ill take stack over chicken !!!

[gkorein]

i'm definitely in "non-drummer" category and hopefully also in the "killing it" category.

[airmcnair4mvp]

i don't know about that, I love me some apple pie lol

[JcHaPrMtBer]

check out aaron spears as well, u cant say questloves the best after you've heard this guy. i respect questlove but hes just not in the same league as so many drummers out there-

sorry to break it to ya

[matthadaway]

?uestlove is in league all his own, just like drummers like Bernard Purdie, Steve Gadd, Al Jackson Jr, etc. In case you didn't know, these are the kinds of drummers that play on records people will still be buying 30 years from now. If you don't respect that, I hope you don't play drums.

[JcHaPrMtBer]

i do play drums i study music at uni.. i just get annoyed when ppl say this drummers the best, based on his drumming in the roots, dun hate!

[mrm4xim4m]

go ?uest i dig this man cool as fuck

[BLOODSTRYKA]

this shit is jiggy

[mloclam7]

OH go to hell! did you just say jiggy?

[BLOODSTRYKA]

yes damit wut u gone do about it

[drumlova]

i love his grooves and accuracy

[johniep3E]

ive seen tony royster live and i still reckon ?UEST and mike portnoy are better. FOR HIP HOP THERES ONLY ONE DRUMMER: ?UESTLOVE

[mustafa1sm]

why you buying sticks man, i know you got endorsements!!!!

[mindelo23]

best drumer alive

[Saxyman14]

for the style, definitely.

[JHPMB]

sorry man but theres no way hes the best drummer alive.. have u even heard of tony royster?

[winnerbaby44]

have you ever heard of dennis chambers?

have you ever heard of buddy rich?

and so on and so on

[JcHaPrMtBer]

yh exactly...

nevermind i dont think ppl here get it

[Moog167]

Uhhhhh.....yeah I heard of those guys in fact I met Chambers at "Mars" and Guitar center but I bet you Royster and Chambers has respect for ?uestlove because he has a nasty pocket

Its not always about Chops y'know!

[iwhohavenothing4]

crazy

[blockah123]

philly is crazy good too,thats ?uest love on da drums from the roots.

[KayumiNanahara043]

Is that Afroman?? o_O

[CrasVisions]

that boi sounds like he's turnin' on a drum machine everytime he rips...the timing is impeccable

[MzBanksN757]

I will always be a fan! Va makes hits!

[VitorVitoriaBaia]

I dont think this is a good ideia...I don't know...what's the point..or this is a great-fake story or I dont think people going to buy the album with the same music...and many sounds here sounds to me like bad MIDI...im confused

[robchrist91]

they're doing this because pharrell thought in my mind came out wrong and besides, they're re-recording it with live instruments, so that should always be interesting. how would it be a fake story? "oh let's make up a story about re-recording in my mind with live instruments." even if it was fake, they still recording. who cares if no one's going to buy it? i thought it's mostly about the music.

[VitorVitoriaBaia]

yes it's true...but Pharrell could release a new album instead of doing this. Well new N*E*R*D album coming up...:)

[robchrist91]

well since he thought his first needed a fix-up, that was a higher priority to him. it doesn't make sense to record a sophomore album, then go back to the first to fix it up. yes nerd album N*3*R*D

[VitorVitoriaBaia]

but this new records are unreleased yet and I dont think that they will release them.The album has currently been shelved by Interscope Records. And the worst is that all the songs went in Quest Love's myspace...and for a label that's not good.

[robchrist91]

yeah it's been shelved for a while, so all that hard work they put in...bummer.

[Graffstar22]

the ride at the end was dope.

[adobowitrice32]

mr. thompson sir. you are one of the best.

[Africarolina]

hahaha...look at the stick dancing too (7:51)...soo much so...it was drunk and fell off the snare...

[timmybloc]

witness whats really real !!! click on the name above !!! witness the making of a legend !!! timmybloc

[m16ksm]

Out of my mind makes me want to buy the album again...but unfortunettly interscope fell trough on the release. It's never gonna be in stores, but if you can find it on the interent, trust me...it's worth your time.

[Rnicolew]

My fav song on the album - I cannot wait for the re release. This is the most excited I have ever been about an album release, and I know it will live up to expectations. Quest is a genius!

[ochoamatt2]

ahhh stevie wonder at 4:22?

[Horrakane]

he was in the video of N*E*R*D - Maybe init?

[redreal312]

Yeah his name is Quest Love, drummer for the Roots

[Renegade125]

hahaha HE DID have me thinkin of Superstition when he started that beat

[Knowledge04]

your the best

[votebarackobama]

quest - i saw the title of this, and I started thinking: when's the new d'angelo coming out? I heard you're playing on it, and d' is the shit, so could you give your adoring fans a heads up?

[moimoimoimoi38]

This album, Pharell & The Yessirs "In my mind" has just been shelved by Interscope!!! Fuck that...

[hijklmnop06]

Leaked On Imeem,record it with Goldwave,thank god!

[justinforrest]

awesome

[edtsidas]

That's gotta be the old skoolest shit I've ever seen!

[bunncat40]

Its takes mad discipline to play like this an entire song, by far the master of pocket drumming

[robchrist91]

definitely. he has great patience.

[Chosenfewcircle]

Some crazy inside $hit. Hope the fro comes back.

I was having fun the other day and a chic took a vid of it on her cam and sent to me..so im like 'eh why not respond to ?uesto with it'.

haha

[sparxfli]

"My man rip drums, like he ringin' a bell"

[CBXweb]

when is this suppose to be released?

[danimonee]

My Favorite so far!!!

[extrapulakatekel]

DOPE!!!!

[stgntg]

play the actual song at the same time and beat match as best as you can.... this albums gonna be crazy !!

[mospeed1417]

Good stuff man, thanks for posting this and vids like it.

[Stoneberg]

cool stuff quest, i wanna see some more videos of you drumming!

[designatedd]

WHERES THE FRO?! QUESTO?!

[Stizzylicious]

nooooooooooooo!!! we lost it!!! :(

[dreamcrusher5]

its gotta b braids!!! if it aint: ?UEST, U PUNK FUTHER MUCKER!

[extrapulakatekel]

it's braids if you look close.

[pressrewind]

Cats are about to bring their samplers out for this, ha ha.

[dollabillbeats]

word.. imma sample this shyt no doubt

[TrueScience]

thanks for postin man! real cool always lookin fwd to more

[w0rldpeace]

Healthy.