The Roots' bandleader is at work with Jay-Z on a top secret project.
The Roots' bandleader ?uestlove recently took a break from deejaying during a party at the Sundance Film Festival a few weeks ago, revealing that he's working on a secret project with Jay-Z. Though he didn't go into details, he said that he took a break from working with Hov to hit up his 40/40 Club in New York City, New York, and that the fruits of their labor will be revealed in the forthcoming weeks.
"Basically, Jay's a friend. I went there and it was hectic," he said. "He and I are actually working on a secret project, so I was kind of taking a break from working with him and he was just like, 'Come by the opening.' So I came. So we're doing something real big in the next few weeks."
He also noted that Jay keeps on pressuring him to hand over an iPod for Blue Ivy Carter's nursery, a promise he made in a magazine article several months ago. Quest said that he still plans to hand over the fully-stocked device in order to give BIC a musical foundation.
"He's absolutely elated and in cloud nine. And he's waiting for his iPod. Yes, I'll give you your iPod. I kind of promised to him in my Rolling Stone article that I would have this nursery iPod. Not nursery songs, but I figure I kind of said, by the time your daughter's three, she's going to know who Frank Zappa is and Captain Beefheart and LL Cool J and John Coltrane. All you do is put this in her nursery and play it 24/7 and it's just going to baptize her in music. So ever since I said that seven months ago, he's been like, 'Where's my iPod? Where's my iPod? Where's my iPod?' That's going to be my contribution. I'm going to mold her musical mind."