Questlove Supreme's Black Music Month programming continues with a special interview with James Poyser. In Part 1, the incredible musician, producer, and member of The Roots retraces his steps from an English-born child of Jamaican parents to West Philadelphia. He also recalls cutting his teeth in Gospel music before ultimately getting down with DJ Jazzy Jeff's A Touch Of Jazz production team. Along the way, James remembers meeting Ahmir and making a line-skipping series of cameos on The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.

0:00 Questlove Supreme rollcall with James Poyser
2:00 Small talk and catch-up; James Poyser was born in England to Jamaican parents and he grew up in West Philadelphia
10:00 James Poyser grew up in the church, and it informed his musical sensibilities — including time at drums and bass guitar
13:00 - James Poyser speaks about his West Philly upbringing
18:30 - As a child of immigrants, James Poyser chose music when his parents wanted him to become an engineer. Poyser even went to college at Drexel University to become an engineer
20:00 - James Poyser reflects on his days learning instruments and getting comfortable and confident as a musician — including his evolution into piano
23:30 - James Poyser recalls the competition among musicians in the Philly church circuit
32:00 - James Poyser worked retail at the onset of his music career, before getting down with DJ Jazzy Jeff's A Touch Of Jazz and Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff's Philadelphia International Records
36:00 - James Poyser illustrates a week in the life of a working Gospel musician in the late 1980s or early 1990s
39:00 - James Poyser recalls a pre-fame Mark Morrison
41:30 - James Poyser and Team Supreme speak about Philadelphia musician Vikter Duplaix aka Grandmaster Vik
45:50 - James Poyser began working with DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince around the time of the ...In This Corner album. He also made cameo appearances on The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
48:30 - James Poyser on working at Philadelphia International Records, and collaborating with some of the Philly legends
51:30 - James Poyser recalls writing Gospel songs, and he and Phonte also recall collaborating on Little Brother's Minstrel Show album
55:00 - James and Phonte pay one another compliments
56:00 - The end of Part 1

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