Mastering notes for the album Things Fall Apart by The Roots: Museum Object and Cultural History
Mastering notes for the album Things Fall Apart by The Roots: Date: 1997-1999. Written by: Questlove, American, born 1971. Subject of: The Roots, American, founded 1987.
The object in the museum catalogue
These six (6) pages of lined note paper contain handwritten notes in black and blue ink made by Questlove. The content pertains to mastering of the album "Things Fall Apart" (1999). The pages were torn along the left side from a bound notebook, with the upper and lower right corners of each page rounded. The pages are preprinted with lines on both sides, but text is only written on the front side of all six pages.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1997-1999
- Written by: Questlove, American, born 1971
- Subject of: The Roots, American, founded 1987
- Subject of: Electric Lady Studios, American, founded 1970
- Type: notes
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (each): 9 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (25 × 19 cm)
- Place used: Electric Lady Studios, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Object number: 2016.101a-f
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Roots
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © The Roots Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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