While U Were Asleep, @QuestLove Made Philip Michael Thomas Dope (And Twittered It) (And YouTubed It)

Published Jul 10 2009, 01:49 AM by Carly Carioli

About five hours ago -- we presume post-Fallon taping -- Questo tweeted that he was locked down in the studio "trying a dilla move in which he takes a horrible album & tries to make a miracle."

The album? From 1985, Living The Book Of My Life by Philip Michael Thomas, aka Tubbs.

Time spent from conception to execution: we're guessing about two and a half hours, not including the time he spent Twittering updates on his progress . . . or the time he spent editing/uploading the video of the recording process to YouTube.

All we can say is that when we saw that Tweet, we didn't expect to have full documentation -- not just video but a zshare link to a finished track -- before our heads hit the pillow.

The internets amaze us again.

questlove in studio looking for inspiration. *trying a dilla move in which he takes a horrible album & tries to make a miracle.... 10 Jul 2009 from web

questlove the album: 1985's ("good n terrible" (c) murph) Living The Book Of My Life by Philip Michael Thomas. wish* me* luck* lol 10 Jul 2009 from web

questlove engineer steve to me as i blast the entire pmt album in studio: "ahmir...whatever i did..im sorry!" 10 Jul 2009 from web

questlove i can't believe i listened to 5 entire songs in a row. dilla would listen to ENTIRE songs before he makes a move. 10 Jul 2009 from web

questlove whew. after 18 chops i *think* i got something. 10 Jul 2009 from web

questlove and DONE! http://bit.ly/gf4IF 10 Jul 2009 from web

questlove and HERE! http://www.zshare.net/audio/624666912dc71d21/ 10 Jul 2009 from web