Michelle Obama is currently touring America behind her new memoir Becoming. For each tour stop, Questlove has curated a three-part warm up playlist called “The Michelle Obama Musiaqualogy,” Billboard reports. The 300-track collection includes music by Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Prince, Kendrick Lamar, JAY-Z, Eryka Badu, D’Angelo, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and much more. Each volume of the playlist trilogy is organized by decade, spanning from 1964 to 2018. Listen below.
“From the jazz and Stevie Wonder of my childhood, to Prince and Earth, Wind, and Fire as I came into my own as an adult, to Beyoncé, Janelle Monáe, and so many others who provided the stirring backbeats of my time in the White House—music has always been a defining part of who I’ve become,” Michelle told Billboard. “Life’s a little better when we live it to Questlove’s beat.”
Earlier this year, Questlove shared his own book called Creative Quest. It arrived with an audiobook, which featured new music from the Roots members and quests readings from Fred Armisen and others.
