Quarantine Radio: A Tribute To Andre Harrell w/ DJ Clark Kent & More [Video]

ItsTheReal are back with a new episode of ‘Quarantine Radio’.

Today on Episode 48 of Quarantine Radio we pay tribute to the late legend of music, taste, aspiration and culture, Andre Harrell, with our friends DJ Clark Kent, Naima Cochrane and Jeff Sledge.

Watch below.

On a related note, check out this rare interview Andre Harrell has given Tim Westwood almost 3 decades ago. It’s a Capital Rap Show from May 1991.

This candid interview is over 22 minutes long and possibly because there is friendship, familiarity and a cordial background to their alliance, the two joke around as well as discussing serious topics and business. Tim is more erudite than normal, astutely addressing a myriad of fascinating subjects that Andre has opinions on; Common folk, the Teddy Riley sound, Dr.Jeckyll & Mr.Hyde, producing music that reflected the upwardly mobile Black experience [Buppy Rap] and the world of Harlem. He discusses his first movie production credit, the ‘Go Natalie’ project co-written by Nelson George [Go Natalie being the working title of the movie that gave Halle Berry her first co-starring role, it ended up bein’ switched up to ‘Strictly Business’ by the time of release]. He talks about knuckleheads and personal advancement amidst the Inner City, conversely he talks of hope and ‘livin lovely’. He mentions how much money Teddy and Marley get paid per record, and of course, why he switched from performing as an artist [under the Dr.Jeckyll & Mr.Hyde moniker] to artist management…