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Can Questlove save Pandora? His new show 'Questlove Supreme' will try

Maeve McDermott
USATODAY

Apple Music has the new Frank Ocean album and co-signs from Taylor Swift and Drake. TIDAL premiered Lemonade and boasts a wide range of celebrity co-owners. And Spotify's massive user base is currently winning the streaming-service subscriber wars.

So where does Pandora, known for its landmark online radio stations and not much else, fit into the streaming equation? The service just nabbed its own big-name celeb: Questlove, who will debut a new three-hour show Questlove Supreme on his own Pandora station Sept. 7.

The Roots drummer and Tonight Show ringleader, who will also serve as Pandora's first "Artist Ambassador," will spend the three-hour show curating songs in between hosting other celebrities for interviews. Maya Rudolph appears on his first show, ruminating about a very Questlove-ian topic: the representation of children in 1970s soul songs.

The poster for Quest's new show.

More succinctly, Quest described Supreme as "the black nerd version of NPR" to the New York Times, likening it to the music courses he teaches at New York University.

“This is a commitment deeper than any girlfriend I’ve ever had...or any diet I’ve tried to stick to," he continued, claiming he goes through around 200 songs to prep for each show.

Check out his first Pandora mixtape here.

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