?uestlove’s always been one of our favorite personalities in the live music scene. Between the throwback afro, the down-to-Earth demeanor, the punctuation mark in his name and the ability to bend genres and cross over like a 1990 Timmy Hardaway, he’s everything you want out of a drummer. Toss in his ability to turn the ol’ tables, and you’ve got gold. Gold, Jerry, gold.

But ?uestlove’s pissed, and he’s taking his pissedoffedness to The Roots’ message board, as is his custom. What’s got the funky drummer so hot this time? He volunteered to DJ his high school’s upcoming ’80s revivial reunion shindig, and the organizers flat-out snubbed him. He starts out humble, but I absolutely love his increasingly hostility as he gives the situation more thought:

so then my ego kicked in and i was like (saying to myself…maybe they aint up on your position as the Student Of All Music…i mean im offering to do for free what some people have to pay up to 5 figures to get in the world….i mean sheeesh if john mayer told his high school “i will do a performance for free” at his high school reunion that woulda been the shit right?

what they think i dont know about depeche mode and talk talk?

they think all im gonna play is “it takes two” and “fight the power”?

?uestlove may have forgotten to close his parenthetical thought, but the man presents a logical point about how people would react if John Mayer offered his services. Only it turns out, John Mayer actually received some shabby treatment from his high school alma mater a couple years back. But “sheeesh” is right, buddy — I suggest showing up and taking a dump in the punch bowl. Read on after the jump for ?uestlove’s full treatise on Okayplayer…

so i get word that there is gonna be a 80s revival reunion thing going on with my high school. and they are doing everyone from 80-89.

so i get the bright idea to make it special and i reach out to the two former graduate students who are organizing the event.

i want to dj this event.

i mean i think i earned my stripes to know the 80s inside/out. most of you are my witnesses. i could really make this event fun.

so i reach out…and wouldn’t you know….they gave me the brush off. and its understandable….they been organizing for sometime now yada yada….but its like

ok…you say “you rolling with this dj service” (think “the pros” all you tri state 80’s teens)–like the dude you hire to be the wedding dj.

i dunno i feel some sort of way…its like all they will ever respect and know is boyz to men.—i aint got one invite to speak, no event, no nothing! lol….

so then my ego kicked in and i was like (saying to myself…maybe they aint up on your position as the Student Of All Music…i mean im offering to do for free what some people have to pay up to 5 figures to get in the world….i mean sheeesh if john mayer told his high school “i will do a performance for free” at his high school reunion that woulda been the shit right?

what they think i dont know about depeche mode and talk talk?

they think all im gonna play is “it takes two” and “fight the power”?

sheeeesh…THIS is why i always take this underdog/near self defeatist position…this is like the story of my life…

i kill 20,000 people in poland

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KO-VXA8IKD4&mode=related&search=

and can’t even kill my own reunion….

L!

Pretty crazy shit…again, I don’t know about you, but I blame Imus.