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What were the distinctive features of the music you were making that separated it from motown, philadelphia, new york? >> willie: the culture was a mixture of bahamian, jamaican, and people came down from georgia and alabama, but that bahamian influence was dominant. >> anthony: right. >> willie: we would have bands who would march from over town all the way to liberty city and back in big parades. this influence, the dancing and the moving and the marching, i would say that was the main differe...

Understand? >> anthony: i understand people deeply love them and i do like waffles and i do love fried chicken. put them on separate plates and im okay. >> questlove: you dont want your food integrated? >> anthony: shrimp and grits, a southern classic made with florida shrimp, virginia ham, and south carolina stone ground grits. >> anthony: i was reading your book. is it curtis mayfield you have bad associations with? >> questlove: whenever i hear curtis mayfield, just as a kid, that particular ...

Have said southern people, whatever they want to call us, in all actuality, were an island town. miami was made of bohemians that built the city of miami. so now you have a lot of different cultures. >> anthony: caribbean, southern american. very, very different. >> luther: yeah. >> anthony: how was that mix? how has that impacted music? >> luther: when people think about me, this guy makes bootie aking music. everybodys dancing. everybody is dancing in a sexual way. the girls are standing up on...