Amir Questlove–Thompson

A good friend of mine says that if the first three words of any ad lib from a soul singer are the words in my mind, then you know the abyss levels of deep that that version of the song is going to be. And that's exactly... That's exactly what Dennis Edwards does.

The fact that his first three words have nothing to do with Silent Night, which is in my mind, which is kind of like a go-to, like I'm going to get real deep for you here before I start sermonizing. That's a warning that you're about to get something special. The Temptations version, their slow version of Silent Night is damn near a religion in black households.

The fact that his first three words have nothing to do with Silent Night, which is in my mind, which is kind of like a go-to, like I'm going to get real deep for you here before I start sermonizing. That's a warning that you're about to get something special. The Temptations version, their slow version of Silent Night is damn near a religion in black households.

The fact that his first three words have nothing to do with Silent Night, which is in my mind, which is kind of like a go-to, like I'm going to get real deep for you here before I start sermonizing. That's a warning that you're about to get something special. The Temptations version, their slow version of Silent Night is damn near a religion in black households.