THE LEGENDS SESSION

The thing about studio sessions is they're like surgical procedures performed by jazz musicians—equal parts precision and improvisation, with everyone hoping the patient survives. That's what I was thinking as I navigated through Los Angeles traffic toward Larrabee Sound Studios at eleven-thirty on a Tuesday night, trying to understand how Quincy Jones had convinced me to participate in what he cryptically described as "the session that's going to save hip-hop."
The call had come three days ...