Now hear this. Quest is good at what he does. 123,ABC. That pays his bills. Im happy for him but I dont play to pay bills. I play for the adventure. He is not underated. He is a non-talked about drummer for a reason. You never see him in anyone's top or favorite drummer's list for a reason. Hence the fact that a thread like this even has to get started. His image out-weighs his talent. Just face it.
Now, take Vinnie and put him with the roots. Take Chris Dave and put him with the roots. Take "The Bishop" Thomas Pridgen and put him with the roots. Take Spanky and put him with the roots. What do you get? Go ahead and answer for yourself.
Now, take Quest and put him with Alan Holdsworth. Then put him with Robert Glasper. Then put him with The Mars Volta. Then put him with Tye Tribbett. What do you get?- Wait I wanna answer this...a disaster!!! 
My point is, there are too many musicians who can do what he does musically and probably do it a lot better. And by his particular genera of works, it seems as though he can only do one thing. Hurray for Quest!!! He is severly lacking in versatility and until I hear him step out of that elementary box of basic hip-hop drumming, then I cant personally rate him any higher.
And to Mr. Lumpkin, there is no need to challenge me sir. I know what true complexity is. Its............whatever ?love does'nt play. 
Now hear THIS, sir.
Its fine that you play music for the adventure. I will not allow you to bash a man for making the decision to sustain himself by playing music. You do not know why he plays the gigs that he does. All you can do is specualte.
Ok, so you saw an advertisement that had ?uest's likeness in it. His body of work is emense. The man plays tracks that sound programed. Do you realize just how hard it can be to immitate a track? Its truly the things that he doesn't play that makes him a great player. With the way you're talking, you probably think that Gadd is just another guy too.
Now as far as the whole "take 'x' player and put him here" argument, that is totally bogus. Ok, for arguments sake, put Jeff "Tain" Watts, or Terreon Gully with Tye and see what happens.... That'll be REAL interesting. Even cats of simular background will sound different simply because of their approach to the music. I can 100% promise you that if you me and you played with the same cats and played the exact same songs, they'd sound different. So who is better than who?
And whats wrong with being a music specialist? Is Elvin Jones, Max Roach, or Buddy Rich any less great becaude they only played "jazz" and never cared to play a back beat? If everyone did everything, who would teach someone the true art of a specific genere? Because remember... there are no masters of any ONE craft.
Get in where you fit in and give this guy the respect that he deserves as a musician.
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