With his new album, Donuts, J Dilla completes his transplant from Detroit to sunny L.A. It's 44 minutes of straight heat -- filled with brand new, original instrumentals straight from the mind of one of the very best producers in hip hop at the top of his game. All the hallmarks of the Dilla sound are here. His signature recipe of classic soul and modern electronic makes for pure, raw hip hop music. Without guest rappers, and without commercial compromise, Donuts showcases Dilla's amazing vers   [ read more ]

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The quiet, prolific producer collaborated with everyone from Erykah Badu to Common to Janet Jackson to Prince. Dilla was just beginning to capitalize on his cult status when he sadly passed at age 32 due to Lupus-related complications. Jay Stay Paid, is a 25 track collection of unreleased Dilla beats mixed and arranged by Pete Rock. While mostly instrumental, Jay Stay Paid also offers a few guests vocals from artists that Dilla worked with or admired including Black Thought of the Roots, DOOM,   [ read more ]

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After nearly a year of this release in limbo, one of J-Dilla's last projects before he died is available. Originally a Japanese only release, Operation Unknown have done the right thing and released this internationally. Mostly instrumental (who's complaining?), a few of the songs feature guests such as Baatin (of Slum Village) and Ta'Raach.

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J Dilla's rarely heard masterpiece Ruff Draft officially re-released as a deluxe 2-CD set with bonus vocal tracks, interludes and instrumentals.In retrospect, Ruff Draft proved to mark a turning point in Dilla's career. He spent the '90s making a name for himself as an all-around, top-notch hip-hop producer. First arriving on the scene with his own group Slum Village in his native Detroit, Dilla would establish himself throughout the decade on classic tracks for A Tribe Called Ques   [ read more ]

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Jay Dee made a name for himself as one-third of A Tribe Called Quest's beat-making faction (the Ummah). Thanks to his work on Common's critically acclaimed Like Water for Chocolate and Q-Tip's post-Quest endeavor Amplified, Dee has also established himself as a hip-hop super-producer. While Dee's stock continues to rise (working with Janet Jackson, Erykah Badu, and Macy Gray), his underground projects have been less fruitful. Reason being, when it comes to enlisting   [ read more ]

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The beats on Yancey Boys were "all previously untouched Jay Dee gems" that the head of Delicious Vinyl, Michael Ross, gave to the late hip-hop producer's brother, rapper/singer Illa J. Like Illa's vocal version of the album, Yancey Boys Instrumentals doesn't thrill or disappoint, placing above the woefully short sketchbook Jay Loves Japan but also well below Dilla's all-beats release Donuts. Fans disappointed by Donuts' fondness for minute-and-a-half tracks won't get much mo   [ read more ]

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Released three months after Dillanthology 1, this second volume shifts the spotlight to Jay Dee's remix work, which was frequently as creative as his built-from-scratch output. Hardcore fans who brushed aside the first set cannot afford to do so here; glancing at this (mostly pre-2000) track list might send them scurrying to their many folders of Dilla-related MP3s, only to come up empty in a few cases (like a kicked-back, previously unreleased mix of Artifacts' "The Ultimate"). The only trac   [ read more ]

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Kicking off with the perfect choice of "Runnin'" from the Pharcyde, Dillanthology 1 is an excellent sampler of late hip-hop producer J Dilla's work for others, but it's not an overview. Important tracks with Janet Jackson, Jaylib, Q-Tip, and others are missing, plus there are also no liner notes explaining why this man from Detroit was so influential and how he touched so many. One listen through, though, and even the newcomer will know why he's so revered. Track after track of warm sou   [ read more ]

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