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James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974–February 10, 2006), better known as J Dilla or Jay Dee, was an American hip hop producer and emcee, who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip-hop scene in Detroit, Michigan. He began his career as “Jay Dee” but used the name “J Dilla” from 2001 on. Many critics believe J Dilla’s work to have had a major influence on his peers, and he perhaps embodied the neo soul sound, playing a defining yet understated role during the sub-genre’s rise (roughly from the mid-90s to the early 2000s).
J Dilla was known as a “producer’s producer”, and was highly regarded by better known producers such as Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Pharrell Williams (who named him as his favourite producer). Many considered him as a musical genius. A large catalogue of his work, mostly unused beats, remains unreleased, and in some cases have been freely passed around through the internet, impressing enthusiasts and adding to his cult-status.
Gaining inspiration from listening to Whodini’s “Big Mouth” back in the day, Jay began to try his hand at making beats by using the “pause” and record buttons on his tape deck. After learning to work an MPC-60 back in 92’ from Amp Fiddler, Jay Dee was on his way to becoming one of hip-hop’s illest beat makers.
After hooking up with two high school friends, T3 and Baatin, they formed the crew called, Slum Village (circa 1988), and Jay started to polish his rhyming skills to match his dope production. As Slum Village began to show themselves in Detroit and around the east coast Jay was also busy getting his production noticed by other artists in the music industry.
J Dilla was known as a “producer’s producer”, and was highly regarded by better known producers such as Kanye West, Just Blaze, and Pharrell Williams (who named him as his favourite producer). Many considered him as a musical genius. A large catalogue of his work, mostly unused beats, remains unreleased, and in some cases have been freely passed around through the internet, impressing enthusiasts and adding to his cult-status.
Gaining inspiration from listening to Whodini’s “Big Mouth” back in the day, Jay began to try his hand at making beats by using the “pause” and record buttons on his tape deck. After learning to work an MPC-60 back in 92’ from Amp Fiddler, Jay Dee was on his way to becoming one of hip-hop’s illest beat makers.
After hooking up with two high school friends, T3 and Baatin, they formed the crew called, Slum Village (circa 1988), and Jay started to polish his rhyming skills to match his dope production. As Slum Village began to show themselves in Detroit and around the east coast Jay was also busy getting his production noticed by other artists in the music industry.
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Time: The Donut of the Heart
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Two Can Win
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Light My Fire
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The New
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People
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Shoutbox
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Hennie89 wrote:
Donuts<3 miss you Dilla!!!!
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WuMember wrote:
Won't Do, the track with awesome beat and mad mc's skills, imho.
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Free-Khadafi wrote:
Damnn i'm discovering, Won't Do is da shit!
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DustyPastures wrote:
Not trying hard, its just my opinion. Dilla deserves more recognition
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Donutsss wrote:
he killed Thelonius though. He was fun to listen to on the mic
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DigitalBeats wrote:
then listen to Slum Village FanTasTic vol 2
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DigitalBeats wrote:
yall hating on his MCing skills need to get your mind off of D-Block
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allancoote wrote:
yea I think he sucked at rapping too
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Aardvarked wrote:
lol @ the tryhard below, idiot.
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DustyPastures wrote:
Fuck Michael Jackson, the day Dilla died was the day a true genius left this earth
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frimsah wrote:
OH MY GOD.
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frimsah wrote:
when's this guy gonna tour?
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SAKEN1990 wrote:
J Dilla change my life !
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robertsona_last wrote:
doooonuuuuuuuuutttttttttttsssssssssss
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KaarelS wrote:
J Dilla - your favourite producers favourite producer!!!!!
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Aardvarked wrote:
I presume he thinks the love movement was the reason they stopped making music.
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greene1994 wrote:
i forgot how good donuts was
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Aardvarked wrote:
"J Dilla was a beast on the boards... but he also had his hand in ruining A Tribe Called Quest and The Pharcyde. " - l o l, runnin & drop ruined the pharcyde? Also he had absolutely nothing to do with tribe's demise, double fail.
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Aardvarked wrote:
You wouldn't know a good rapper if he bust a nut in your face so I doubt he'd be too offended by your criticism.
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PsychoBells wrote:
good beats, but he sucks the cock at rapping
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The Cult of J Dilla (Guardian UK)
16 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/jdilla
THE CULT OF J DILLA
By Simon Reynolds for http://www.guardian.co.uk/, June 16, 2009
Since his sudden death in 2006, the impact of hip-hop producer J Dilla has grown ever bigger, with an en...
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