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J Dilla ‘Pay Jay’ shelved album gets released
Back in 2003, J Dilla recorded an album under a contract with MCA records from which the sessions sparked the popular 12" "Fuck the Police". The record was tentatively called "Pay Jay" and Dilla the producer was to let his MPCs aside and go solo on the other end of the microphone with fellow producers [...]
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Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
Erykah Badu has distinguished herself from your common (no pun intended) r&b/soul singer. Longing more into nu-soul, hip-hop and funk, Badu established herself as the trend maker of soul music. This album is no different. "New Amerykah" is a well crafted album by an artist who takes part in every process of the creation. She [...]
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Mick Boogie presents Dillagence
Yet another mixtape project has emerged from the ashes of J Dilla. This one is hosted by the emergent mixtape king Mick Boogie and Busta Rhymes. The project came along by a discussion between Boogie & Busta about doing a project. Boogie pointed out to Busta that he was one of the first rappers to [...]
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New J Dilla video - album talk
Ever since J Dilla succombed from lupus early this year, the hiphop community has been mourning his loss. As a pioneer producer in soul-sampling, J Dilla also made his mark as a skilled rapper and influenced a lot of the neo-golden age artists.In tribute to his loss, the video for his track Won’t Do from [...]
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Dilla from the grave
Seems like J Dilla is still among us. It’s been over a year since the passing of James Dewitt Yancey and we are witnessing the third posthumous release by the Detroit legend. No micro-wave oven reheating “