Step Up Your J. Dilla Collection On Record Store Day With New, Unreleased Tracks
NEW J. DILLA AND FRANK-N-DANK NEXT MONTH!
Detroit Loves Dilla: They just do it a little differently.
FEBRUARY IS DILLA MONTH!
Mass Appeal Premieres Insanely Trippy Video For Dilla Single “The Sickness” Featuring Nas
During his performance at SXSW, Nas premiered an unreleased track he was featured on with J. Dilla over instrumentation made by legendary Stones Throw producer, Madlib. The track, titled “Sickness”, was announced to be releasing off of a new Dilla compilation titled The Diary, which planned to show more of Dilla’s rhyming skills outside of his widely known talents in production. Today, an official video for the Jay Dee’s single released via Mass Appeal. The set of visuals has a triply layout with psychedelic illustrations of both Dilla and Nas and colorful animations of both rapper’s lyrics over moving backgrounds. It’s very weird, but keeps viewers locked in for almost three minutes along with the music itself. J. Dilla’s album “The Diary” is availably exclusively on iTunes.
Listen to Young RJ Make Em’ “Overdose” On New J Dilla Track
NEW MUSIC FROM J DILLA & YOUNG RJ
Kaytranada Edits “Return of The Mack” Over A J. Dilla Beat
CHECK OUT THIS DOPE J. DILLA EDIT FROM THE MONTREAL PRODUCER
Common, Musiq Soulchild and Slum Village Celebrates 10th Annual DC Loves Dilla
CHECK OUT PHOTOS FROM LAST NIGHT’S DC LOVES DILLA
Slum Village Ft. Jon Connor – “Tear It Down” (P### By J Dilla)
LISTEN TO SLUM VILLAGE “TEAR IT DOWN” FEATURING JON CONNOR
NEW MUSIC: Slum Village Ft. BJ The Chicago Kid & Illa J – “Expressive” (P###. by J Dilla)
SLUM VILLAGE ARE BACK WITH NEW J DILLA PRODUCED TRACK “EXPRESSIVE” FEATURING BJ THE CHICAGO KID & ILLA J
Slum Village ft Kam Corvet “We On” (Produced by Jay Dee)
“We On” is included on Slum Village’s new EP Vintage, which is a limited edition EP available on vinyl and limited to 1,ooo pieces and is now available for purchase. The Vintage EP is the prequel release for Slum’s forthcoming LP, YES, which will be released this fall and includes collaborations with Chance The Rapper, Jon Connor, De La Soul, Phife, Bilal (among others) and production from Jay Dee, Black Milk and Young RJ.
UK Honors Late Great Producer J Dilla
(AllHipHop News) Various tributes took place this weekend (February 2 and 3) across London, UK to honor one of the greatest producers of all time, J Dilla aka James Yancey. J Dilla passed away in 2006 at the age of 32, after being hospitalized for pneumonia whilst battling Lupus. The Detroit born and raised artist became widely regarded as one of the most influential producers of all time, producing for groups such as A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, De La Soul, Pharcyde and his own group, Slum Village. In honor and in celebration of his music, J Dilla is being remembered in London with a release of a documentary titled The View From the Other Side: J Dilla A European Remembrance which features European artists and DJ’s such as Shortee Blitz, Mr Thing, Onra, Lefto and Chief. Directed by independent filmmaker, Shernay LaTouche, the film explores underground communities and cultures influenced by J Dilla in London, Berlin and Paris. The premiere took place on Saturday February 2 at Hackney Picture House, London. J Dilla’s music was also remembered at the seventh annual “Doctor’s Orders Dilla” on Sunday (February 3) at The Scala, London. Previously, the event was attended by J Dilla’s mother, Maureen ‘Ma Dukes’ Yancey. This year, DJ’s spinning on the night will include Kidkanevil, DJ LoK and Spin Doctor. It was hosted by J Dilla’s close friend and artist, Phat Kat. All proceeds will be donated to the J Dilla Foundation and Lupus UK. Watch a clip from the Doctor’s Order’s tribute which took place in 2012. The event raised over $18,000. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1WUgS1BQys&w=560&h=315]
J Dilla's Family Partners With Delicious Vinyl To Debut Unreleased Material
(AllHipHop News) More unreleased material by revered producer J Dilla has been unearthed and will be released under a new partnership between the late producer’s family and Delicious Vinyl Records. Yancey Media Group has partnered with Hip-Hop label Delicious Vinyl, to release Lost Scrolls, which will consist of unreleased material from the catalog of J Dilla. Much of the new music will come from material that was discovered in April of 2012, in a storage bin. Jeff Bubeck, who owns the Royal Oak-based record store UHF, returned boxes of undiscovered tapes, manuscripts and other artifacts, to J Dilla’s family, after he had discovered them in a storage bin. Yancey Media Group has tapped childhood friend Frank Nitt to curate the unreleased material that will be released under the new deal. “Dilla was my closest childhood friend,” Frank Nitt said in a press release. “I went with him out to L.A. that first time in 1996. I met [Delicious Vinyl founder] Mike Ross then and saw he was giving Dilla the opportunity to get his beats out. “Fast forward thirteen years, after Dilla passed, Illa J makes Yancey Boys, and again I go out to L.A. to help with promotion. Mike Ross asked to hear what I was doing, and Delicious Vinyl wound up releasing my Jewels In My Backpack EP. So Delicious Vinyl goes back with Dilla to the beginning, and has always been part of furthering his legacy properly. We’re doing doing this with Delicious Vinyl with the total approval of [Dilla’s mother] Ma Dukes, who’s known and trusted Mike from way back.” The first release from the Lost Scrolls cache will be digital-only single coming this December titled “The Throwaway” Yancey Boys feat. Nitt. Even more exciting to fans will be the unreleased tracks featuring verses of J Dilla himself rapping. In related news, Talib Kweli, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Brandon Williams Experiment, Frank & Dank, Illa J and DJ’s Spinna, Sicari and Houseshoes will headline the Second Annual Dilla Day in Detroit on February 9th, 2013.
EXCLUSIVE: J. Dilla’s Mom Gets Hundreds Of Unreleased Tapes, Artifacts, Manuscripts
RECORD STORE OWNER RETURNS HUNDREDS OF TAPES, NOTES AND HANDWRITTEN LETTERS TO J.DILLA’S MOTHER!
