A funnty thing happened when I started compiling tracks for a secial Podcast this week to honor JAMES ‘JAY DILLA’ YANCEY’s born day which is today. I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t listened to most of these tracks in over six months. It’s a wild understatement to claim that JAY DEE was an important music producer. He is the essence of Hip-Hop. His influence spans all types of musical genres and sounds. DILLA Lives.
Record executives label a song Rap, or R & B or Rock in order to help their marketing departments sell music. JAY DILLA defies labeling. He simply makes good music. He is the father of KANYE WEST, 9th Wonder and any producer that dares to dream. Even though DILLA left us a year ago he left us with a catalog that lives. I will take this week to celebrate life and my love for everything that is Hip-Hop. DILLA Lives.
Listen to the snares DILLA uses to make you bounce. Smooth and in control. The same goes for the horns that come in and keep the vibe silky. This is the Detroit attitude that you hear in DILLA’s music. I can see myself strutting into the big room doing my ditty bop and my hat tipped to the side. A fly grey-green eye on my arm dressed to the nines. This is show off music. DILLA is showing out for us. He gave us a soundtrack to get fly to. He gave us a soundtrack to get high to. Psyche-funkadelic keyboard hits let me know that JAY DEE stayed with his cap on twist. It’s a beautiful thing. DILLA Lives.
And like I always say… Respect the architects. DILLA LIVES!
SLUM VILLAGE – ‘Tainted’
JANET JACKSON feat. Q-TIP – ‘Got ‘Til It’s Gone’
PHARCYDE – ‘Runnin’
J DILLA – ‘Anti-American Graffiti’
JAYLIB – ‘Raw Shit’ (Instru-Mental)
RHIAN BENSON feat. SLUM V – ‘Say How I Feel’
SLUM VILLAGE feat. KANYE WEST, JOHN LEGEND – ‘Selfish’
DWELE – ‘Think Twice’
SLUM VILLA – ‘Reunion’
JAYLIB – ‘Nowadays’ (Instru-Mental)
JAY DEE featuring ELZHI – ‘Come And Get It’
DILLA – ‘Watching Smurfs On ‘Shrooms’
ESVEE – ‘Things We Do’
JAYLIB – ‘Heavy’
Happy Born Day DILLA!
Nice collection of DILLA productions Dallas.
I just posted the DONUTS ORIGINALS over at Biochemical Slang:
http://biochemicalslang.blogspot.com/2007/02/remembering-dilla.html
JDilla will live forever. His ear for music is incredible. JDilla’s drums arrangements are ridiculus.
Some of my favs are.
1) Hoes- Trinity(SV)
2) One – Trinity(SV)
3)Gone till its gone- Janet Jackson
4)Thelonius – Fantastic Vol 2(SV)
5)Forth and Back- Fantastic Vol 2(SV)
Never heard that Rhian Benson joint before. FIRE!
What’s Good, I use Dilla as tha Background Music to most of my Podcast Shows! I also released a version of my Podcast show which features tha Background Music I use. http://www.switchpod.com/f13849.html?puser=none Check me out.
where’s that big moon dog tribute at G?
that janet q tip song gets me every time. the video was beautiful…and the beat…damn….what a beat!
Reunion was produced by Black Milk, not J Dilla and Selfish was Kanye. I’m sure some more of those are wrong too.
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