When I look at the discography of Common, there are two heavily Dilla produced projects in his catalog. This was considered his first full-length album since Welcome To Detroit, as Dilla picked the mic back up for this one as well.Īll in all, this project is a great listen and it definitely keeps the Dilla legacy going as expected. I was expecting a slightly uneven album, and instead I was treated to one of the better albums of the year with some top tier MCs and production featured.
The sound is definitely one that Dilla helped shaped, and that is evident throughout the track.Ī posthumous record that was mostly done before his passing, The Shining surprised me. The final Tribe album before their hiatus featured Dilla on production the entire way through as a part of the infamous collective The Ummah. All in all, this was a really good album that showed more dimensions to Pharcyde and more dimensions to Dilla as a producer. He contributed almost half of the production to the album, and his sound was vital to the direction. Donuts definitely takes the title of a Hip Hop classic. The way he chopped the loops and structured the melody of the productions here blows my mind.įor me, there is no other album that packs the instrumental punch quite like this. I loved listening to the way Dilla put his sounds together and his sampling is out of this world. Which albums make the list? This instrumental album is quite possibly the greatest instrumental album ever in Hip Hop, bar none. These are albums he produced in full, rapped on, or contributed to in a major way. His work as a producer and as an artist have all been top notch and today we wanted to look at a few of the albums that were important to his legacy.
His production prowess is one of the greatest to ever grace our ears and his work over the years is still entrenched in the DNA of Hip Hop music. Stussy has produced a 3-part documentary on J Dilla's life during his later years in Los Angeles, interviewing a few of the people he worked More Here.No one could ever deny the legend of James Yancey. The director Andrew Gura sent Remaining supply of the limited edition release featuring exclusive Special thanks to everyone who pre-ordered this record Donut Shop's estimated ship date was May 10th.ĭue to a delay in manufacturing the vinyl, the ship date is been pushed to June. B's prints will not be available here Here is a video for Dilla's "U-Love" off Donuts, sent to us a little too late for inclusion in our video contest. When Donuts came out, on J Dilla's birthday, When we first February marks both J Dilla's birthday February 7, and the anniversary of his passing February 10,as well as the release date of Past episodes include J Rocc, Wolf, Rhettmatic Raise it up!īack in we were putting together our reissue of J Dilla's Donuts began simply A re-edit of the classic track by J Dilla, "Fuck the Police". Get Exclusive Content Receive valuable resources, sales on merch, and more!Read More. Thought up by two hip-hop fans, The Hip Hop Speakeasy was started for a sole purpose: to spread the word of good, underground hip-hop music. Everything flowed nicely and J Dilla certainly put his all into it because it shows through through every kick, snare and rhyme.Įditorials Interviews Lists. This album seemed like it was a part of a well-thought out plan, a plan with a solid theme. Now this was a great album above all the others, there was a true consistency here. W2D also had a really raw, dirty sound that makes it a lot better quality-wise than the preceding albums. It falls short of his later instrumental efforts solely because it comes off as a beat tape, and nothing more. After Dilla went solo from Slum Village, he gave us a dose of his rapping skills and solo instrumental skills.Īny producer can put out a beat tape and yeah, it can be hella dope, but when it comes down to it, this project was just some tracks Jay Dee threw together and put out. We broke down each product and put them in their own unique light and perspective. Unfortunately, he left too soon, however, as Jay Dee passed away in February of due to a rare blood disease.