J Dilla
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| Birth name | James Dewitt Yancey | |
| Also known as | Jay Dee | |
| Born | February 7, 1974 | |
| Died | February 10, 2006 | |
| Genre(s) | Rap Left-Field Hip-Hop Underground rap |
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| Occupation(s) | Producer Rapper |
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| Instrument(s) | Rapping | |
| Label(s) | Stones Throw | |
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Slum Village Soulquarians Jaylib The Ummah |
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| Website | J Dilla at Stones Throw Records | |
James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974–February 10, 2006), better known as J Dilla or Jay Dee, was an American hip hop producer and MC, 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 considered Dilla a creative genius; he influenced some of the world's biggest hip-hop and R&B stars, many of whom he worked with.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early Years and Production
Jay Dee grew up in Detroit, and developed a vast musical knowledge from his parents. At a young age, he began acquiring a large collection of records which inspired him to learn multiple instruments. By high school, he had developed a passion for MCing, and formed a rap group called Slum Village with some schoolmates. He had also taken up beatmaking, using a simple tapedeck as the center of his studio.[1]
In 1992, he met experienced Detroit musician Amp Fiddler, who was impressed by what Jay Dee was able to accomplish with such limited tools. Amp Fiddler taught Jay Dee how to use a MIDI Production Center, which he learned quite quickly. Before too long, several other hiphop acts had heard work by Slum Village and made contact with Jay Dee. [2]
By the late 1990s Jay Dee was known as a major hip-hop prospect, with a string of singles and remix projects, for Pharcyde, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest and others. (Many other Jay Dee productions were released without his name recognition, being credited to The Ummah, A Tribe Called Quest's production team.) This era climaxed with the independent release of a full Slum Village album in 1997, and production for Q-Tip's solo album in 1999.
[edit] Performing Career
2000 marked the major label debut of Slum Village with Fantastic, Vol. 2, creating a new following for Jay Dee as a producer and an MC. He was also a founding member of the production collective known as The Soulquarians (along with Amhir "?uestlove" Thompson, D'Angelo and James Poyser amongst others) which earned him more recognition and buzz by working with Common, Erykah Badu, and Talib Kweli. The hip hop community took notice of his classic hip-hop inspired, breakbeat-laden style, and his name was mentioned among the all-time most important producers in hip-hop.
His debut as a solo artist came in 2001 with the single "Fuck the Police", followed by the album Welcome 2 Detroit, kicking off U.K. indie label BBE Music's "Beat Generation" series. In 2002, Jay Dee, now going by the name "J Dilla", left Slum Village to pursue a major label solo deal with MCA. He worked on his debut solo album during 2002 and 2003, but the record was never released. J Dilla's major output of 2000 was production for Common's "Like Water for Chocolate," which went gold. Dilla also produced some tracks on Common's Electric Circus LP, which received mixed reviews for its experimental nature, and work was done for a solo album for MCA, but never released. From that point, his work has increasingly been released through independent record labels.
[edit] Later years
Producer and MC Madlib began a collaboration with J Dilla to form the group Jaylib in 2002, releasing the album Champion Sound in 2003. J Dilla appeared on tour with Jaylib in 2004, having various production, performance, and remix credits during 2004 and 2005, most notably two tracks on Common's Be. However, output slowed for the first time since his debut. Articles in publications Urb (March 2004) and XXL (June 2005) confirmed rumors of ill health and hospitalization during this period.
Despite a slower output of major releases, his cult status remained strong within his core audience, fueled in part by the unauthorized circulation of his underground "beat tapes" (instrumental, raw working material), mostly through internet file sharing. Three J Dilla solo albums, Donuts, The Shining, and Jay Love Japan had been announced as 2006 releases by independent labels Stones Throw Records, BBE, and Operation Unknown, respectively.
[edit] Facing a life threatening illness
In the later years of his career, rumors swirled that Jay faced serious illness. Some even suggested he had slipped into a coma. In June, 2005, he granted XXL an interview, in which he denied being comatose and said he had gotten sick overseas. Health concerns and the seriousness of his condition became more public in November 2005 when J Dilla toured Europe performing from a wheelchair alongside his mother, Maureen Yancey, and fellow Detroit artists Phat Kat and Frank N Dank.
J Dilla first noticed symptoms of his illness in 2002. His mother took him to the hospital, and doctors later diagnosed him with Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura or TTP, a rare blood disease that causes a low platelet count and a variety of symptoms including kidney failure and constant fever. In 2005 he was also diagnosed with Lupus.
J Dilla kept his illness mostly to himself. Friends knew he wasn't well, but only his mother and his doctor knew how bad things really were: he was slowly dying and there was no cure. Dilla showed his true passion for music by completing his last album, Donuts, from his hospital bed. He reportedly worked nearly constantly, breaking only when the process became too painful. He finished most of the album in September 2005.
Donuts was released on February 7, 2006, Dilla's 32nd birthday, and the first one in years he didn't spend in the hospital. Three days later, on February 10, 2006, J Dilla died at his home in Los Angeles, California. His obituary in The New York Times on February 14 2006, states: "The cause was cardiac arrest, according to his mother, Maureen Yancey."
The creation of the J Dilla Foundation was announced in May 2006.
[edit] Posthumous Work
Aside from Donuts, Dilla completed or nearly completed two more full length releases in illness. The first to be released, The Shining, was released on August 8, 2006 by BBE Records. Final production of the album was handled posthumously by Karriem Riggins, whom Dilla had asked to help with the album. According to Riggins, The Shining was "75% completed when Dilla died." The album received mixed, but generally positive, reviews from critics and fans.
The second, Jay Love Japan, does not yet have a release date. It was announced during Dilla's lifetime as an instrumental EP, but leaked copies have circulated containing several songs with vocals. It quickly garnered comparisons to posthumous Tupac Shakur material, which many fans complain abuse his legacy by including artists and producers that Tupac may not have had any interest in working with, were he alive. According to the Operation Unknown website, Jay Love Japan is due to be released March of 2007.
Stones Throw announced plans in November 2006 to re-issue Dilla's rarely heard classic Ruff Draft as a 2/CD, 2/LP set in March 2007. The re-issue will contain previously unreleased material from the Ruff Draft sessions and instrumentals.
[edit] Discography
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===J DILLA / JAY DEE DISCOGRAPHY===
1. Artist Titles (As Producer and/or MC)
1st Down - "No Place To Go" 12" single (1993) 1st Down - "A Day Wit The Homiez 12" Single 1995 (Pay Day Records) Slum Village - "Fan-Tas-Tic 12" single 1996 Slum Village - "Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1)" CD/LP 1996 (Donut Boy Recordings) 1997 (Sudden Impact) 2006 (Barak) Slum Village - "We Be Down 12" single 1997 (Sudden Impact) Jay Dee - "Jay Dee Unreleased Remixes 12" EP 1997 (House Shoes Records) Slum Village - "Somethin' For The People, All I Do (Remix)" from "All I Do" 12" single 1997 (WB) J-88 - "Look Of Love (Remix) 12" single 1999 (Groove Attack) Slum Village - "Fantastic Vol. 2" CD/LP 2000 (Goodvibe) 2002 (Capitol) Slum Village -"Fall In Love (Remix) 12" single 2000 (Goodvibe) Slim Village - "Cimax/CB4 12" single 2000 (Goodvibe) J-88 - "Best Kept Secret 12" EP 2000 (Groove Attack) Jay Dee - "Fuck The Police/Move, feat. Frank N Dank 12" single 2001 (Up Above) Jay Dee feat. Frank-N-Dank - "Pause 12" single 2001 (BBE) Jay Dee - "Welcome 2 Detroit" CD/LP 2001 (BBE) 1st Down - "A Day Wit The Homiez" CD 2002 (RonnieCash.com) Jay Dee - "Instrumental Series Vol 1 12" EP 2002 (Bling47.com) Jay Dee feat. Frank N Dank - "Take Dem Clothes Off/Off Ya Chest 12" single 2002 (ABB) Jaylib - "The Message from Stones Throw Summer 2002 12" EP (Stones Throw) Jay Dee- "Instrumental Series Vol.2: Vintage" 2003 CD/LP (Bling47.com) Jay Dee - "Ruff Draft 12" EP 2003 (Mummy/Groove Attack) Jaylib - "The Red/The Official 12" single 2003 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - "Champion Sound/Strip Club 12" single 2003 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - "Champion Sound" CD/LP 2003, and "Champion Sound Instrumentals" LP 2004 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - "Raw Addict/Ice 12" single 2003 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - "McNasty Filth/Pillz 12"/CD single 2004 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - "Blaze Up, The Mission (Remix)" from Stones Throw 101 Mix CD 2004 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - "Popshit from Stones Throw 100 12" EP 2004 (Stones Throw) J Dilla - "Welcome 2 Detroit Instrumentals" CD/LP 2005 (BBE) J Dilla - "Donuts: J Rocc's Picks12" EP 2005 (Stones Throw - Promotional) J Dilla - "Signs/Pandemonium feat. Roc C & Oh No 7" single 2006 (Stones Throw - Promotional) J Dilla - "Donuts" CD/LP 2006 (Stones Throw) J Dilla - "The Shining" CD/LP 2006 (BBE) J Dilla - "The Shining" EP 12" 2006 (BBE) J Dilla - "The Shining (Instrumentals)" 2006 (BBE) J Dilla - "Nothing Like This Jaylib - No $ No Toke" from Chrome Children CD/LP 2006 (Stones Throw) Jaylib - "No $ No Toke" Madlib - "Take it Back 12" single 2006 (Stones Throw - Promotional)
2. MC only
Tami Hert - "If You Were Mine (Detroit Demolition Mix") from "If You Were Mine" 12" single 1997 (550 Music) v/a - "Fight Club, feat. Dilla, Nottz & Boogie from" "Best Kept Secret Mix" CD 2003 (Bling47.com) Dabrye - "Game Over 12" single 2004 (Ghostly International) Wale Oyejide - "There's A War Going On 12" single 2004 (Shaman Work) Wale Oyejide - "There's A War Going On" from "One Day, Everything Changed" CD/LP 2004 (Shaman Work) Slum Village - "Reunion" from "Detroit Deli" CD/LP 2004 (Barak/Capitol) Pete Rock - "Niggaz Know" from "Soul Survivor II" CD/LP 2004 (Rapster /BBE) v/a - "Do Your Thang, Stupid" from "BR Gunna Presents Dirty District Vol. 2" CD 2004 (Barak) Phat Kat - "Door" from "The Undeniable LP" (New Version) CD/LP 2004 (Barak) Lawless Element - "Love (feat. Jay Dilla)" 2005 Platinum Pied Pipers - "Act Like You Know feat J Dilla 12" single 2005 (Ubiquity) Platinum Pied Pipers - "Shotgun, Act Like You Know" from Triple P CD/LP 2005 (Ubiquity) Sa-Ra - "Thrilla feat. J Dilla 12" single 2005 (Sound in Color) Diamond - "We Gangstas" from Diamond Mine CD 2005 Platinum Pied Pipers - "Shotgun (Remix) from 12" single 2005 (Ubiquity)
3. Production Credits (by year) 1994-1995
Da Enna C - NOW from "Throw Ya Hands In Da Air" 12" single 1994 (Up Top) Little Indian - One Little Indian 12" single 1995 (Premeditated) Poe - Fingertips from "Hello" CD/LP 1995 (WEA / Atlantic)
1996
5-Elementz - Whutchawant, Feed Back, Rockshows, Party Groove, Janet Jacme, E.G.O., Don't Stop, Searchin from "The Album Time Forgot" cassette 1996 (That Was Entertainment) A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again, Get A Hold, Keeping It Moving, Stressed Out, Word Play from "Beat, Rhymes, & Life" CD/LP 1996 (Jive Records) Busta Rhymes - Keep It Movin', Still Shinin' from "The Coming" CD/LP 1996 (Elektra) Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah!! (Jay-Dee Bounce Remix), Woo-Hah!! (Jay-Dee Other Shit Remix) 12" single 1996 (Elektra) Busta Rhymes - It's a Party (Ummah Remix), Ill Vibe (Ummah Remix) 12" single 1996 (Elektra) De La Soul - Stakes Is High from "Stakes Is High" CD/LP 1996 (Tommy Boy) De La Soul - Stakes Is High (Remix) from Itzsoweezee 12" single 1996 (Tommy Boy) Mad Skillz - It's Going Down, The Jam from "From Where???" 1996 (Big Beat) Kieth Murray - The Rhyme (Remix), Dangerous Ground from "Enigma" 1996 (Jive) Natives Of Da Underground - Pack Da Hous/Brotha's Juss Don't Know/Whatcha Gonna Do? 12" single 1996 (ALR) Phife Dawg - Game Day from "NFL Jams" 1996 (Castle) Proof - Da Science from "Detroit Hip Hop Volume 1" 1996 Modern Tribe Proof - Vibe Session from "Anywhere" 12" single 1996 (Hip Hop Shop) Tha Pharcyde - Runnin', Bullshit, Splatittorium, Somethin' That Means Somethin', Drop, Y? from "Labcabincalifornia" CD/LP 1996 (Delicious Vinyl)
1997
5-Elementz - Sun Flower from "Yester Years" 12" EP 1997 (That Was Entertainment) A Tribe Called Quest - Get A Hold, Mardi Gras At Midnight from "Jam" EP 1997 (Jive Records) Brand New Heavies - Sometimes (Ummah Remix) from "Sometimes" 12" single 1997 (Delicious Vinyl) Busta Rhymes - So Hardcore from "When Disaster Strikes" CD/LP 1997 (Elektra) Crustation - Purple (ATCQ Edit) 12" single 1997 (Zomba) Janet Jackson - Got Til It's Gone (Ummah Jay Dee Revenge Mix) 12" single 1997 (Virgin) T Da Pimp - Why You Lookin Hard?/We Knowwe Rockit 12" single 1997 (Penmp) Tha Pharcyde - She Said (Remix) 12" single 1997 (Delicious Vinyl) Tha Pharcyde - Runnin (Remix), Y? (Remix) from "Drop" 12" single 1997 (Delicious Vinyl) Truz - True Dawgs/Routes To Hell 12" single 1997 (Ad Fam)
1998
A Tribe Called Quest - 4 Moms, Against The World, Busta's Lament, Da Booty, Find A Way, His Name Is Mutty Ranks, Start It Up, Steppin' It Up from "The Love Movement" CD/LP 1998 (Jive Records) A Tribe Called Quest - That Shit from "Funkmaster Flex Vol. 3" 1998 (Loud Records) Bizarre - Butterfly from Attack of the Wierdos 12" EP 1998 (Federation) Mood - Secrets Of The Sand (Remix) from "Snake Backs" 12" single 1998 (Blunt) N'Dea Davenport - Bullshittin (Remix) from "N'Dea Davenport" CD/LP 1998 (V2)
1999
5 Ela - You Ain't Fresh, Ain't No Love from 5-E Pt. 3 1999 (That Was Entertainment) Brand New Heavies - Saturday Night (Jay Dee Remix) from "Saturday Night" 12" single 1999 (Delicious Vinyl) Heavy D - Listen from "Heavy" CD/LP 1999 (Universal) Macy Gray - I Try (Remix) 12" single 1999 (Epic) Nine Yards - Always Find A Way (Remix) 12" single 1999 (Virgin) Phat Kat - Dedication To The Suckers 12" single 1999 (House Shoes Recordings) Phife Dawg - Bend Ova/Thought U Wuz Nic 12" single 1999 (Groove Attack) Que D - Underestimated, Supa Shit, Kilo, Cash Flow, Michelle, Rock Box, Don't Stop from "Quite Delicious" cassette 1999 and "Que D Limited Edition" CD 2003 (Royal Flyness) Q-Tip - 11 tracks from "Amplified" CD/LP 1999 (Arista) Q-Tip - 11 tracks from "Amplified (Instrumental Version)" LP 1999 (Arista - Promo) The Roots - Dynamite from Things Fall Apart CD/LP 1999 (MCA) The Roots - New Year's @ Jay Dee's from "You Got Me" CD single 1999 (MCA) Zooco - Butterfly from "Glow-Mellow-Flow" CD/LP 1999? (Columbia Japan)
2000
Black Star - Little Brother from "The Hurricane (Soundtrack)" CD/LP 2000 (MCA) Brand New Heavies - Sometimes (Remix), Saturday Night (Remix) from "Trunk Funk Classics" CD/LP 2000 (Delicious Vinyl) Busta Rhymes - Enjoy Da Ride, Live It Up, Show Me What You Got from "Anarchy" CD/LP 2000 (Elektra) Common - 10 tracks from "Like Water For Chocolate" CD/LP 2000 (MCA) Common - 10 tracks from "Like Water For Chocolate (Instrumentals)" LP 2000 (MCA) Common - The Light (Remix) from "Bamboozled (Soundtrack)" 2000 (Motown) D'Angelo - various tracks from Voodoo CD/LP 2000 (Virgin) De La Soul - Thru Ya City from "Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump" CD/LP 2000 (Tommy Boy) Erykah Badu - Cleva, My Life, Didn't Cha Know, Kiss Me On My Neck from "Mama's Gun CD/LP 2000 (Motown) Frank N Dank - Me & My Man/Love (A Thing Of The Past) 12" single 2000 (McNasty) Frank N Dank - Everybody Get Up/Give It Up Pt. 2 12" single 2000 (McNasty) Guru feat. Bilal - Certified from "Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul" CD/LP 2000 (Virgin) Innerzone Orchestra - People Make The World Go Round (J-88 Mix) - 12" single 2000 (Planet E) Phife Dawg - Bend Ova, 4 Horseman from "Ventilation: Da LP" CD/LP 2000 (Groove Attack) Phife Dawg - Ya Heard Me from "Definition of Ill Compilation" 2000 bootleg Royce Da 5'9" - Let's Grow from "Lyricist Lounge Volume 2" CD/LP 2000 (Rawkus) Spacek - Eve (Remix) 12" single 2000 (Blue)
2001
Bahamadia - One-4-Teen (Remix) from "Summer Sampler" CD 2001 (Goodvibe) Bilal - Reminisce from "1st Born Second LP" CD/LP 2001 (Interscope) Busta Rhymes - Genesis, Make It Hurt from "Genesis" CD/LP 2001 (Elektra) Chino XL - Don't Say A Word from "I Told You So" CD/LP 2001 (Metro Records) De La Soul - Peer Pressure (Intro & Outro Monologues by Jay Dee) from AOI: Bionix CD/LP 2001 (Tommy Boy) Lucy Pearl - Without You (Remix) 12" single 2001 (Pookie/Virgin) Mos Def - Can U C The Pride In The Panther? (Remix) 12" Single 2001 (Interscope) Que D - In Yo Face from "Still Bangin" 12" single 2001 (Up Above) and "Que D Limited Edition" CD 2003 (Royal Flyness) Toshi Kubota - Nothin But Your Love (Remix) 12" single 2001 (Epic)
2002
Big Tone - Party Crasher (mixed by Jay Dee) from Party Crasher 12" Antidote 2002 Busta Rhymes - It Ain't Safe No More, What Up, Turn Me Up Some from "It Ain't Safe No More..." CD/LP 2002 (Elektra) Common - various production & instrumental credits from "Electric Circus" CD/LP 2002 (MCA) DJ Jazzy Jeff - Are You Ready (with Slum Village) from "The Magnificent" 12" EP 2002 (BBE) Frank N Dank - Push 12" EP 2002 (Mummy / Groove Attack) Phat Kat - Dedication To The Suckers, Don't Nobody Care About Us, Microphone Master, Big Booties, World Premier from "Dedication To The Suckers" LP/CD 2002 (RonnieCash.com) Slum Village - Hoes, Let's, One from "Trinity" CD/LP 2002 (Capitol) Talib Kweli - Where Do We Go, Stand To The Side from "Quality" CD/LP 2002 (Rawkus)
2003
ASD (Afrob & Samy Deluxe) - Komm Schon from "Wer Hatte Das Gedacht?" CD/LP 2003 (Eimsbush) ASD (Afrob & Samy Deluxe) - Wenn Ihr Fuhlt... from "Hey Du" 12" EP 2003 (Eimsbush) Common - Come Close "Remix" (Closer) 12" single 2003 (MCA) De La Soul - Much More/Shoomp 12" single 2003 (AOI) Fourtet - As Serious As Your Life (Remix) 12" single 2003 Domino Frank N Dank - 48 Hours CD 2003 (Bootleg) Vivian Green - Fanatic (Remix) 12" Single 2003 (Sony) Phat Kat - Dedication 2004, Destiny, Big Booties from "The Undeniable LP: Detroit Edition" CD/LP 2003 Barak Records Phat Kat - Dedication/Destiny 12" single 2003 (Barak) Que D - Supa Shit 12" single 2003 (Royal Flyness) Royce Da 5'9" - Life Goes On from "Build & Destroy: Lost Sessions Part 1" 2003 (Trouble Records) Subtitle - Mark Luv Mixtape Song from "Greatest Hi$$" CD 2003 (Marks03 Recordings) T-Love - When You're Older, Who Smoked Sunshine, Chiquita, Long Way Back from "The Long Way Back" 2003 (Pickininny)
2004
5 Ela - Scenario 2004 from "The EP" 2004 (5 Elements) Amp Fiddler - You Play Me, Waltz Of A Ghetto Fly from "Waltz Of A Ghetto Fly" CD/LP 2004 (Genuine/PIAS) Amp Fiddler - I Believe In You (Jaylib Mix) CD/12" single 2004 (Genuine/PIAS) Brother Jack McDuff - Oblighetto (J Dilla Remix) from "Blue Note Revisted" CD/LP 2004 (Blue Note) De La Soul - Verbal Clap, Much More from "Grind Date" CD/LP (Sanctuary) DJ Cam - Love Junkee (Remix) 12" single 2003 (Inflamable) and "Liquid Hip Hop CD/LP 2004 (Inflamable) Elzhi - Days and Nights, Concrete Eyes, Love It Here, and Look At My Friends from "Witness My Growth" Mix CD 2004 (Libido Speedo) Frank-N-Dank - Let's Go, Okay, MCA from "Xtended Play" CD/LP 2004 (Needillworks) Lawless Element - The Shining 12" single 2004 (RMR/Fat Beats) Oh No - Move from The Disrupt CD/LP 2004, and The Disrupt Instrumentals LP 2005 (Stones Throw) Proof of D12 - Bring It 2 Me from "I Miss The Hip Hop Shop" CD/LP 2004 (Iron Fist) Prozack - Leisure Rules from "Death, Taxes, and Prozack" CD 2004 (Outofwork Records) Slum Village - Do You from "Detroit Deli" CD/LP 2004 (Barak/Capitol)
2005
Common - Love is..., It's Your World (Part 1 & 2) from "Be" CD/LP and "Be Instrumentals" LP 2005 (GOOD Music/Geffen) Common - The Movement from "NBA 2K6 - The Tracks" CD/LP 2005 (Decon) Dwele - Keep On from "Some Kinda" CD/LP 2005 (Virgin) Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - Antiquity from "Love Is The Answer" CD/LP 2005 (Ninja Tune) MED - Push feat. J Dilla 12" single 2005 (Stones Throw) MED - Push, So Real from Push Comes To Shove CD/LP 2005 (Stones Throw) Moka Only - One Time from "The Desired Effect" CD/LP 2005 (Nettwerk) Oh No - Move Part 2 feat. J Dilla & Roc C 12" single 2005 (Stones Throw) Slum Village - Who Are We from "Prequel To A Classic" CD 2005 (Barak Records) Steve Spacek - Dollar 12" single 2005 (Sound in Color) Steve Spacek - Dollar from "Space Shift" CD/LP 2005 (Sound in Color) Talib Kweli - Roll Off Me from “Right About Now” CD/LP 2005 (Koch)
2006
Ghostface Killah - Beauty Jackson, Whip You with a Strap from "Fishscale" CD/LP 2006 (Def Jam) Busta Rhymes - You Can't Hold A Torch from "The Big Bang" CD/LP 2006 (Aftermath) The Roots - Can't Stop This from "Game Theory" CD/LP 2006 (Island/Def Jam) Visionaries - All Right from "We are the Ones (We've Been Waiting For)" CD/LP 2006 (Up Above) Madlib - Take It Back; Guilty Simpson - Clap Your Hands from Chrome Children CD/LP (Stones Throw) Madlib - Take It Back; Guilty Simpson - Clap Your Hands 12" single 2006 (Stones Throw) A.G. - Hip Hop Quotable 12" single 2006 (Look Records) A.G. - Hip Hop Quoteable from "Get Dirty Radio" CD/LP 2006 (Look Records) Phat Kat - Cold Steel/Nasty 12" single 2006 (Look Records)
Note: A re-working of his remix of "Y?" for The Pharcyde turned into 2Pac's posthumous "Do for Love." Dilla was never officially credited.
[edit] External links
- J Dilla's Haystack.com Profile
- J Dilla at Stones Throw Records
- Jay Dee/J Dilla at BBE Music
- J Dilla's MySpace Profile
- J Dilla's discography at Discogs
- J Dilla Foundation
- "Jay Dee's last days" — Detroit Free Press, 23 February 2006
- Real Detroit Weekly Feature on Jay Dee
- Jay Dee Feature on TheRootsLive.com
- "Jay Dee - producer for Common, Busta and Tribe - dies" — MTV News, 10 February 2006
- Allmusic.com article
- "Rhythm for days" — The Boston Phoenix
- Friends and peers remember J Dilla
| J Dilla |
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| Studio albums |
| Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) (1997) | Fantastic, Vol. 2 (2000) | Welcome 2 Detroit (2001) | Vol. 1: Unreleased (2002) | Vol. 2: Vintage (2003) | Ruff Draft (2003) | Champion Sound & instrumentals (2003) | Donuts (2006) | The Shining & instrumentals (2006) |
| Related articles |
| Slum Village | Jaylib |
| Slum Village |
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| Members |
| Baatin | Elzhi | J Dilla | T3 |
| Albums |
| Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) (1997) | Fantastic, Vol. 2 (2000) | Best Kept Secret (2000) | Dirty District (2002) | Trinity (Past, Present and Future) (2002) | Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit) (2004) | Witness My Growth (2004) | Prequel To A Classic (2005) | Slum Village (2005) |
| Close Affiliates |
| Black Milk | Dwele | Frank-N-Dank | Karriem Riggins | Phat Kat | Waajeed |
| Soulquarians |
| Groups |
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| Black Star | Reflection Eternal | Slum Village | The Roots |
| Members |
| ?uestlove | Bilal | Common | D'Angelo | Erykah Badu | J Dilla | James Poyser | Mos Def | Q-Tip | Talib Kweli |
| Albums |
| 1st Born Second | Amplified | Be | Baduizm | Black on Both Sides | Black Star | Brown Sugar | Can I Borrow a Dollar? | Champion Sound | Donuts | Eardrum | Electric Circus | Fantastic, Vol. 1 | Fantastic, Vol. 2 | Finding Forever | Funky Cousins (Demo) | Game Theory | Heartache | James River | Jay Love Japan | Kamaal the Abstract | Like Water for Chocolate | Live | Live at the Jazz Cafe | Mama's Gun | One Day It'll All Make Sense | Open | Quality | Relive The Moment | Resurrection | Ruff Draft | The Beautiful Struggle | The New Danger | The Shining | The Shining Instrumentals | Train of Thought | Tru3 Magic | Voodoo | Welcome 2 Detroit | Worldwide Underground |
