Ruff Draft
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| Studio album by J Dilla | ||
| Released | February 2003 (Original) March 20, 2007 (Re-issue) |
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| Genre | Hip-Hop | |
| Label | Mummy Records / Stones Throw Records | |
| Producer(s) | J Dilla | |
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| J Dilla chronology | ||
| Vol. 2: Vintage (2003) |
Ruff Draft (Original) (2003) |
Champion Sound (2003) |
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| J Dilla chronology | ||
| The Shining Instrumentals (2006) |
Ruff Draft (Re-issue) (2007) |
Jay Love Japan (2007) |
Ruff Draft is an album by the late former Slum Village member Jay Dee (also known as J Dilla). It was originally released in February 2003 by his then-newly founded label, Mummy Records, and distributed by Groove Attack, a German record label. In 2007, Ruff Draft was remastered and re-released by Stones Throw Records.
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[edit] Overview
The original vinyl release of Ruff Draft is now out-of-print. Although the album is one of Jay Dee's lesser known works, it includes some of his most abstract and experimental work, all self-produced, and recorded in under a week.
As stated in the introduction of the album, it's a noncommercial sounding lo-fi hip hop album, which sees the producer playfully toying with different styles, such as on "Nothing Like This," where his vocals are distorted and skewered over an equally eccentric production featuring a sample played backwards. The result mirrors the more off-center moments on Common's Electric Circus, which Dilla also worked on.
Stones Throw Records re-issued the album on CD and vinyl on March 20, 2007. The re-release is remastered from the original master tapes, with sound engineers taking steps to maintain the original releases' integrity.
[edit] Notes
- Ruff Draft was released after the artist began using the name J Dilla but the cover still lists 'Jay Dee'.
- It is also the first release to bear the name 'Jaylib' (in the liner notes); J Dilla and Madlib's group which would not debut until a few months after the release of Ruff Draft.
- Jaylib's "Ice" contains lyrics heard in the final seconds of the Ruff Draft track "Make'em NV".
- J Dilla went on a short promotional tour in 2003, following the release of Ruff Draft:
Jan. 15th - Helsinki FIN at Kerma Club
Jan. 17th - Eindhoven, NL at Effenaar
Jan. 18th - Bienne, SWI at La Coupole
Jan. 19th - Paris, FR at Divan du Monde
Jan. 24th - Gothenburg, SWD
Jan. 25th - Malmo, SWD at Inkonst Quality
Jan. 26th - Stockholm, SWD at Mosebacke Est.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Original 2003 LP Release
- "Intro"
- "Let's Take It Back"
- "Reckless Driving"
- "Nothing Like This"
- "The $"
- "Interlude"
- "Make'em NV"
- "Interlude"
- "Crushin' (Yeeeeaah!)"
- "Shouts"
[edit] Re-issue (2007)
Disc 1
- "Intro"
- "Let's Take It Back"
- "Reckless Driving"
- "Nothing Like This"
- "The $"
- "Interlude"
- "Make'em NV"
- "Interlude"
- "Crushin' (Yeeeeaah!)"
- "Shouts"
- "Intro (Alt.)"
- "Wild"
- "Take Notice"
- "Shouts (Alt.)"
Disc 2
- "Let's Take It Back Instrumental"
- "Reckless Driving Instrumental"
- "Nothing Like This Instrumental"
- "The $ Instrumental"
- "Make'em NV Instrumental"
- "Crushin' Instrumental"
- "Intro (Alt) Instrumental"
- "Wild Instrumental"
- "Take Notice Instrumental"
- "Shouts (Alt) Instrumental"
[edit] External Links
| J Dilla |
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| Studio albums |
| Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) (1997) | Fantastic, Vol. 2 (2000) | Best Kept Secret (2000) | Welcome 2 Detroit | Welcome 2 Detroit Instrumentals (2001) | Vol. 1: Unreleased (2002) | Vol. 2: Vintage (2003) | Ruff Draft (2003) | Champion Sound (2003) | Champion Sound Instrumentals (2003) | Donuts (2006) | The Shining (2006) | The Shining Instrumentals (2006) | Ruff Draft (Re-issue) (2007) | Jay Love Japan (2007) |
| Singles |
| "Get Dis Money" (1999) - "I Don't Know" (2000) - "Climax (Girl Shit)" (2000) - "Raise It Up" (2001) - "Fuck The Police" (2001) - "Pause" (2001) |
| Related articles |
| Slum Village | 1st Down | The Ummah | Soulquarians | Jaylib |
