Video: Danny Brown - Jay-Dee’s Revenge
The first video from the soon-to-be released J Dilla album entitled Rebirth of Detroit. The new album drops on June 12th. Go to officialjdilla.com for more details.
Free Download: DJ Turne - Turne It Up (Dillalicious Mix Vol.1)
DJ Turne from Amsterdam finished this classic J Dilla mix on the day before Jay Dee died in 2006. Coincidence or faith…who knows? This mix contains fantastic blends and a great song selection. It pretty much covers the whole Yancey spectrum up to 2006 so hands down for Turne (http://twitter.com/djturne).
Download the entire mix here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ei3gp8v66sf3x1p
TomE & Vlada Stojanovic - Inspired by Dilla
On Feb 7th, 1974 James Dewitt Yancey, aka J Dilla or Jay Dee, was born; on Feb 10th, 2006, this emblematic hip hop producer sadly passed away… and so we claim this week as “Inspired by Dilla”
In honour of Dilla’s musical legacy, how inspired he was by music and how much of an inspiration he still is to others, Tjunk decided to raise money to support the J Dilla Foundation! In their store you’ll find a series of ‘Inspired by Dilla’ T–shirts including one designed by LDBK’s favorite Oli-B. The profit made on these T-shirts will be fully donated to the J Dilla Foundation, to help them fund inner-city music programs -www.jdillafoundation.org
LDBK regulars, Vlada Stojanovic and dj_TomE composed this playlist telling Dilla’s story: starting with a track featuring his father, originals he sampled, his own creations and ending with tracks from artists that he inspired…
Tees on www.tjunk.com
Illustration by www.oli-b.be
More on www.ldbk.eu/dilla
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BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Stories - Gone Too Soon, J Dilla
via http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016g2c2:
“It’s a name you might not recognise - but you’ll certainly know his music… James Dewitt Yancey, Jay Dee or more commonly known as J Dilla, is one of hip hop’s most influential producers and artists, but his genius was cut short at 32 after battling the incurable blood disease, lupus.
As part of the Gone Too Soon series, Benji B presents this 1Xtra story celebrating the incredible music J Dilla created during his lifetime which includes tracks for Janet Jackson, Busta Rhymes, Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, The Pharcyde and De La Soul to name but a few.
Through interviews with Plug 2 from De La Soul, Mos Def, Questlove from The Roots, Common, Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes, J.Rocc, Slum Village members T3 and Wajeed, his brother Illa J and his incredible mum, Ma Dukes, we learn about how he made those beats, what he was like as a person and the legacy he left behind. Benji also pays his own tribute to the man he knew for almost ten years and is his favourite producer of all time.”
Click the image to hear BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Stories - Gone Too Soon, J Dilla.
Props to moovmnt.com for sharing this link.
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Free Download: DJ Mehdi - Loukoums
via http://soundcloud.com/edbangerrecords/dj-mehdi-loukoums:
“back in 2006, Dj Mehdi’s hommage to Dilla
we did something like 200 promo CDs fro friends
I think it’s time for this music to be shared and enjoyed by all of us
I still can’t believe what’s happening, so I press play and I listen to my best friend’s music.”
- P.
“LOUKOUMS”
non-produced and un-mixed by Dj Mehdi, NSI.
Jay Dee rest in peace
Based on the DONUTS album concept, these are demos, out-takes and unreleased gems from various records I worked on before and during the making of LUCKY BOY, my next album.
Stuff comes from MEGALOPOLIS, 113 DEGRES and SHEITAN soundtrack mainly, but some is older too.
Hope you enjoy these rough mixes and un-polished sounds, as I pay hommage to “one of the greatest minds to ever make beats” :
Mr James Yancey, better known as JAY DEE, also know as DILLA.
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RIP DJ Mehdi / RIP DILLA
The BadBadNotGood crew pay tribute to the late, great J Dilla.
Fall In Love (J Dilla Tribute)
(Click picture to download.)
Video: J Dilla - Last Donut of the Night
Last Donut of the Night from Tuomas Vauhkonen on Vimeo.
For Stones Throw music video contest. Directed by Tuomas Vauhkonen and Jeremias Nieminen.
More videos from the Stones Throw contest here.
