R.I.P. Dilla Dawg!

Had to leave the best post for last! I been on this mixtape for the past week. Mixing is just straight ridiculous! Big up to Squeak Boogie on this project, Bumsquad killed it! Also don’t forget to download Big Dilla as well! Click here to download or here.

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Common shares his memories of James Dewitt Yancey aka J Dilla aka Jay Dee. Common tells Nick Huff of Hard Knock TV that J Dilla is his, Pharrells, Kanyes and Questloves favorite producer. Common also talks about how Dilla and himself worked on Like Water For Chocolate almost 10 years ago and how he thinks Music would be different if Jay Dee was still alive.

“I never seen a producer sit there and have so much revere for music and so much respect for it. I’ve seen everybody from Pharrell to Kanye, to Questlove … and I’m like, ‘Man, that’s my favorite producer.’ I think music would be in a different place if he was here. He provided so much inspiration.”

“He made sounds that would be anything from the rawest of hip-hop to something like sounds flowing against Radiohead, and he would play some of the instruments.”

Yessir!

Last night Toca Tuesday featured a J Dilla and Big Pun tribute. 1st two hours was the Dilla tribute and last 2 hours was the Pun tribute with Just Blaze, Sean C & LV, Young Lord, Juju of The Beatnuts, Buckwild, DJ Soul, DJ Green Lantern, and a call from N.O.R.E. Click here to check out the rest of the pics from last night.  Take a listen!

Part 1: ?uestlove Spins a Dilla Set

Part 2: Busta calls in x Black Thought and Q-Tip Freestyle

Part 3: Big Pun Tribute Part 1

Part 4: Big Pun Tribute Part 2

Props: NahRight

Don’t forget to cop the Stussy x J Dilla tee we showed you last week  dropping on the 13th!

Celebrating the release of the J Dilla tee on Feb. 13, we’ve teamed up with Stussy for a number of live DJ in-store events in five of their locations. Times are different for each location.  Expect J Rocc and PB Wolf in the house in the Los Angeles location.

Stussy Los Angeles, 112 N. La Brea Ave (3-7PM)
Stussy Las Vegas, 4480 Paradise Rd (8-11PM)
Stussy Washington DC, 1718 Florida Ave NW (6-9PM)
Stussy Vancouver, 49 Powell St., Vancouver BC (8-10PM)
Stussy Toronto, 431 Richmond St. W., Toronto ON (8-10PM)

Via: ST

This rarely seen footage gets the word on Dilla’s influence from Waajeed, Frank Nitty, and Mr. Love Movement – Dilla himself. These were Dilla’s last moments in Toronto.

Here’s a footage, from last year August, of Jay Elec rockin’ the crowd.

Here’s a track from Doom’s highly underrated/unappreciated album Born Like This. Doom chose the Dilla produced track as an EP release with numerous remixes and goodies! This is the diiirrrtiest Dilla beat!

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Just wanna thank everybody who hit us up and celebrated J Dilla Day with us yesterday. We really appreciate the support and love. Also, be sure to purchase a Ma Dukes shirt by Parra to help raise money for a sooper great cause. Shout outs to Jason from the Stones Throw store who was nice enough to hit me back to confirm my order and sizes. Keep in mind, its Dilla Day everyday.

I received a very special mix from RP3 in my mailbox. The Dilla Midnight Snack is a 61:21 mins mix of some of the rarest and illest smoothest/mellowest instrumentals by Dilla, put together by RP3 and his ppls. This is a MUST HAVE for all Dilla heads. I’m currently stuck between 25:20-26:50. The transition to Love Jones (off The Shining) is heavyyyy! Add this to the collection ASAP. Well done!

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This speaks for itself. Legendary status!

Straight out the studio. Rough as fruck! Enjoy!

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Mixed by some of the illest. Peep the track list and download link after the jump. (more…)

Last month, VIBE magazine published this heartbreaking article about the state of J Dilla’s family and estate. It is really unfortunate that the lawyers and accountants take over like this, especially when influential people pass away. The family can’t even use his name or likeness for any commercial purposes…what the fuck? Like really come on! It’s a complicated case, and I guess you just gotta hope that the “professionals” involved do the right thing, and the situation works out for the best. Check out the article, its a very good read.

One of the illest tributes to drop. Featured several new and unheard gems. Includes High as posted earlier. Peep the tracklist and download link after the jump. This is a MUST HAVE! (more…)

Ahhh! This beat is oh so soulful! Bo Bo Lamb doin’ his thing on the track, funny as hell! You can catch this track on Jay Love Japan.

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Here is a collection of  the illest interviews by Dilla’s closest friends/fam. The 4 parts touch on Dilla’s Ruff Draft EP, the infamous shirt, a trip to Cali and his ppl’s memories of him. I remember listening to the EP for endless hours of the night for months and cruising down the streets blasting The $ and Crushin’. The original was released back in ’03, but did not include Wild on it. The re-release was pushed by Stones Throw and issued with a limited packaging which included: a TURN IT UP t-shirt, Ruff Draft Cassette, a custom Reckless Driving ticket and a J Dilla photo. Peep the rest of the interviews after the jump.

Interview #1: Dilla’s surprise gift from Common when he reached Cali and his new friendship

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I was going through my externals and came across a bunch of old Dilla tribute mixes and beat tapes. I’ll be posting ‘em through out the day, but I’ll leave out the beat tapes. I’ll letcha’ have the fun of scavenging around for all 3 of ‘em. There’s a couple more, but most of them have repeats.

The here’s a fine collection of Dilla’s work, accompanied by his close friends x fans. Static Slektah and Q-Tip pulled together joints from Common, De La Soul, Termanology, Erykah Badu, Hi-Tek and many more. Peep the tracklist and download link after the jump.
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