I’ve decided to post some of Dilla’s most brilliant, yet important, pieces of work. Any producer/beatmaker who has ever heard one of Dilla’s beats has taken back something from it and used it in their work at some point eventually. The man was a wizard with the MPC and can’t nobody fruck with his method of chopping samples. His work has always brought out the best of any artists and it clearly shows in the cases of Erykah Badu, Common, Busta Rhymes and De La Soul. Didn’t Cha Know by Badu has always been one of my most favourite joints everrr and will continue to open doors for me with my production. Peep the video and the rest of the music videos after the jump. PS – The Pharcyde video is the shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii….

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 Here’s some vintage footage of Dilla.Dawg performing the cop-friendly anthem in Amsterdam, while he was in his wheelchair. One of his last few performances. Peep a clearer version of the audio after the jump. “On the count of 3 say Fuck the Policee….we could lose a few of ‘em, we got enough of them” (more…)

On this very day, 3 years ago, J Dilla passed away while leaving us with a golden masterpiece known as Donuts (which dropped on his bday Feb7th). Almost, as if he already knew the timeline of his existence and planned to bless us with his final work before moving on to another life form. As many of ya’ll know, the Legend was diagnosed with the lupus blood disease. Yet, he still continued to work from his bed and carve out a body of work, which will forever go down as some of his most genius work to date. With him gone, it didn’t stop sh!t as his presence was constantly felt through the releases of Ruff Draft, The Shining and Jay Love Japan. Even though he left us at such a young age, he continues to live through the timeless music he’s left behind and his family/friends. I’m sooper excited for the Beat Konducta: Vol 5 & 6 release TODAY, which is Madlib’s dedication to Jay Dee. The 42-track beat cd is very personal and you can definitely see and feel the emotions and hard work that were put in to it by ‘Lib and J Rocc. On behalf of us here at WxB, we wish all ya a HAPPY JAY-DEE DAY! Ofcourse its Dilla month and for some like myself its Dilla 25/8, but we’d like to show our appreciation today and help spread his presence. Hope ya’ll support great music by going out and coping 4 copies (or just one) of the Beat Konducta tape and any of J Dilla’s previous work. We’ll continue to post several Dilla related posts through out the day and hope ya enjoy and contribute back. We miss you, Dawg! R.I.P. Dilla.

Source: Stones Throw

Ya’ll in for a sooper special treat if you haven’t already seen this. Audio footage of the Jaylib/Madvillian concert has been released through Stones Throw and features everyones favorite dynamic duos plus guests (Common, J Rocc). This recording is from the Henry Fonda Theatre performance from April 2004. Peep the concert pictures and download link for the audio after the jump. Also, a Happy Belated Burfday to the Legend himself (R.I.P. Dilla) whose bday was this past Feb 7th. We miss you!

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