Posts Tagged ‘J Rocc’
Stones Throw Podcast #17: Thank You Jay Dee, Act 2, Mixed by J. Rocc. A year after the passing of J Dilla, J. Rocc continued his Thank You Jay Dee series, with this one. It was planned this as a three part series. It became four, mixed and released via Stones Throw Podcast over the course of three years. Happy Birthday Jay Dee             
Ooo o oooo! So soulful ladies and gentlemen, wouldn’t you agree? Off of J.Rocc’s upcoming project, Share My Bed. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Via: 2DBz
The Acts continue and his presence keeps on spreading. J. Rocc does a great job mixing it down. Download it directly off the iTunes for free and grab the previous Acts as well.
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 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGZrjd6hMPc&feature=PlayList&p=BCC679871C27755E&playnext=1&index=5[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rTtdfeHCo0[/youtube] J Rocc was courteous enough to drop a brand spanking new Doom x Dilla track @ a Jay Dee Tribute party. Not much info is out, except for this sooper dope footage of Rocc spinning the bass-heavy track with the crowd going apeshit. Same beat as Jay Elec’s Dimethyltryptamine.
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! |
