Now available for the first time digitally is 1st Down A Day Wit The Homiez EP via iTunes. For anyone that doesn't know 1st Down was a duo structured like Gang Starr with Phat Kat on the vocals and Jay Dee (J. Dilla) on production. 1st Down was signed to Pay Day Records back in 1995, but the 12" single for "A Day Wit The Homiez" b/w "Front Street" was the only release to come from the deal. Now it's available again with a few added 1st Down bonus tracks now included on the original release. All production from Jay Dee aka J. Dilla.
PURCHASE: iTunes
The time has come. Next Tuesday, June 2nd is the release of J. Dilla's Jay Stay Paid on Nature Sounds, musically coordinated by Pete Rock and executive produced by Ma Dukes. Here's a few more tastes from the album.
LISTEN: J. Dilla - "Reality TV" (featuring Black Thought)
LISTEN: J. Dilla - "24K Rap" (featuring Havoc & Raekwon)
LISTEN: J. Dilla - "Jay $tay Paid Sampler Mixed by J-Rocc"
Finally we getting something cool in Detroit for once. The Foreign Exchange will be hitting the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit for a show on June 4th. The Foreign Exchange is a project from producer Nicolay and Phonte of Little Brother. The touring band also consists of Yahzarah and Darien Brockington on vocals, and backed musically by Zo! (from Detroit) & The ELs. Should be fun times. Nicolay has long been a Rensoul supporter so show my boy some love in the D.
PURCHASE: June 4, 2009: The Foreign Exchange | Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit MI
LINKS: NICOLAY OFFICIAL SITE | NICOLAY MYSPACE | THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE OFFICIAL SITE
One of Detroit's next upcoming emcees Danny Brown just laced me with his track from the forthcoming J. Dilla album Jay $tay Paid, dropping on Nature Sounds next month. Enjoy.
LISTEN: J. Dilla - "Dilla Bot Vs. The Hybrid" (featuring Danny Brown)
LINK: DANNY BROWN MYSPACE
On May 1st, Dorian Anthony Fiddler, son of Detroit musician/vocalist Amp Fiddler passed away due to complications from his recently diagnosis of diabetes. This Thursday night, May 7th, at Bert's Warehouse at 2739 Russell St. in Detroit, there will be a fundraiser held in Dorian's honor to assist with the funeral costs. I don't care what scene you are from, if you are in Detroit on Thursday, you need to support our brother Amp Fiddler. He has done so much for our city. He has taught so many of our greatest musicians (Dilla, Slum Village, Waajeed, etc etc). He has just been an all around great man. Its time for us to show up and support him in his time of need. Complete info is below. Admission is free and they will be collecting donations at the door. Let's pack the place and have a beautiful night in honor of Dorian Fiddler. Let's show that Detroit is the city that I think and I hope Detroit is and stand up for on of our own.
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Dorian Anthony Fiddler, the only and beloved son of Joseph “Amp” Fiddler and Stacey Willoughby passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on the morning of Friday May 1st 2009. He had only that week been taken into hospital and diagnosed with diabetes and after suffering unexpected complications leading to heart failure, he left us all on May 1st.
Born on January 11th 1991, Dorian was an accomplished drummer and trumpeter who had adopted his father’s love and devotion of music from an early age and pursued his own musical goals and ambitions with dogged determination and dedication. In recent years he had been a pupil at Detroit’s School of the Arts, where he was an Honor Roll student (2008), playing in the school band as well as collaborations with other students. Latterly he also worked beats in the school studios for 3 hours every day, learning all aspects of music production. Also, when opportunity would permit, he would join his father on stage, most recently at the Ford Auto Show in Detroit in January 2009.
A memorial benefit gig will be held on Thursday May 7th 2009 from 6pm onwards at Bert’s Warehouse Theater , 2739 Russell St, Detroit. The “One Love Jam” will be a fundraiser to assist Amp and his family with the Funeral Services. We are calling on the Detroit Community to come out and support. Admission is free but all contributions will be gratefully received at the door, or if you cannot attend you can contribute via paypal to the Dorian Fiddler memorial account. We are also asking you to add your love to the mix - Bring your Vocals, Instruments, DJ Equipment & the Support of your Presence.
Thank you to all of you who have already come out and shown support for Amp and his family at this extremely difficult time.
Details of the Funeral
to be held this Saturday, May 9th at Fellowship Chapel
7707 W. Outer Drive
Detroit, MI 48235
Bert’s Warehouse
2739 Russell St
Detroit, from 6pm
Entry Free: ALL DONATIONS GRATEFULLY RECEIVED
Donations can also be made to the Dorian Fiddler Memorial Fund via paypal
at www.paypal.com to ampfiddler@yahoo.com or checks should be made out to: "Joseph Fiddler"
Please send to Detroit Events Team:
141 W. Parkhurst Place Detroit MI
48203-5246 USA
For more information: 313-334-5833 or contact@detevents.com or tinku@anuthamutha.com
If you have enough money in these hard times after buying Rick Ross this week and hopefully NOT buying Asher Roth, the sophomore album The Art Of Link from Detroit's Big Tone seen its release via TRES Records (home of Ta'raach, Blu).
PURCHASE: iTunes | Fat Beats (CD)
LISTEN: Big Tone - "The Look"
The homie DJ 3000 (from Motech Records) recently sent over a new mix he did called Diligence full of fly Detroit techno joints and some unreleased jawns from the man himself too.
LISTEN: DJ 3000 - "Diligence" | DOWNLOAD
Tracklisting:
1. DJ Compufunk - Orbit - Motech
2. Los Hermanos - Dazed and Deceived - Submerge
3. DJ P-Ben - Believer (DJ 3000 Motech Mix) - PBR Music *unreleased
4. Perception - Collagen Ear - Submerge
5. Subotika - Dais - Motech
6. Los Hermanos - Festival Parade - Submerge
7. DJ 3000 - Waiting In The Dark - Motech *unreleased
8. UR - Baghdad Express - UR
9. Nomadico - Tazumal - UR
10. UR - Technology Gap - UR
11. DJ Compufunk - Ninja Clone - Motech
12. DJ 3000 - Darjeeling Sun (Gary Martin remix) - Motech *unreleased
13. Los Hermanos - Dark Samba #7 - Submerge
14. Subotika - Moving On - Motech
15. Mark Flash - Minha Mocambo - UR
16. DJ 3000 - Coat Of Arms (Alexander Robotnick remix) - Motech *unreleased
17. DJ 3000 - The Highlanders - Motech *unreleased
18. DJ Dex - Kawak - Los Hermanos
19. DJ Bone - Thursday Night - Subject Detroit
LINKS: DJ 3000 MYSPACE | MOTECH RECORDS
Recently released via Capitol Records is the Nat King Cole remix album titled Re:Generations which features the likes of The Roots, TV On The Radio, Cee-Lo Green, Nas, Cut Chemist, will.i.am, Natalie Cole, and Bebel Gilberto, among others, paired up with the legend. Among the selections is the Amp Fiddler produced "Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere". Enjoy a clip of the song below.
LISTEN: Nat King Cole - “Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere” (produced by Amp Fiddler)
LINKS: AMP FIDDLER MYSPACE | RE:GENERATIONS INFO
Detroit area emcee Theologic is set to release his new album Innerworld on April 25th. The album is mostly self-produced but features production from Jae-ss, Che' Nazzarith, and IWight along with guest appearances from Skillful, 14KT, S.U.N., and Jewelz. Theologic describes the album: "The album invites the listener into a mystical place in existence. This place is the deeper part of the human spirit that contains rooms like Joy, Love, Pain, and Victory, all housed under one roof of 15 blazing tracks."
WATCH: Theologic - "Resurrection"
LISTEN: Theologic - "Little Brother"
LINK: THEOLOGIC MYSPACE
Here's the video for Octane's "Leave Me Alone" from Octane & Illites album The Forgotten...Chosen. The song is produced by 14KT of the LabTechs/AML and the video is directed by Gerard Victor Atillo.
LINKS: OCTANE MYSPACE | 14KT MYSPACE
New York/Detroit producer/drummer Daru along with recent Dwele/Slum Village collaborator AB just dropped their new project A.W.I.P. (A Work In Progress) for free download. The project features guest appearances from Elzhi, T3, and Black Milk, among other. Visit the link below to download and for more information on AB and Daru.
DOWNLOAD: AB & Daru A.W.I.P.
LINKS: AB MYSPACE | DARU MYSPACE
The good people at Jazzy Sport in Japan just laced me with DJ Mitsu The Beats' second album Word To The Wise, due out in May. The album include the track titled "Elzhi" featuring Elzhi (duh), along with guest appearances from Jose James, Kev Brown, Black Spade, and Mark de Clive Lowe, among others. We got a little sneak peek of the Elzhi track for you, so enjoy.
LISTEN: DJ Mitsu The Beats - "Elzhi" (featuring Elzhi)
LINKS: JAZZY SPORT OFFICIAL SITE | DJ MITSU THE BEATS MYSPACE
Right now, DJ Dez is killin' it out in Japan schooling them on Detroit. Coming soon through Kenny Dixon Jr.'s Mahogani Music label is the new album titled Andrés II from Andrés, Dez's dance music moniker. The album will be broken up into two vinyl releases. The CD version will include everything on those vinyls plus all the songs from the two previously released 12"s from last year "Moments In Time" and "About Time".
LISTEN: Andrés - "Let's Talk About"
As a bonus, here's the audio from when DJ Dez was on Deviation with Benji B on BBC 1xtra a few years back.
DOWNLOAD: Live On Deviation w/ Benji B on BBC Radio 1Xtra | PART 1 | PART 2
While the NCAA Final Four was in town, I played at yet another Blackbyrd Revue show at the Jazz Cafe in Detroit in the Music Hall with Allan Barnes & The Gorilla Funk Mob spinning Jazz records. We had a nice intimate crowd that night. The band sounded nice. There was this guy drunk as hell there celebrating his birthday, dancing all around the place singing along with every song. Hilarious. Below is audio of my first set from the nice. Enjoy.
DOWNLOAD: K-Fresh - Live At The Blackbyrd Revue @ The Jazz Cafe, Detroit - 04.03.2009
And here's my sets from the first Blackbyrd Revue last June at Alvin's.
DOWNLOAD: K-Fresh - Live From The Blackbyrd Revue: 06.07.2008 @ Alvin's | PART 1 | PART 2
Detroit emcee (and even comedian) SelfSays takes us on a hilarious trip in the woods of Michigan talking about the types of things that give him inspiration, and messing with nasty ass socks. The video is produced by Notion Tha Bartender. Be sure to download SelfSays' free album Something Out Of Nothing, featuring production from Feux, Knowledge, Devonwho, Dak, Jack High, Bullion, Beatmongers, and Samiyam.
DOWNLOAD: SelfSays - Something Out Of Nothing
LINKS: SELFSAYS OFFICIAL SITE | SELFSAYS MYSPACE
The former cool kid of our Detroit hip hop scene and now Detroit's ambassador via Los Angeles DJ House Shoes is set to release The King James Version, his tribute to the greatest to ever do it, the late geat legend J. Dilla. House Shoes takes us on a journey through the records that James Yancey used to craft the classics we all fell in love with. If you thought Dilla's beat were nothing special and easy to create, you'll second guess that idea and realize the genius of his musical process while listening to The King James Version. House Shoes has offered the first chapter of the mix for free download to give you a taste.
DOWNLOAD: House Shoes - "The King James Version: Chapter One: Verse One"
And here's thoughts from artists hat were close to Dilla regarding The King James Version:
T3 (Slum Village) - "This king james shit is nutz. no homo."
Amir -"Mad people always talk about how much they love music but my man houseshoes is THE only one I know that consistently holds it down! His knowledge and skill cannot be questioned...basically he is the MAN! I am just the man siitin' next to the MAN!"
Rhettmatic - "The King James Version is a must for all you hardcore Dilla fans or for Sample Heads. Shoes is the only person besides J.Rocc who can put something together like this.....listening to this will make your head crack! Don't sleep!"
J-Rocc - "Houseshoes seems to have it all....life isn't fair sometime. After listening to this you'll ask yourself how did Dilla do it. All Hail King James (both of em)"
Black Milk - "House Shoes just showed us how much of a genius dilla was even more with this cd and how crazy dillas record collection was im just now finding some of these samples...dilla was light years ahead of us..."
As being the flagship of the Dilla movement online for almost 8 years now, Rensoul.com is offering online ordering for The King James Version. Pay via Paypal at the links below or pay via money order at the address below. Orders will be shipped regular mail domestically and regular air mail internationally.
CD TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT
PURCHASE: iTunes
As a little Detroit bonus, here's a couple of my favorite House Shoes productions.
DOWNLOAD: Proof of D12 featuring Journalist 103 & Mu - "Broken"
DOWNLOAD: Marvwon - "Remember When"
LINKS: HOUSE SHOES MYSPACE | SHOES HOUSE PODCAST
Its that time again. Every Memorial Day weekend of this decade, Detroit hosts the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, now known as Movement. Taking place May 23-25 at Hart Plaza in Downtown Detroit, heavy hitters in all genres of electronic such as Afrika Bambaataa (pictured), Bad Boy Bill, Bassnectar, Derrick May, among others bang out the Motor City for the weekend. While straight up hip-hop has seem to be non-existent outside of Bambaataa, experimental hip-hop artists such as Flying Lotus, RJD2, and Z-Trip will hit the stage at Movement.
“Every year our goal is to build upon the success of the previous year by bringing the best available local, national and international talent to Detroit in order to create a weekend experience unlike any
other in the World,” said Jason Huvaere, president of Paxahau and organizers of the festival. “Our team spends a lot of time selecting artist and DJs that will appeal to electronic music enthusiasts. This year there will be a major Detroit presence at the festival as well as some performers that rarely set foot on stage in the United States.”
To open up festivities this year ravestyle, The Prodigy (of "Firestarter" and "Smack My Bitch Up" fame) will play at The Fillmore on Friday, May 22. Chuck Flask, Paxahau Resident DJ and Evan Evolution will be performing in the State Bar. The doors open at 7 p.m. Early bird tickets for this all ages show
are available starting at $20 by visiting www.livenation.com. VIP tickets are available.
An alphabetical listing of Movement 2009 Artists confirmed to date is
as follows:
Adam Beyer
Adultnapper
Afrika Bambaataa
Al Ester
Anthony Attalla
Anthony Rother (Live)
Audion (Live)
Bad Boy Bill
Bassnectar
Benga
Benny Benassi
Busy P
Buzz Goree
Carl Cox
Carl Craig
Chloe Harris
Chuck Gibson a.k.a. Perception (Live)
Clark Warner
Craig Gonzalez
Damian Lazarus
Delano Smith
Dennis Ferrer
Derrick May
DJ Deeon
DJ Godfather
DJ Omega
DJ Slugo
Drumcell (Live)
Ellen Allien
Exchange Bureau (Live)
Flying Lotus (Live)
Francois K
Frankie Vega
Guy Gerber (Live)
Heidi
Innervisions Live: a critical mass (Live)
Jay Denham
Kate Simko (Live)
Kero (Live)
Kevin Reynolds (Live)
Kevin Saunderson
Krazy Baldhead (Live)
Lee Curtiss
Liz Copeland
Loco Dice vs. Luciano
Los Hermanos (Live)
Luke Hess (Live)
Lusine
Marc "MK" Kinchen & Scotty Deep (Live)
Marco Carola
Mieka du Franx
Mike Clark
Mike Huckaby
Neil Landstrumm (Live)
Nic Fanciulli
Nikola Baytala
Norm Talley
Octave One (Live)
Osunlade
Rick Wade
RJD2
Ryan Elliott
Seoul vs Linder 2x4
Seth Troxler
Shaun Reeves
Starski & Clutch
Steve Bug
The Glitch Mob (Live)
The Sight Below
Tiefschwarz
Tiga
Wighnomy Bros
Will Web
Z-Trip
Weekend Passes for Movement 2009
Discount presale Movement 2009 weekend passes are available for purchase at www.Paxahau.com for $40. The weekend passes give electronic music fans access to the festival from 12 noon to 12 midnight on May 23, 24, and 25, 2009.
It's finally here. After years of asking this dude from the album is dropping, Finale's A Pipe Dream And A Promise is available today via Interdependent Media. Last Saturday, we had a DOPE album release party here in Detroit with me, DJ Sicari, and House Shoes spinning along with a gang of awesome performances. The buzz from the show and the album has been heavy. It was also an honor to be witness to the finishing of this album, so please go out and support some real Detroit hip hop.
PURCHASE: iTunes
LISTEN: Finale - "One Man Show" (prod. by Black Milk)
LISTEN: Finale - "One Man Show" (A Rival 8 Bit Remix) featuring Casual | DOWNLOAD
Finale is currently on the road supporting the album release. The following are the dates confirmed right now. I'll be out spinning at the Chicago dates on April 13th.
The Palestinian hip-hop crew Dam, Rebel Diaz, Invincible, Finale, DJ Oja
What: Homeland Hip Hop: A Benefit Show for the Indigenous Youth Delegation to Palestine
When: April 7, 2009, Doors open @ 8pm, Show begins @9pm
Where: Southpaw, 125 5th Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn NY
How much: $12 in advance, $15 at the door
Finale & Invincible
What: A Pipe Dream and a Promise Listening Party
When: April 8, 2009 @ 9pm
Where: Homebase NYC Wednesdays
Finale, Marv Won, Sincere
Where: Mac's Bar, Lansing, MI
When: April 9, 2009 @ 9pm
Finale, Vandaylyzm, Black Spade, Gotta Be Karim & Rockwell Knuckles
When: April 10, 2009 @ 9pm
Where: The Gramaphone 4243 Manchester Avenue, Saint Louis, MO
Finale & Invincible
When: April 11, 2009 @ 3:30 pm
Where: Ohio University, Athens, OH
Finale, DJ Sean Doe, Prime, Thaione Davis and more
When: April 12th, 2009
Where: Dark Room, 2210 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Finale, Moe Dirdee and more
When: April 16, 2009 @ 9pm
Where: The Bullfrog - Redford, MI
Finale & Invincible
When: April 18, 2009
Where: TBA, Baltimore, MD
Finale & Invincible
When: April 21, 2009
Where: TBA, Washington, D.C
Zion I, Thaione Davis, Finale
What: Thaione Davis Album Release Party
When: May 7, 2009 @ 9pm
Where: Morseland, 1218 W. Morse Ave., Rogers Park Chicago, IL
Finale, Invincible, Hassaan Mackey, DJ Quarter Pound
When: April 22, 2009 @ 9pm
Where: Dubland Underground, 315 Alexander St, Rochester, NY 14607
LINKS: FINALE MYSPACE | IM RECORDS OFFICIAL SITE
Sorry for the lack of updates recently. DJ gigs here in Detroit started crackin' among other things. Well here we got another web exclusive track from Black Milk called "Mo Power". And I also included the previous web exclusive "Dreams" because, geez, I forgot to post it haha. Black Milk is currently touring Europe with Elzhi murdering each and every city!!
LISTEN: Black Milk - "Mo Power" | DOWNLOAD
LISTEN: Black Milk - "Dreams" | DOWNLOAD
Ghostly International just released digitally the 5-song EP titled Vanitas from Australian producer Tim Koch under the alias of 10:32. The EP's opening track "Blue Little", that was originally included on the Ghostly Swim Compilation, lends to a more instrumental hip hop sound in comparison to Koch's more abstract, earthy electronic-based productions. Visit the links below for more information and audio clips.
The dude that is all the rage these days under his Mayer Hawthorne moniker, DJ Haircut, just dropped Shoot The Duck Vol. 2, a mix of classic disco roller-skating jams to hit the rink to.
DOWNLOAD: DJ Haircut - Shoot The Duck Vol. 2
TRACKLISTING:
01 La Famille “Dancer”
02 RB Hudmon “Searching For Your Love (Instrumental)”
03 Aaron Broomfield “I’m Gonna Miss Ya”
04 Dr. Togo “Be Free”
05 Garfield Fleming “Don’t Send Me Away”
06 Ago “You Make Me Do It”
07 Trilark “Check It Out”
08 Boeing “Dance On The Beat (Instrumental)”
09 Rainbow Team “Bite The Apple”
10 Firefly “I Just Wanna Be Your Lover”
11 Atlantis “Keep On Movin and Groovin”
12 K.I.D. “Fine Time Tonight”
13 Korja “My Mind 5’ (Instrumental)”
14 High Fashion “Next To You”
15 Freeeze “Can’t Keep My Love”
16 Bobby Broom “Find Yourself”
17 Blue Feather “Let’s Funk Tonight”
18 Rhyze “Having Fun”
19 Plush “Free and Easy”
20 Fantasy “You’re Too Late”
21 Carrie Lucas “Rockin For Your Love”
22 Finis Henderson “Skip To My Lou”
23 Cela “I’m In Love”
The 3-piece synth-pop group School Of Seven Bells (comprised of members Benjamin Curtis with sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza) recently released their latest single "Iamundernodisguise" via Ghostly International, the second from their album Alpinisms released late last year. The single, released digitally and on 7" vinyl, includes the b-side track "Trance Figure (Nobody Remix)", where the West Coast based produced gives the tune an abstract, dubby touch.
LISTEN: School Of Seven Bells - Chain | DOWNLOAD
School Of Seven Bells are currently rocking a bunch of showcase down at SXSW. Here's a listing of their shows:
3/18 Buffalo Billiards (KCRW Night Showcase) – Midnight
3/19 Mohawk (Rhapsody Daytime Party) – 2:10pm
3/20 Emo’s (Pitchfork/Windish Agency Party) – 3pm
3/20 Radio Room (Mojo presents Ghostly International/Full Time Hobby Showcase) – 10pm
3/21 Urban Outfitters – 5pm
Here's the video for "Fall Asleep", the first single from their Alpinisms album. Director Tony Halbrooks says, “The first thing that popped into our heads was the word ‘lush’,” about brainstorming about the making of this video.
For more information, and audio clips, hit up the links below.
LINKS: SVIIB GHOSTLY PAGE | SVIIB OFFICIAL SITE | SVIIB MYSPACE
Back in 2006, Public Media Group created a commemorative 24 x 36 poster as a tribute to the career of J. Dilla. They used over 3000 pictures, including everyone who has ever worked with Dilla to create this iconic image remembering him. It was limited to a 1000 pieces and sold out in days. Ma Dukes found a stack of the posters in the her basement so they have them available again, each one signed & numbered by Ma Dukes.
PURCHASE: Over A Billion Served Limited Edition J. Dilla Poster
Ghostly International recently launched a subsidiary site Audion.de, which will offer free downloads from Matthew Dear for his Audion dancefloor moniker. The first free download is for a track titled "I Am The Car".
DOWNLOAD: Audion - "I Am The Car"
The Czech Republic-based hip-hop webmagazine Cream.cz recently posted an interview with Buff1.
READ: BUFF1: I am the Buff1 of Detroit, the Buff1 of the world!
LINK: BUFF1 MYSPACE
Courtesy of the German-based Splash Mag, here's a video interview with Detroit's Frank-N-Dank.
Footage of DJ Dez and DJ Butter talking about how they met and about J. Dilla, Proof, and Eminem.
LINKS: DJ BUTTER MYSPACE | DJ DEZ MYSPACE
(source: press release) - By now most everyone is familiar with the story of musical legend J Dilla. The quiet, prolific producer collaborated with everyone from Eryka Badu to Common to Janet Jackson to Prince. Dilla was just beginning to capitalize on his cult status when he sadly passed at age 32 due to Lupus-related complications. Jay Stay Paid is a 25 track collection of unreleased Dilla beats mixed and arranged by Pete Rock. While mostly instrumental, "J$P" also offers a few guests vocals from artists that Dilla worked with or admired including Black Thought of The Roots, MF DOOM, and M.O.P.
Curtailing any notion of jumping on some sort of Dilla bangwagon, Jay Stay Paid was executive produced by Dilla's mother Maureen Yancey (aka Ma Dukes) along with the musical supervision of Dilla's only real musical idol, Pete Rock. "It wasn't rushed and it wasn't haphazard," explains Ms Yancey. "This album combines what he did in the beginning of his career, what he did in some of our early hospital stays, which was very deep, and some stuff pulled from old floppy disks & DATs. Its mind blowing...this is like the missing links to Dilla's legacy."
The format of the album plays like a radio show with Pete Rock as the program director. With regards to Pete's involvement, Ms. Yancey gets very excited, "Dilla wanted to pattern himself behind Pete. His dream was to become as close as possible to what Pete stood for. Pete meant everything to him. Dilla would have just been flabbergasted! " Pete's sentiments were the same toward Dilla, "Dude was amazing. He just kinda came outta nowhere and the more you heard his beats the better they got. He may not be here with us, but it's all good we're going to keep his music alive and well."
In the late 80s, Dilla founded the seminal rap group Slum Village and put Detroit hip-hop on the map, while the 90's saw him playing a major role in the production team The Ummah with Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad doing extensive work on Tribe Called Quest's last two albums.
Jay Stay Paid will be released on June 2nd on Nature Sounds.
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