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J Dilla was born James Dewitt Yancey on February 7, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan, to Maureen and Beverly Yancey. From the onset, music was intrinsic to Jay's life. His mother Maureen
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Sounds like:
House Shoes,
Waajeed,
Slum Village
By
sweeney kovar
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Apr 16, 2013
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April 11 is the anniversary of Proof's passing. For anyone in the dark, Proof and his lineage are without equal in Detroit, from Eminem to J Dilla, Proof was a connecting thread between the hip-hop scene. Few other MCs cared and carried for the city ...
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Sounds like:
House Shoes,
Madlib,
Samiyam
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sweeney kovar
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Feb 11, 2013
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Jea! Right on time for Dilla month comes an announcement that the late great's shelved major label debut album, originally titled Pay Jay, will now see commercial release in a few months, now bearing the name The Diary. Though a bootleg pressing of P...
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sweeney kovar
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Jul 11, 2012
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J. Rocc of the legendary Beat Junkies is one of the best DJs on this planet. The Cali-representative is one of the very few turntablists that can seamlessly and naturally segue from hip-hop to break-beats to funk to jazz to Brasillian music and back ...
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Sounds like:
Jaylib,
Madlib,
Slum Village
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Jaylib,
Madlib,
Slum Village
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Sounds like:
Jaylib,
Madlib,
Slum Village
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Sounds like:
J Dilla,
Flying Lotus,
Miles Davis,
John Coltrane
By
Dwayne
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Sep 7, 2011
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Today I want to share a song that evokes several masters, past and present. First up is Flying Lotus, the man who gave Farnell Newton the idea of covering another legend, J Dilla.In the cover, trumpeter Farnell Newton adds a solo (in the style of Mil...
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Sounds like:
J Dilla,
Phaseone,
9th Wonder,
Burial
By
Dwayne
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May 31, 2011
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Donuts by J Dilla is a masterpiece, and "Walkinonit" is one of the best tracks on it. Dilla is up there with the greats -- the artists who you aren't meant to remix because they can't be improved on.But that hasn't stopped Phaseone. He's taken on Bur...
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