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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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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:
J Dilla,
Danny Brown
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Dwayne
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Jul 4, 2012
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Producer extraordinaire Madlib always seems to be at his strongest in collaborations, and Freddie Gibbs is clearly a favourite of his.Following up 2011's excellent Thuggin EP is the Shame EP, which maintains the high standards this duo have previousl...
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Sounds like:
Danny Brown,
J Dilla,
Guilty Simpson
By
sweeney kovar
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Jun 22, 2012
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DJ House Shoes spent damn near two decades flying the flag of Detroit hip hop, and he just now has released his debut album. Let It Go is a collection that captures the beautiful, ugly, harsh and sweet aspects of a life devoted to music. There are cu...
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Sounds like:
Daedalus,
Dabrye,
Elliot Lipp,
J Dilla
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RSkotarczyk
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Jun 21, 2012
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This always happens. I attempt to blog about one track, and then fall in love with five more along the way. Insightful offers up a fine dose of hip-hop influenced chillwave with an experimental edge similar to that Eastern Developments sound. Wrought...
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sweeney kovar
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Jun 6, 2012
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Common's Electric Circus album is seen by some as the Chicago MC at his most weird, by others as him at his most open and experimental. I'd side with the latter. The album came after Like Water For Chocolate, his most commercially successful album to...
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Sounds like:
J Dilla,
Madlib,
Roc Marciano
By
sweeney kovar
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May 21, 2012
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DJ House Shoes is a living relic of Detroit hip hop. Perennially underrated as a city, the capital of the Murda Mitten has silently been giving birth to some of the most innovative modern music in many genres -- from hip hop to techno to soul -- and ...
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Sounds like:
J Dilla,
Talib Kweli
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Dwayne
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Apr 28, 2012
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With two of hip-hop's all time greatest, Mos Def and J Dilla on one track, it would be hard to go wrong.The as-yet unreleased track, "Sunshine Screwface" was premiered by the man his mother calls Dante Smith on a recent video to French radio. Althoug...
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Devin Duckworth
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Apr 17, 2012
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With the second weekend of Coachella looming in my near future, the overpowering feeling of anxiety leaves me with a necessary urge to do a write-up on one artist who never fails to impress me with his captivating beats and audibly pleasant electroni...
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