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Video: Dilla’s Delights Donut Shop Opens In Detroit

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Andrew Barber

This brought a smile to my face today. This week, in the great city of Detroit, Jay Dee’s Uncle, Herman Hayes, opened up Dilla’s Delight Donuts — a donut shop in his memory. The shop, named after Dilla’s favorite snack and his last living album, serves 100% organic flour donuts everyday staring at 5am until…

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Video: J Dilla f/ Nas – The Sickness

Posted on April 27, 2016April 27, 2016 by Andrew Barber

Produced by Madlib. Directed by Ruffmercy. A colorful and creative clip for Dilla Dog’s “The Sickness,” which features Nasty Nas and was produced by Madlib. A dream come true for hip-hop fans — unfortunately it was done most posthumously. That’s how it goes. Buy Dilla’s The Diary project on iTunes now via Mass Appeal Records.

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J. Dilla f/ Snoop Dogg & Kokane – Gangsta Boogie

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Andrew Barber

Another treat from Dilla’s forthcoming posthumous release, The Diary, which impacts on April 15th. For his one, Dilla went out west to link with two of the Sunshine’s States finest, Kokane and Calvin. It’s some of that good, good “Gangsta Boogie” — and something Dilla actually recorded while he was still living. Enjoy it below.

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Nas Previews New J. Dilla Collabo @ Mass Appeal SXSW Show

Posted on March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 by Andrew Barber

Nas’ annual Mass Appeal-sponsored ‘Live at the BBQ’ show at SXSW took place last night in Austin. And during his set, he premiered “The Sickness,” a J. Dilla rarity recorded in 2001, which was produced by Madlib, that now features a verse from God’s Son. The track will appear on Dilla’s forthcoming posthumous album, The…

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J Dilla – The Introduction

Posted on February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 by Andrew Barber

More new/old J Dilla is surfacing. Kind of. What appears to be the long-leaked Pay Jay album, has been repurposed as The Diary and will be released in its intended form on Mass Appeal Records later this year. Which is great news — as many have been waiting to hear these songs in CDQ for…

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New Project: J Dilla – Dillatronic

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Andrew Barber

In February, it will be a full decade since the late, great J Dilla passed away. 10 years flies by quickly — which is scary in itself. Even scarier, is Dilla was such a workhorse in the last years of his life, that unheard and unreleased material continues to trickle out. Despite being deathly ill….

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Video: Slum Village f/ Bilal & Illa J – Love Is

Posted on July 21, 2015July 21, 2015 by Andrew Barber

Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla and Young RJ Some lovely music from the legendary Chicago troop, Slum Village. For their new video, the SV enlist Bilal and Illa J for some featured assistance. The found an old and unused J Dilla beat for the backdrop, and took their show on the road for the video….

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Slum Village f/ BJ The Chicago Kid & Illa J – Expressive

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Andrew Barber

Produced by J Dilla The SV crew have unearthed an unheard Dilla beat for this new single featuring BJ The Chicago Kid and Dilla’s blood brother, Illa J. Straight expressionism on “Expressive.” Slum’s new album, YES!, is due out on June 16th and features a slew of unheard J Dilla beats and features from De…

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Questlove Shares Unreleased Footage of J Dilla & Common Working on ‘Electric Circus’

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Andrew Barber

Okay, so the day is almost over, but we finished this post just in time to show the love it deserved. It’s hard to believe that it has been nine years since the passing of J Dilla. Almost a clean decade. It’s scary how quickly time moves on. Thinking back 10 years, my life was…

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Nas – The Season [Prod. by J Dilla]

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Andrew Barber

Nas previewed this joint last night, but no one expected it would drop today. Sheesh. With this familiar Jay Dee beat as the back drop, God Son pays homage to the late, great producer during the best season of the year. I wish we would’ve heard something from the two of them during Dilla’s days…

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