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J dilla new book
J dilla new book












j dilla new book

He learned to play cello, keyboards, trumpet, and violin, but drums got him like nothing else. He was so focused on his work that it took a severe toll on his health.īorn and raised on the east side of Detroit, Dilla - James Yancey - was forced by his parents to become involved with music, and he was a record fanatic at a young age, absorbing funk and rap singles and jazz albums, from Slave to Jack McDuff. Rather than provide immediate (or fleeting) thrills, he was hooked on working the subconscious as much as the neck muscles. He let his music, and its followers, do the talking. (And even then, that might not help he occasionally went uncredited.) He never marked his territory like Just Blaze ("Just Blaze!") or Jazze Pha ("This is a Jazze Phizzle produc-shizzle!"), and he never hogged the mike like P. Dilla never produced a mainstream smash and, in many cases, his presence has to be confirmed with a liner notes scan. At the time, Dilla had been active for well over a decade and had netted enough beats - including the Pharcyde's "Runnin'," De La Soul's "Stakes Is High," Common's "The Light," and several others with production teams the Ummah and the Soulquarians - to be considered an all-time great. When Pharrell Williams appeared on BET's 106 & Park in 2004, he excitedly declared that Dilla was his favorite producer and told an audibly stumped crowd that it had probably never heard of the man.

j dilla new book

Frequently and rightly placed in the same context as DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and Kanye West, J Dilla (aka Jay Dee) built and sustained a high standing as a producer's producer while maintaining a low profile.














J dilla new book