With J Dilla setting a perfect reflective mood with a teary-eyed soul sample, Ghost sadly laments the sting of parental punishment he experienced as a rowdy Bebe's Kid, doing dumb shit like pouring juice on his siblings' food and wetting the bed. Comparing back then to today's politically ...
Dedicated to J Dilla Black Thought and them Philly boys make sure that the world recognizes the importance of Dilla's impact on music on this touching tribute. Aaliyah's "Miss You (Remix)" featuring Jay-Z Dedicated to Aaliyah While the world was dealing with the tragedy of 9/11, the Roc...
“The Light” is a love letter from Common. Only this time, it’s not about hip hop. The heart-melting track may very well be the beautiful thing J Dilla ever crafted and it’s clear by his performance that Common knows it. The social conscience rapper creates one of the few rap so...
Spring in my Hear,by Johann Strauss. La Traviata,when she was 16 years old. Je Veux Vivre - Charles Gounod Cielito Lindo. The Blue Danube. La Boheme - Musetta's Waltz Seguidilla from Carmen. Invitation to Dance.In 1951, I made a radio receiver while I was in Chinhae (southern end ...
“When I Die” from when it hit the top 20 in October 1969, the four piece’s only hit (No. 1 in Canada, though!). Listeners of a later generation might know it best for how the late J Dilla flipped it on his final albumDonuts, which he largely recorded in the hospital, where ...
Three quarters of the way into “Swahililand,” a 10-minute jazz odyssey by the great pianist Ahmad Jamal, you can hear J Dilla’s ears perk up in his record-filled Detroit basement. He recognized a perfect sample, an urgent and dramatic chord progression that became the looping heart of...
Aburraqib’sGo Ahead in the Rainfor the full story. But as Tip said, “Progressing is if you move yourself into a different place and you’re on a search or a quest — pardon the pun.”“Vivrant Thing” takes the Native Tongues spirit to the club, with J Dilla flexing a Barry ...
as well as the rap game taking command over J. Dilla's antiquarian snares and high pitched guitar riffs. With chemistry by the three emcees that made the first OB4CL a classic album, '10 Bricks' is exactly what Wu-Tang fans have patiently waited over a decade to bless their eardrums....
It’s of the past — 20 years come June — but still sounds like the future. Produced and written by Timbaland and Static Major and sung by Aaliyah, the song was recorded like a dream. At 4 a.m., Tim received a call from Hankerson, explaining that they needed a hit to put on the...
In recent years he's been quoted as an influence by everyone from Lady Gaga to Kanye West, Matthew Dear to Queens Of The Stone Age, The Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, Prince and J Dilla, to Boyz Noise, Richie Hawtin and Battles (they released a single 'My Machines' on Warp Records ...