Ma Dukes Speak On Dilla’s Childhood, The Foundation Goals, & Him Meeting Q-Tip
February 9, 2011
No spoilers here. You’ll simply have to check the footage. Props to The Hip Hop Chronicle UK.
J.Dilla, “Still Shining” Documentary [VIDEO]
February 7, 2011
In honor of what would have been producer/MC J Dilla’s 37th birthday, Gifted Team Films, Okay Player, and Brian “B. Kyle” Atkins have released the documentary Still Shining. Dilla died on February 10th, 2006, due to complications from Lupus just days after his birthday and the release of his album, Donuts.
The project was started at his funeral in 2006 with Q-Tip, Erykah Badu, Common, ?uestlove, Busta Rhymes and many more sharing their fondest memories of the late James Yancey. There is some great in-studio footage of Dilla here and a time line of each section is after the video:.
“J.Dilla: Still Shining” from B.Kyle on Vimeo.
J.Dilla is Still Shining.
(2:55) - Work Ethic Starts In The Basement
(7:35) - What To Listen For in A Dilla Beat
(9:10) - J.Dilla’s Range As A Producer. The King of Reinvention
(12:16) - Going Beyond His Influences
(14:39) - The Dilla Approach To Production
(20:21) - Jay The Producer vs Jay The MC
(26:08) - The Personal Side of J.Dilla
(29:04) - A Soldier Unstoppable!
(32:05) - Venturing Out. (as explained by Phat Kat)
(33:59) - Heading Home… Job Well Done.
(34:48) - We Salute You.
UPDATE:
This is the piece of raw footage from MED’s ‘Push’ music video that the cover for the Stones Throw album Donuts was extracted from.
Dilla Donuts from andrew gura on Vimeo.
J-Dilla “Still Shining” Tribute Trailer
February 1, 2011
Here is the trailer for the tribute film “Still Shining” due out February 7th. Billed as “the most inspiring rememberance for Dilla ever assembled” the trailer certainly lacks in production value. It appears to be devoid of true creativity and the quality of the tribute is sure to fall short of capturing Dilla’s talent but I’ll let you be the judge.
Q-Tip And Illa J Performing At “One Won’t Do” PT 2 J-Dilla Tribute
January 31, 2011
For the unofficial start of J-Dilla month Q-Tip, T-3 and Illa J will be performing on Thursday February 3, 2011 at DROM. Mick Boogie and DJ Metaphysic on the wheels. $15 in advance/$20 at the door.
DROM, 85 Avenue A (b/w 5th and 6th st.)
Doors at 8pm
Late Pass:Suite for Ma Dukes Untitled/Fantastic (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix)
January 23, 2011
Georgia Anne Muldrow remixes Slum Villages’ “Untitled/Fantastic” while her baby sleeps on her lap. If that isn’t multitasking I don’t know what is. Someone just dropped this in a Facebook group I belong to and I had to share. It was originally posted on Youtube in May of 2010 but I figured if it was new to me it might be new to you.
Between her and Rich Medina I may have to created a tag called “kids in the studio.”
Jaylib - Louder (Blast Your Radio Theme)[DOWNLOAD]
January 20, 2011
Here is a track from the Madlib Medicine Show #11: Low Budget High Fi Music. “Louder” was originally from Madlib & J Dilla’s never-realized second album. Their first album Champion Sound was released in 2003. When J Dilla moved to Los Angeles, he, Madlib and J Rocc began doing shows together as Jaylib, performing together for the first time at the Madvillain record release party in April 2004.
Madlib and Dilla collaborated primarily through the exchange of beat tapes, occasionally reworking each others material, or chopping the same beat in a kind of recorded call-and-response…
Props to Stonesthrow
Jaylib - Louder (Blast Your Radio Theme) by stonesthrow
N.E.R.D. Talks Favorite Producers “J-Dilla Is The Illest”
September 22, 2010
MTV caught up with N.E.R.D. to speak about their favorite producers. Unfortunately there aren’t any real surprises, I’m more interested in the up & coming producers they may respect and check for but I guess only Nodfactor asks that question in interviews. Oh well, shouts to us!
Exclusive: Slum Village On J-Dilla’s Secret Beat-Making Formula
July 27, 2010
Slum Village’s “Villa Manifesto” is in stores today so I caught up with T-3 and Young RJ to ask them about some of those beats from the webisodes that didn’t make the album, the future of BR Gunna and to shed light on that secret J-Dilla beat-making formula that Ma Dukes told me about years ago.
You can see more of this interview at the day job.
DOWNLOAD: A.G. x Dilla “Dunkin Donuts” Mixtape
July 20, 2010
A.G. of D.I.T.C. fame recently released this J-Dilla tribute tape. Apparently he commandeered
some instro’s of the late/great Dilla and put together this tape for everyone to enjoy.
Long live Dilla, rest in peace.
Download here:
http://www.zshare.net/download/78257415c4d54515/
VIDEO: Charles Hamilton Speaks On J-Dilla/Black Spade Controversies
June 20, 2010
When I interviewed Charles Hamilton for the day job I had to ask him to reflect on the J-Dilla and Black Spade controversies from last year. I can’t honestly say I have a whole lot more clarity after hearing his side, but you can watch for yourself.
“I have a very big mouth and it will continue to get me into trouble until I meet that solid middle ground of sanity…” - Charles Hamilton
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