Jay Dee (a.k.a. J-Dilla; a.k.a. James Yancey) RIP?

xpost - at the Social Club. where Storyville used to be. free before 10, but i already bought tix. i thought you didn't like them? i think adam and vahid might come.
http://1751socialclub.com/events/2006_02/02-10-06.html

http://stonesthrow.com/index.html

RIP dilla

detroit techno legend

RIP

:(

Nothing worse than this in the last year....
RIGHT AFTER this wonderful album dropped.....

its one thing when a jazz legend of 70-80 years goes...
but think about what this guy could do in the future....

i'm very much hoping sa-ra's new album has some j dill stuff...
fuck.

Best beats he did were "woo hah" and "1nce again".

r.i.p. dilla

to think i was just cleaning the house to donuts and everything.

rip j. dilla.

i don't know if this is news yet or not, but he actually finished his next album yesterday.

rip dilla. :(

is a real big loss .
god bless

Just tried to get your contact details from Scott Hendy since i wanted to ask you if you'd be up for us broadcasting this mix on the Catskills The Evidence radio show? We're recording the show tonight so hit me back on amr@catskillsrecords.com or 07771876722. Of course we'll give you full credit. Hit me back the info you want us to say about you.

Cheers,

Amr

fresco and Massive Selector Present:
A Tribute & Benefit To The Genius of J Dilla

With
Madlib performing Jaylib live
And tribute sets by Stone's Throw's Peanut Butter Wolf, Egon, and J-Rocc

J Dilla was one of the hip-hop generation’s most talented producers, having toiled in Detroit’s underground as a member of Slum Village (with whom he worked from 1988 until 2001) before his genius for crafting deceptively minimal, thumping, arrhythmic, “rushed-snare” beats caught the ears of the industry’s biggest players in the mid-’90s, among them Common, A Tribe Called Quest, D’Angelo, The Pharcyde, Busta Rhymes, and Janet Jackson. Dilla worked up until the very end, never content to make merely passable music, but instead obsessively producing only the best records he could, probably with shelves and shelves of amazing tapes that would never see the light of day because they hadn’t passed their master’s quality-control tests.

Join fresco and Massive Selector as they pay tribute to one of hip-hop's finest.

Mezzanine, 444 Jessie St., SF
9pm - 4am, 21+

I remember when I first met Jay Dee in New York at Battery Studios Tip brought him to the studio. I was in the process of finishing the mixes on From Where??? and I was basically done. I was real cool with Tip at that time and really wanted him to do a beat for the album but he was mad busy. I had a verse from him so I shouldve kept my mouth shut and just been happy with what I had but I was such a fan of the remix he did for Nas that i keep buggin him about it. He came to the studio one day and had this kid with him that had on a Detroit hat and a bubble coat. I played Tip some shit and Large Pro had come by and they were vibing. This kid just sat in the back, didnt really say to much. see Large Pro ate up half my album budget..not for the tracks he did, but for the studio time. He would bring records and just listen to em in my session. Lock Out..Battery Studios...Tim did the sessions so that was more doe...and when Tip came thru i knew the day was gone. I wasnt gonna get any more work done. Damn! I remember one joint i played this kid spoke...he said" That last one you played was cold"! I'm like huh? I had no idea what that meant. Tip comes in the room and says" I want you to hear something". I'm hella excited cuz either its a new Tribe song or its a beat for me. He tells the kid to put the tape in. He does and i hear a ghostly piano loop that has some shakers in it. Too Salsa for me. That was Runnin! He plays another joint and I go crazy over it. That was The Jam. He explains to me that the noise I keep flippin over someone holding the repeat button on the SP when its in 1/32! He played another joint, wasnt my speed. I didnt like the Beastie Boy sample at the top. That was Drop! The next joint played and only played for 15 seconds. I wanted that one. He explained that it was just an interlude tho. I still wanted it. the next joint was hard, organ sounding joint. Sounds like something a west coast artist would take..Ice Cube maybe. That was Gotta kick Something that mean Something! I took three tracks and told TIp that I wanted to add more tracks to the album. He said cool! Yes!!! I got three tracks from Tip!!! Tip looks at me and says' I didnt make em...he did" I look at the kid and speak to him and he says " what Up Doe".
whats your name
Jay Dee
You from Detroit?
Yeah
You know Proof?
Yup, thats my man. I did a song for him.
Which one?
Lois Lane?
Yeah
I got that 12 inch...he was telling me bout you! Them beats is crazy nigga.
Thanks.
the beats I heard basically became Pharcyde's LabcabinCalifornia.
I took the three songs tracked em and didnt see Jay Dee until he came back a month later to mix em down with me at Battery. He got paid 9 grand(3 g's per beat) and came in the studio with records in his hand and apologized for being late cause he was record shopping. He sat beside me and said" I appreciate this yo...It dont matter how big I get in this game. It could be Dr Dre big. Dont matter what I get per track..you will always be able to get a track from me for the same price you just gave me. Thats my word. I laughed and told him make sure he remembers what he said. He laughed and we mixed the songs. I still have the tape. Gray Maxell. High Bias. 30 mins. It has a white piece of tape on it that reads Jay Dee Beats in red ink.

http://twitter.com/THEREALDWELE/status/3071843163

R.I.P. baatin of slum village forever.
about 4 hours ago from TweetDeck

o shit. any idea why? other sources?

http://www.freep.com/article/20090801/ENT04/90801018/1035/ENT

lol @ the Detroit Free Press' unfortunate domain name

ya, there's talk of schizophrenia, bipolar, depression, crack use and homelessness around.:(

http://metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=10146

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016g2c2/BBC_Radio_1Xtras_Stories_Gone_Too_Soon_J_Dilla/

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/430503_10102220664427574_9379088_89596769_1112374440_n.jpg

?

j dilla had an album called donuts

oh ok! as soon as i saw the phrase "social media" i stopped reading

though tbh that doc is..... not very interesting so far either

fuck. just this morning my best friend and i were talking about how underrated he is and how in 20 years (when he's passed away...) people will be going apeshit for him like they are with arthur russell or something.

― team jaxon (jaxon), Friday, February 10, 2006 6:14 PM (eleven years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yep, and rightfully so. so odd to see so many people say at the beginning of this thread that they'd only listen to Donuts once/found it boring

I could never get into that record but it's certainly not boring

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IGaQy2mY8fU

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IxkSOc5LKWk