J Dilla

4Feb/120

DILLA EVENT (Toronto, Canada): For The D: Celebrating The Music Of J Dilla [02/12]!

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Toronto is proving themselves worthy of having love for the Motor City by having this special #DillaDay tribute. Acts will include MyManHenri, DJ Taktiks, and Agile to grab your attention. Wrong Bar will be the place to be at on February 10th. Be there.

Special thanks to Vanessa for the info!

EricSoul

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4Feb/120

DILLA EVENT (Paris/France): Thank You Jay Dee featuring Black Milk (DJ Set), Onra, DJ Fab

Just like last year, our good homie, Emmanuel threw up THE BEST J Dilla party in Paris, hosted by "Free Your Funk" & Carhartt. This year they brought Black Milk, Onra and DJ Fab to host the venue, and as always it was a major success.

Major thanks to the good brother Emmanuel for sharing this goodness with us. Wish we where there.

For more of the best concerts in Paris head over to ParisLaNuit.fr

•J•

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1Feb/121

FEBRUARY 2012: CELEBRATING ‘DILLA DAY’ ACROSS THE STATES!

Today marks the first day of Dilla month. Facebook, twitter, and any popular blog that you may be venturing out to check are also trying to put up their sickest tribute post ever. Even last year, Stones Throw had a video contest, and some of the participants made their own 'Dilla Tribute' to his songs. At this point in time, EVERYONE has either heard about him, or finally know who this famous producer is. Unfortunately, because of his untimely demise is the part of the reason why many (like myself, admittedly) knows of the name. Mind you, my story is slightly different in this case.. but isn't it the same for everyone? The important thing is that everyone came to know his music, and regardless of how anyone feels about that (whether you call it 'jumping on the bandwagon' or whatever), the fact of the matter is that with music, people learn to appreciate it when the artist is still here.. or gone.

Since there's going to be tributes all across the states, here's a few tribute parties I found so far:

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31Jan/120

EVENT: The Doctor’s Orders Presents – J Dilla Changed My Life 3rd, 4th & the 5th February (UK)

Live Events EVENT: The Doctors Orders Presents J Dilla Changed My Life 3rd, 4th & the 5th February (UK) DILLA EVENT: The Doctors Orders Presents J Dilla Changed My Life 3rd, 4th & the 5th February (UK)

It's that time of year again where hip hop heads across the world celebrate the life and works of the wonderful J DILLA. Here in the UK it's no exception and the good people at 'The Doctor's Orders are putting on 3 shows across the UK starting in Manchester, Brighton and London - all featuring great artists to help see it all through in style and with all proceeds being donated to the J-Dilla Foundation & Lupus UK. So why miss out on a great opportunity to celebrate the life of a true musical master and help a charity at the same time! For more info regarding the specific nights and tickets please click the links below.

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22Jan/120

EVENT (NYC): Donuts Are Forever 6 [02/19]!

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Since Dilla month is less than two weeks away, we will be seeing all sorts of tribute parties going on all across the nation. Here's the first one (that I've noticed) that's already taking place on the 19th, which will be featuring many acts w/Tanya Morgan hosting this special event with Darien Birks selling DAF6 tees for the event! Guest DJs include De La Soul's own Prince Paul & legendary Neil Armstrong. This event is definitely sponsored by our sister site, iHEART Dilla! Get your tickets now!

EricSoul

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5Jan/121

DAILY NEWS: ?uestlove Explains Love Behind Black Star’s “Little Brother”

Black Star performed the song, "Little Brother", with the Roots on the Jimmy Fallon Show last night. (I'm going to link the video a lot because it's cuss-in-front-of-your-grandma good.) Afterword, ?uestlove explained why he loves the song so much and the story behind how the late J Dilla came to produce the beat.

If you're on the fence, ?uestlove said this about the song/performance:

"Scientifically this is one of the most intricate Hip Hop songs ever crafted. This was the greatest thing I've ever witnessed in my life."

Just check it out, please.

via [UpRoxx]

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Tagged as: ?uestlove, black star, J Dilla, jimmy fallon, little brother, Mos Def, The Roots, yassin bey 1 Comment

19Nov/111

AUDIO: J Dilla – Heroin Joint (200x)

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Aight so on the WordIsBond Tumblr (follow it if you don't already) I like to drop a track every week day (this is today's, for example), something for people to enjoy/reblog, and I like to keep it exclusive to Tumblr, keep it sweet you know. But this joint is too dope to be slept on.

This is some real rare Dilla ish right here, and in my opinion, one of his best; infact every time I listen to it I like it more and more and I think it's one of the best crafted beats of all time. I have no idea what release (if any) it's from, or what year it was made, so if you have any idea drop a comment, but I do know it's just one of those beats that you can reply over and over and over again.

If you like it and got a Tumblr, reblog it from here, why wouldn't you.

~lork

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22Jul/110

AUDIO: Ab – History (Love It Here) prod. J Dilla

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New track by Ab, running down some of New Orleans' history through the decades post WII, over Dilla's Love It Here.

Previous posts on Ab.

Ab: Twitter . Tumblr . YouTube

~peacelove

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16Jul/110

AUDIO: Slum Village – Get Dis Money (Soulpersona Remix)

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Soul P, a producer we've been following very closely from London U.K. once again drops bombs, with this cool as, remix of one of my personal slum village joints, "Get Dis Money"

SoulPersona: SoundCloud • MySpace • Website

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•J•

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15Jul/110

AUDIO: Little Indian – One Little Indian (Jay Dee’s Hit Remix)

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TOO FRESHHHH!...If you a boombap lover...than this is an absolute MUST! Press play above, and cop below.

From the vaults, it's another classic to add to your summer iPod rotation. The J. Dilla remix of Little Indian's '95 single, One Little Indian featuring The Foreigner. Available in stores now from Godsendant Music, the single also includes the Buckwild remix.

COP THE SINGLE On AMAZON or iTUNES

Thanks to Godsendand Music for reaching out

•J•