trippy, hypnotic, and space-driven, built for late-night rides, smoke-filled sessions, and moments where your mind drifts off into another dimension. Heavy basslines ripple like cosmic waves, synths swirl with psychedelic textures, and the rhythm pulls you into a zone where time feels suspended

Alien Bounce

Conceived in the Outer Skirts of Harlem and Moonstone, a producer looks through an itinerary. This is the product of her work. 

YTales

Opening the vault to let some light in...

BREAK BEAT HEAVEN

Dear Dilla, you shaped my perception for music in ways I can't describe in words. Music has always touched my heart, but your music moved my soul. You had a gift of making the most creative music using samples from the most unlikely sources. I'll never understand why someone like you, who could have given the world so much more, would be taken way so soon. Dilla, you "literally" changed lives and you probably saved lives too, because when you make music "straight from the heart," it's not just music anymore.

You will always be my favorite musician of all time....

Thank You Dilla, Rest In Peace

Artwork "Abraham Lincoln" by lorenzowalkes

---- I DO NOT OWN ANY PART OF THIS TRACK --- I'm simply trying to express my soul, support my favorite artists and help spread good music to those who might not have heard it.

*LOVE, PEACE & MUSIC*

J Dilla - Snappin Necks In Africa

"One of the most important musicians of our time. When we think of John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye, J Dilla will be going down along that history line of greatness." - Common (from XXL)
 
"He inspired me so much. One of the best days of my life was when he handed me a record with drums on it. I was so honored." - Kanye West (from XXL)
 
Jay Dee’s “Welcome to Detroit” was the album that kicked off BBE’s Beat Generation series. This seminal album (it even has its own Wikipedia entry) cemented Dilla’s reputation as a virtuoso beat maker with a remarkable range of talents. For the first time, (from that album) “Think Twice” appears on a very limited 7” single. It is a cover of Donald Byrd's seminal classic featuring Dwele on vocals... it shows Dilla’s supreme versatility behind the boards (and on the mic — it’s not the featured Dwele that sings the hook).  
 
And from his posthumously relealeased album “The Shinining” :

Common, meanwhile, does the Common thing, which is to ride the beat dumbly (but appropriately) on standout robofunker “E=MC2,” Despite Kanye boosting his sales numbers, it was Jay Dee who consistently brought out the best emcee in Common, his former roommate, and he proves it again here on "E=MC2."

 
Web 
http://www.j-dilla.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_2_Detroit



Welcome To Detroit

Think Twice

Jay Dee Think Twice

Jay Dee a.k.a. King Dilla

Jay Dee's Ma Dukes Collection

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J.Dilla - Yesterday (Jay Loves Japan)

J.Dilla - Dollar (Jay Dee Story)

James Yancey (1974-2006)
http://www.j-dilla.com/biography/

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