James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), [5] [6] better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, composer and rapper. He emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as a member of the group Slum Village.

Apr 3, 2023 · LL Cool J is 56, and has been a hip-hop eminence for four decades. Now, with his first album in 11 years, he’s returning to the form he helped create.

Stones Throw began working with J Dilla in the early days of his solo career in the early 2000s. He collaborated with Madlib for Jaylib, and eventually releasing the solo album Donuts on Stones Throw in 2006, which has come to be regarded as one of his signature works.

Feb 7, 2013 · In J Dilla — the musical archivist, the sonic poet, the bass knocker — Osby sees someone who has helped young jazz musicians square their belief in instrumental expressionism with their love ...

Jan 27, 2022 · After his untimely death from lupus-related complications in 2006, just after his 32nd birthday, J Dilla became recognized as one of the most important producers in hip-hop history. Born James...

Aug 1, 2010 · We look at the career of the late J Dilla, who has become an influence on everyone from Mos Def to Flying Lotus to chillwavers.

Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music for the twenty-first century by pioneering a new musical time-feel, an accomplishment on par with the achievements of Louis Armstrong and James Brown. Dilla, with only his ...

Donuts is the second and final studio album by American hip hop producer J Dilla, released on February 7, 2006, by Stones Throw Records, on his 32nd birthday, just three days before his death.. Donuts received widespread critical acclaim for its dense, eclectic sampling and its perceived confrontation of mortality. [2] Pitchfork placed the album at number 38 on their list of the top 50 albums ...

Feb 7, 2025 · J Dilla continues to have a hand in how I make shit, which pockets I choose, the drums I lean toward. I don’t have a favorite Dilla project but I often wish I was a part of the magic that the ...

Feb 5, 2025 · J Dilla is regarded as one of the greatest producers of all time. Dilla’s combination of melodic loops, obscure samples, and hard-hitting drums made him one of the most revered...