j dilla

3 min read 2021-12-21 17:13:47

Podcast 727: WTCHCRFT

Anthony McLean, a producer based in Brooklyn, New York, has been making electronic music since 2011, but it was only in 2015, when he became

1 min read 2021-12-03 02:04:22

A grainy and distorted video of J Dilla, Madlib, Yasiin Bey, J. Rocc, and Peanut Butter Wolf’s full set from Montreux Jazz Festival has

1 min read 2021-11-23 00:08:10

The posthumous Phife Dawg album is executive produced by longtime friend and manager DJ Rasta Root on behalf of the late rapper’s family and

1 min read 2021-04-18 01:57:14

A trove of obscure instrumentals from the late producer has surfaced. In the 15 years since J Dilla died, the internet and his estate have worked, at

1 min read 2021-04-08 02:52:25

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson’s legendary J Dilla tribute is headed back to wax. After more than a decade, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson‘s orchestral J Dilla

2 min read 2021-04-07 05:44:09

At Ambrosia For Heads, we celebrate Hip-Hop throughout the ages. Earlier this year, our What's The Headline podcast launched a series examining the

2 min read 2021-03-29 07:55:08

Cecil created the world’s largest polyphonic analog synthesizer and co-produced a string of classic Stevie Wonder albums in the 1970s. Innovative

1 min read 2021-03-25 00:58:13

The beat was originally played by Questlove during a Red Bull Music Academy lecture. For many J Dilla fans, Donuts marks the late producer’s final

13 min read 2021-02-18 06:07:35

The influence and contributions of Black people to American music and culture are undeniable and endless. From sound to trend, Black people are

1 min read 2021-02-18 01:54:09

Sango held on to the remix for a year until he could get the blessing from T3 of Slum Village. On Wednesday, Michigan-via-Seattle producer Sango

1 min read 2021-02-13 05:47:26

The Round-Up playlist is Okayplayer’s weekly haul of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set features new music from

1 min read 2021-02-12 23:34:14

A posthumous Phife Dawg solo album is in the works. On Thursday, the family of A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg announced that fans will soon be

1 min read 2021-02-12 05:37:28

David Begun imagines the producer’s magnum opus as a bruising collaborative album with MF DOOM. In the 15 years since it was released, J Dilla‘s

1 min read 2021-02-12 02:34:14

A posthumous Phife Dawg solo album is officially in the works. On Thursday, the family of A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg announced that fans

1 min read 2021-02-11 06:08:04

According to a longtime friend and collaborator, the late producer was stashing instrumentals for himself in plain sight. Detroit’s own, Frank