After two decades since its release, BBE Music celebrates J Dilla’s classic debut album Welcome 2 Detroit with its 20th anniversary edition. To coincide with his 47th birthday (Feb. 7), the expanded reissue features instrumentals, new covers, unreleased mixes, studio outtakes, as well as a book and a 7″ vinyl set featuring 12 tracks. The … Read moreJ Dilla ‘Welcome 2 Detroit The 20th Anniversary Edition’
Pete Rock geeks out over his new live band, an ever-expanding comic book collection, and what he learned from the late J Dilla, in an exclusive interview. If the sample is sacred to hip-hop, Pete Rock is its most vocal disciple. Over the course of three decades, nearly two dozen albums, and countless grailed beats, … Read morePete Rock on Why He Abandoned Samples for ‘Petestrumentals 3’
A rugged and raw blend of Shaolin and Detroit. A new mash-up project from DJayTiger stitches a set of bars from the Wu-Tang Clan into some timeless and rare J Dilla beats. Riffing off a Wu-Tang classic, the producer’s new mixtape is aptly titled, Dilla Rules Everything Around Me (aka D.R.E.A.M.) It features recalibrated takes on a … Read moreHear Wu-Tang Clan Light Up J Dilla Beats on a New Mash-Up…
The album was originally announced in 2016 with the release of the J Dilla-produced single “Nutshell.” After four years of holding tight, it appears we’re far closer to a posthumous Phife Dawg album than any of us could have imagined. According to a tweet from A Tribe Called Quest (see below,) the project is set … Read moreLong-Delayed Posthumous Phife Dawg Album Set to Arrive Next Year
Fun fact: the song that J Dilla showed Erykah Badu how to sample ended up being the basis for her song “Didn’t Cha Know.” During an appearance on Mixcloud’s Radio Hour series, Erykah Badu recalled how J Dilla taught her how to sample on an MPC 2000 when they were working together in his basement … Read moreErykah Badu Recalls How J Dilla Taught Her How To Sample On…
J Dilla debuted Welcome 2 Detroit in 2001. Celebrate that album with a special 12 disc vinyl box set. Next year will be the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest albums in J Dilla’s catalog: Welcome 2 Detroit. The album, which was his solo debut, was originally released on February 26, 2001. To celebrate the … Read moreA Special J Dilla ‘Welcome 2 Detroit’ 20th Anniversary Box Set is…
The New York rapper shared a pair of new songs from his upcoming Ma Dukes-approved album with unreleased beats from the late producer. Nearing nine months since the announcement of the project, Black Sheep‘s Dres is finally previewing morsels of his upcoming album with production exclusively culled from the personal archives of the late J … Read moreHear Black Sheep’s Dres and Chuck D Light Up a Rare J…
Busta Rhymes spoke about his new album, stashing music away, and more. On Friday, Busta Rhymes dropped his tenth studio album, Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God. In an interview with Vulture‘s Craig Jenkins, Busta spoke about the prophetic nature of his past albums, sitting on hundreds of unreleased tracks, and more. For fans of … Read moreBusta Rhymes Says He Has More Music With J Dilla Stashed Away
Black Thought spoke with Stereogum about recording with a young Kanye West. Fresh off the release of his long-awaited Streams of Thought, Vol. 3, Black Thought recently spoke with Stereogum‘s Ryan Leas. The two spoke about his many collaborations over the years. One record, Talib Kweli’s “Guerilla Monsoon Rap” with Kanye West and Pharoahe Monch, came together right … Read more“I Saw Him Follow in J. Dilla’s Footsteps”: Black Thought on the…
In a new interview with Zane Lowe, the Oxnard musician also admits to being late to J Dilla’s catalog and recounts the time Chaka Khan made him rehaul his whole studio setup. Anderson .Paak is the latest guest on Apple Music’s The Zane Lowe Show. Going over his towering 200-song submission to the host’s ongoing At … Read moreAnderson .Paak Announces a New NxWorries Album is On The Way