Guy finds Dilla's personal record collection in storage unit

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:02 pm

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2012 ... /204250423

At first, they were just crates full of records, numbering in the thousands. But after digging through their contents, Jeff Bubeck learned he'd stumbled upon something special: what he says is the personal record collection of late Detroit hip-hop producer J Dilla.

Bubeck, one of the owners of Royal Oak record store UHF, is selling the records in his store. They come with yellow tags that identify them as part of Dilla's personal stash.

"Is it even possible?" That was Bubeck's first reaction when he learned the 7,000-8,000 records he acquired from an abandoned storage unit in Clinton Township last month may have belonged to Dilla, the celebrated producer and founding member of Slum Village who died in 2006 at age 32 due to complications from lupus.

B. Ware tha Siniq · Post by **B. Ware tha Siniq** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:43 pm

That's an episode of storage wars I'd like to see.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:54 pm

Read this article, too. Someone must've needed the money that bad to get rid of those stacks of wax.

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:31 pm

WORTH KILLING FOR

CRASH DDZ · Post by **CRASH DDZ** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:02 pm

This storage unit..I imagine a choir busts out and light poured forth when they opened it.

sleazy_j · Post by **sleazy_j** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:22 pm

in a sloppy off beat manner

still illiterate · Post by **still illiterate** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:27 pm

B. Ware tha Siniq wrote:That's an episode of storage wars I'd like to see.

yuuuup

the dead poet · Post by **the dead poet** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:11 pm

still illiterate wrote:
B. Ware tha Siniq wrote:That's an episode of storage wars I'd like to see.

yuuuup

DJ Primate · Post by **DJ Primate** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:35 pm

sleazy_j wrote:in a sloppy off beat manner

lol

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:25 am

the dead poet wrote:
still illiterate wrote:
B. Ware tha Siniq wrote:That's an episode of storage wars I'd like to see.

yuuuup

Hologram Tupac shows up, bidding CRAZY figures yo

Crappy Pants · Post by **Crappy Pants** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:22 am

sleazy_j wrote:in a sloppy off beat manner

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:30 am

Mindbender Futurama wrote:
the dead poet wrote:
still illiterate wrote:
B. Ware tha Siniq wrote:That's an episode of storage wars I'd like to see.

yuuuup

Hologram Tupac shows up, bidding CRAZY figures yo

Observe · Post by **Observe** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:22 am

Damn... *shaking head*

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:45 am

Should've given them to the family or donated them to charity. Capitalist pig.

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:00 pm

Versive wrote:Should've given them to the family or donated them to charity. Capitalist pig.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:44 pm

blastmaster wrote:
Versive wrote:Should've given them to the family or donated them to charity. Capitalist pig.

Whats wrong with giving the records back to his fam or someone handling his estate? I think that's reasonable at least.

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:59 pm

my boy just told me the sale was put on hold?

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:07 pm

Versive wrote:my boy just told me the sale was put on hold?

http://pitchfork.com/news/46330-sale-of ... n-delayed/

not that they're an authority or anything

Dilla's mother also told the Detroit News she did not share in the negative reaction that many people have had to the sale of the records. "I'm not upset", she said. "[Bubeck] has done nothing wrong, he just acquired something that seemed to be useful to a lot of people."

he's donating some of the proceeds to her and her foundation.

sleazy_j · Post by **sleazy_j** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:10 pm

Versive wrote:Should've given them to the family or donated them to charity. Capitalist pig.

i thought the story said that he wanted to give it to ma dukes "charity" but she wasn't answering phone calls.

notice that they aren't going to sell the dilla tapes found in the stash; that'll probably be his upcoming posthumous albums for the next decade.

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:12 am

http://www.factmag.com/2012/04/30/j-dil ... is-mother/

chiefbombpro · Post by **chiefbombpro** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:43 am

Nice. That's wassup!

siLLy KiD · Post by **siLLy KiD** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:49 pm

dude that's so crazy. I just came up on like 2400 pieces of wax too that MAY HAVE been j-dilla's!

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:16 pm

Just for the record, I was half-trolling at first. It wouldn't make him a pig, just an opportunistic business owner. That said, it's good when people decide to be nice first and foremost.