J Dilla - Feb. 7th, 1974 - Feb. 10th, 2006

Big Breeze · Post by **Big Breeze** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 5:57 am

A great producer who was taken away from us too soon. Show some love for James Dewitt Yancey. He's not the greatest producer ever, but he was really solid at what he did.

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:37 am

R.I.P. Dilla...I wish people would actually let him rest in peace though.

DJCommunist · Post by **DJCommunist** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:52 am

Jaz wrote:R.I.P. Dilla...I wish people would actually let him rest in peace though.

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:57 am

RIP

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:14 am

Jaz wrote:R.I.P. Dilla...I wish people would actually let him rest in peace though.

Brougham33 · Post by **Brougham33** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:27 am

DLG wrote:

Who is the little Grimace shaped fashionista?

Mindbender Futurama · Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:53 am

nah... I don't mind us celebrating legends.

10 years since Pun passed? damn.
Thinking of the tragedy of Big L ALWAYS makes me mist up. Ain't NOTHING close to replacing him in rap, and I'm GLAD i was alive in his era.
peace to JMJ FOREVER
and so on.

the new generation of cats just isn't on the same level.

they don't make producers like J. Dilla no more.

cats gotta figure out how to evolve their tributes is all. don't just play 'Donuts' every year at this time

cenzi · Post by **cenzi** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:01 pm

Jaz wrote:R.I.P. Dilla...I wish people would actually let him rest in peace though.

do you mean that people can't show love? or do you mean by the business side of things?

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:10 pm

cenzi wrote:
Jaz wrote:R.I.P. Dilla...I wish people would actually let him rest in peace though.
do you mean that people can't show love? or do you mean by the business side of things?

I assumed he meant the business side...Ive got no prob w/people showing love, but honestly I could do w/out a Dilla beat on every new rap album released in the last 2 years.

vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:12 pm

cenzi wrote:
Jaz wrote:R.I.P. Dilla...I wish people would actually let him rest in peace though.
do you mean that people can't show love? or do you mean by the business side of things?

I'm sure he means people making blends with him, using his beats on their albums, and even the whole Charles Hamilton thing. I completely agree. RIP.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:23 pm

The Afronaut wrote:
cenzi wrote:
Jaz wrote:R.I.P. Dilla...I wish people would actually let him rest in peace though.
do you mean that people can't show love? or do you mean by the business side of things?
I assumed he meant the business side...Ive got no prob w/people showing love, but honestly I could do w/out a Dilla beat on every new rap album released in the last 2 years.

Definitely the business side of things; for example, Charles Hamilton claiming Dilla executive produced his album on Interscope. Shit like that needs to stop. But stuff like the J Dilla Foundation shows, marathons, and etc. have meaning to them because, not only was it for Dilla's finances but part of the intention was to give awareness to health.....particular with hip hop artists because its not enough education within it.

AWAE · Post by **AWAE** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:33 pm

Dusty Fingers · Post by **Dusty Fingers** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:46 pm

hey ironically would anyone mind providing me with a link to donuts? preferably 320kbps please...

Mindbender Futurama · Post by **Mindbender Futurama** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:46 pm

^^^ WTF? LOL. Dilla's name ain't even on it.

anybody that's not a hip hop head that she fucks, she's gonna have some 'xplainin to do

"you're a ruff draft of what?"

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:51 pm

ardamus wrote: the J Dilla Foundation shows, marathons, and etc. have meaning to them because, not only was it for Dilla's finances but part of the intention was to give awareness to health.....particular with hip hop artists because its not enough education within it.

I feel that.

Has there been a significant reduction in his medical bills since everybody and their moms has a beat from him now though?

AWAE · Post by **AWAE** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:55 pm

Dusty Fingers wrote:hey ironically would anyone mind providing me with a link to donuts? preferably 320kbps please...

Lol u dipshit

Stepfather · Post by **Stepfather** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:48 pm

Dilla left behind a Mother...so as far as not letting him alone business wise, fuck that. Any $$ made goes directly to his estate. Besides everything Dilla makes usually sounds fuckin' amazing. So his product and name will always hold up. If it taints the way you see a dead mans image than check yourself. More money, more options, fuck a problem.

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:27 pm

The Afronaut wrote:
cenzi wrote:
Jaz wrote:R.I.P. Dilla...I wish people would actually let him rest in peace though.
do you mean that people can't show love? or do you mean by the business side of things?
I assumed he meant the business side...Ive got no prob w/people showing love, but honestly I could do w/out a Dilla beat on every new rap album released in the last 2 years.

That's exactly what I meant, especially the mixtapes where they use a track from Donuts for the hundredth time.

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:30 pm

vermillion wrote:
cenzi wrote:
Jaz wrote:R.I.P. Dilla...I wish people would actually let him rest in peace though.
do you mean that people can't show love? or do you mean by the business side of things?
I'm sure he means people making blends with him, using his beats on their albums, and even the whole Charles Hamilton thing. I completely agree. RIP.

Yep...that's it exactly and I don't remember the Charles Hamilton thing, break it down for me please...

Sumthin_Funky · Post by **Sumthin_Funky** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:59 pm

Dilla was born on the same day (feb 7) as me.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:07 pm

Jaz wrote:
vermillion wrote:
cenzi wrote:
Jaz wrote:R.I.P. Dilla...I wish people would actually let him rest in peace though.
do you mean that people can't show love? or do you mean by the business side of things?
I'm sure he means people making blends with him, using his beats on their albums, and even the whole Charles Hamilton thing. I completely agree. RIP.
Yep...that's it exactly and I don't remember the Charles Hamilton thing, break it down for me please...

He lied about Dilla's involvement on his "free" album that was supposedly coming out on Interscope. Ma Dukes never heard of him and cats from the Dilla's camp and etc. wasn't feeling that. House Shoes put him on blast on youtube. Homie lost his deal and disappeared.

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:44 am

ardamus wrote:
Jaz wrote:
vermillion wrote:
cenzi wrote:
Jaz wrote:R.I.P. Dilla...I wish people would actually let him rest in peace though.
do you mean that people can't show love? or do you mean by the business side of things?
I'm sure he means people making blends with him, using his beats on their albums, and even the whole Charles Hamilton thing. I completely agree. RIP.
Yep...that's it exactly and I don't remember the Charles Hamilton thing, break it down for me please...
He lied about Dilla's involvement on his "free" album that was supposedly coming out on Interscope. Ma Dukes never heard of him and cats from the Dilla's camp and etc. wasn't feeling that. House Shoes put him on

blast on youtube. Homie lost his deal and disappeared.

what an idiot, good work at the cats from Dilla's camp and House Shoes.

AWAE · Post by **AWAE** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:02 am

supnick · Post by **supnick** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:27 am

http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=70039

"lost interview" w/ dilla from around 2004

Me, myself, I hung around regular ass Detroit cats. Not the backpack shit that people kept putting out there like that. I mean, I ainגt never carried no goddamn backpack

r.i.p.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:54 am

The Afronaut wrote:
ardamus wrote: the J Dilla Foundation shows, marathons, and etc. have meaning to them because, not only was it for Dilla's finances but part of the intention was to give awareness to health.....particular with hip hop artists because its not enough education within it.
I feel that.

Has there been a significant reduction in his medical bills since everybody and their moms has a beat from him now though?

That I don't know. With all the support the Dilla estate has gotten, I hope so.

Money Daniels · Post by **Money Daniels** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:29 am

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:13 pm

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I haven't heard that one in a while.

LadyDeathStrizzy · Post by **LadyDeathStrizzy** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:47 pm

Mindbender Futurama wrote:
the new generation of cats just isn't on the same level.

in reference to Big L I completely agree.

RIP Dilla

AWAE · Post by **AWAE** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:09 pm

J Dilla documentary, Pt. 1 by Stussy

Stussy has produced a 3-part documentary on J Dilla's life during his later years in Los Angeles, interviewing a few of the people he worked with in Los Angeles. Part 1 - Introductions - is here today. Part 2 (Detroit to Los Angeles) will be shown 2/17, and Part 3 (Donuts) on 2/24.

vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 5:20 pm