Today marks nine years since J Dilla passed, and the Hip-Hop world has been reflecting on the legacy of the late producer. Having just won a Grammy with Lalah Hathaway and Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Robert Glasper dropped a new song dedicated to Dilla called “Dillalude 3.” Okayplayer premiered the track which features Dilla’s Slum Village counterpart T3, and it will be on Glasper’s upcoming album ‘Live At Capital Records.’ […]
James “J. Dilla” Yancey will always go down as one of the greatest producers to touch an MPC, as seen by the yearly Dilla tributes and the loads of beats he’s contributed to the likes of Common, Busta Rhymes and others. But as Jay Dee, he was nice on the mic as well. Boasting a […]
Four years after his passing due to complications from Lupus, fans of J Dilla continue to throw annual tribute parties in his honor during on or around February 7th, Dilla’s birthday.
Common remembers his late friend, producer/MC J-Dilla.
