J Dilla

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Shining (J Dilla aka Jay Dee)
  US 103 09/09/2006 (2 weeks)
Ruff Draft
  US 112 04/07/2007 (1 week)
Jay Stay Paid
  US 96 06/20/2009 (1 week)
The Diary
  US 77 07/05/2016 (1 week)

J Dilla (actually James Dewitt Yancey , born February 7, 1974 in Detroit , Michigan , † February 10, 2006 in Los Angeles , California ) also called Jay Dee , was a hip-hop musician and producer .

Life

J Dilla started his career as Jay Dee, but started calling himself J Dilla in 2001.

James Yancey was formerly a member of the hip-hop group Slum Village , which he left after their first official album Fantastic Vol. 2 . He first appeared when he worked with The Pharcyde in the mid-1990s and made the debut of the hip-hop formation 1st Down. He then produced music for rap artists such as A Tribe Called Quest (with whose members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad he formed the production team The Ummah ), Busta Rhymes , Common , De La Soul and The Roots . Soul artists such as Erykah Badu , D'Angelo and Dwele also enjoyed his productions.

In 2001 his first solo album, Welcome 2 Detroit, appeared on the British independent label BBE as part of the "Beat Generation" series.

Ruff Draft was released as vinyl in 2003 on the German label Groove Attack. In 2007 it was re-released on Stones Throw. The abstract and experimental sounding tracks, in which he played with different styles, were produced by J Dilla himself (back then as Jay Dee) and recorded them within a week without mastering them .

In the same year he released the album Champion Sound with Madlib under the name Jaylib .

In early 2005, after a long hospital stay, the media repeatedly speculated about his health, as, according to the drummer Questlove, who was a close friend of him, he suffered from the incurable autoimmune disease lupus . J Dilla completed his European tour of the same year in a wheelchair .

In February 2006, just three days before his death, his last solo album, Donuts , was released, which he produced almost entirely in the hospital with a Boss SP-303 sampler and a portable record player. He had finished 75% of the album The Shining himself, with the permission of his mother Maureen 'Ma Dukes' Yancey by Karriem Riggins as Executive Producer. Star producers Kanye West and Pharrell Williams see J Dilla as their favorite producer .

James Yancey passed away in a Los Angeles hospital in the early morning of February 10, 2006 .

After his death

In 2006, his mother founded The J Dilla Foundation .

A year after his death, he was honored with the Plug Award for Artist of the Year and Record Producer of the Year .

In 2008 Pay Jay was released . The album was postponed in 2001 due to internal changes at the MCA label. Dilla didn't produce beats for rappers here, but got beats from his favorite producers Kanye West , Madlib , Hi-Tek , Supa Dave West, Nottz , Questlove , Karriem Riggins and Pete Rock , on which he rapped himself.

In the same year his younger brother Illa J's debut album was released on Delicious Vinyl Rec. Entitled "Yancey Boys". All beats are previously unreleased productions from J Dilla's early days. It is also the last album that consists entirely of Jay Dee productions.

J Dilla also produced Q-Tips song Move from his album The Renaissance .

Tribute songs

  • In 2008 Mick Boogie and Busta Rhymes released the mixtape "Dillagence" on the name of Rapping Talib Kweli , MOP , Raekwon , Cassidy & Papoose on Dilla Beats.
  • Erykah Badu in "The Healer" on her album "New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)". Also with Questlove on "Telephone" based on a story told by Dilla's mother about his visions before he died.
  • Common 's album title "Finding Forever" is a tribute to Jay Dee.
  • The song Can not Stop This on the album Game Theory of The Roots
  • Madlib 's albums "Beat Konducta Vol. 5: Dil Cosby Suite" and "Beat Konducta Vol. 6: Dil Withers Suite" together with J.Rocc are dedicated to Dilla.
  • Robert Glasper (Jazz Pianist) - "J Dillalude"
  • Charles Hamilton released a mixtape called "And Then They Played Dilla" in which he commemorated Dilla on some tracks.
  • Flying Lotus - "Fall In Love"
  • Q-Tip with the song "Shaka" on his album "The Renaissance".
  • DJ Spinna made two Dilla Tributes on 45. The first called "Dilla is the GOAT" is an instrumental. The second, "Dillagence", contains the same productions as the first, but with vocals by Phonte ( Little Brother ). All lyrics are taken from older Dilla songs.
  • J Dilla's picture is the first to be seen on a wall with other late hip hop artists at the end of the video of KRS-One & Marley Marl 's "Hip Hop Lives".
  • Termanology released a tribute mixtape called "If Heaven Was A Mile Away"
  • The song "Atmósfera Roja" (2011) by the Venezuelan rapper Ríal Guawankó is a tribute to J Dilla. The song is based on "The Look Of Love" by Slum Village.
  • Phife Dawg released the tribute song "Dear Dilla" in 2014
  • XXXTentacion rapped on his EP "A GHETTO CHRISTMAS CAROL" from 2017 in the song "hate will never win" on a J Dilla beat, which is called "Life".

In addition, the comedian and actor Dave Chappelle dedicated his music documentary Block Party , published two months earlier, to him after his death .

Discography

solo

  • 2001: Welcome 2 Detroit (BBE)
  • 2003: Ruff Draft (Groove Attack) (Re-Issue 2007 on Stonesthrow)
  • 2006: Donuts (Stonesthrow)
  • 2006: The Shining (BBE)
  • 2007: Jay Love Japan (Operation Unknown)
  • 2008: Pay Jay (unreleased 2001 MCA album)
  • 2012: Rebirth of Detroit (Ruff Draft)
  • 2012: Dillatroit (Mahogany)
  • 2013: The Lost Scrolls Vol. 1 (Ruff Draft)
  • 2013: Lost Tapes Reels (Mahogani)
  • 2014: Give Them What They Want (Pay Jay)
  • 2014: Smell the Da.ISY (with De La Soul ) (AOI)
  • 2015: Dillatronic (Vintage Vibez)
  • 2016: The Diary (Pay Jay)

Features

With slum village

  • 1997: Fan-tas-tic Vol.1 (Donut Boy Recordings) (Re-Release 2006 on Counterflow Records)
  • 1998: Fan-tas-tic Vol.2 (unreleased Interscope Promo)
  • 2000: Best Kept Secret EP (Groove Attack) (as J-88)
  • 2000: Fantastic Vol. 2 (Goodvibe)

With Madlib as Jaylib

  • 2003: Champion Sound

With Phat Kat as 1st Down

  • 1995: A Day wit the Homiez EP (Pay Day Records) (Re-Release 2002 on RonnieCash.com)

Compilations

  • 1997: Jay Dee Unreleased Remixes EP (House Shoes Records)
  • 2003: J. Yancey aka Jay Dee (Source)
  • 2007: Jay Deelicious: The Delicious Vinyl Years (Delicious Vinyl Records)
  • 2007: Dillagence (with Busta Rhymes and Mick Boogie )
  • 2007: Beats, Rhymes and Life (Sillon Noir)
  • 2007/2008: Anthology Volume 1 - 6 (Grand Slam)
  • 2007/2008: Thank You Jay Dee, Act 1. - Act 3. (mixed by J.Rocc )
  • 2009: Jay Stay Paid (produced by Pete Rock , Groove Attack)

Instrumental / beat tapes

  • The Official Jay Dee Instrumental Series Vol.1: Unreleased - 2002 (Bling 47)
  • The Official Jay Dee Instrumental Series Vol.2: Vintage - 2003 (Bling 47)
  • Old donuts
  • Beat CD 2004
  • Beat CD '05 # 1
  • Beat CD '05 # 2
  • Beat CD '05 # 3
  • Beat CD '05 # 4 - Feb 2005
  • Another Batch - 1998
  • Since 1st Installment
  • The Next Installment - 2005
  • Unreleased Beats - 2005

In addition, there is a large number of different productions for various artists.

swell

  1. ↑ US chart history
  2. ↑ J Dilla: Donuts (45 Box Set). Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ RENAISSANCE SOUL DETROIT
  4. ↑ STONESTHROW

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personal data
SURNAME Dilla, J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jay Dee; Yancey, James Dewitt (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American hip hop musician and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 7th February 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan , USA
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 2006
Place of death Los Angeles , California, USA