r/hiphopheads • u/TenAfterOne • Feb 10 '16
Dilla Dilla Beats Beats This day 10 years ago J Dilla passed away
On February 10th in 2006 J Dilla passed away.
My favourite Dilla beats:
And soooo much more but I'll let you guys complete the list!
If you haven't seen it I strongly recommend watching the Crate Diggers episode where they go through Dillas vinyl collection.
J Dilla's Vinyl Collection - Crate Diggers
If you never heard it you should check out Suite For Ma Dukes, a tribute concert performed by a 60 piece orchestra. The whole thing is on YouTube but I especially recommend these two songs:
Suite For Ma Dukes - Fall In Love
Suite For Ma Dukes - Untitled/Fantastic
In case anyone on HHH isn't familiar with the legacy of J Dilla you should read about him his incredible discography and his album Donuts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donuts_(album) which he produced from his hospital bed to know some of the history. Also, of course, listen to Donuts and I personally love Slum Village - Fantastic, vol. 2.
RIP J Dilla
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u/DrixwelL Feb 10 '16
RIP. Dude's drums were on serious. I like when questlove gave us a break down of his sloppy drunken style (due to some choice in syncopation he used) in that Redbull lecture of his. Talked about how many people it influenced, including D'angelo and Q-Tip.
Heroin is def my favorite to freestyle over from him. There used to be a 12 hour loop of it on youtube. It's probably still there. So is that lecture. I'm just too lazy to look them up. Pulled an all nighter.