Thursday February 3rd – ONE WON’T DO PT. 2: J DILLA TRIBUTE & FUNDRAISER
Among the myriad of Dilla tribute shows happening in the next week or so, “One Won’t Do Pt. 2,” a collaborative effort by The J. Dilla Foundation, ThisIsRealMusic.com and The Smooth Operators Movement,...
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Few figures in hip-hop have had such a resounding impact on the jazz community as Detroit’s own James Yancey, better known as Jay Dee, or J Dilla. A prolific producer whose clientele included everyone...
View ArticleExclusive “One Won’t Do Pt. 2″ Concert Footage & Interviews
Photograph by Meghan Stabile DROM got lit up Thursday night with point on performances by the likes of Illa J (who also took a stab at the piano for his set), T3 of Slum Village, and Q-Tip who was...
View ArticleGive The Drummer Sum: J Dilla’s Influence on the Modern Drummer
James Dewitt Yancey has garnered all the posthumous acclaim you’d expect for a hip-hop visionary underappreciated outside of his circles. Whether it be for his impeccable choice of samples through a...
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