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J Dilla‘s Donuts was released as a 45 Box Set by Stones Throw. Here’s the legendary producer’s track The Diff’rence. Any lucky Dillaheads score this sublime sold-out box set? -@teemunny

Designed by Phil Young Song, in collaboration with the J Dilla Foundation, here’s the vinyl figure of late, great hip-hop producer J Dilla. It’s no secret we’re huge fans of the legendary super-producer, it’s about time there was a mini idol of the man we could worship. This perfect figure wears his trademark Detroit Tigers fitted, rocks a ‘J DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE” […]

Here’s a treat of the day for all the real hip hop heads. Stream the full posthumous J-Dilla album Rebirth of Detroit, an album that features various artists rhyming over unreleased J Dilla production. This is the third album release since his untimely passing in 2006. The album is released by Ruff Draft Records, a label created by the late producer’s mother. Buy it […]

Once again, here is Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def, performing Sunshine Screwface on Radio Nova in Paris, France. Produced by J Dilla, Yasiin flows over the track with his best Jamaican Patois. All the videos were produced by Mass Corporation. -@s_iravani Also check out, Quiet Dog below. Forever Alive / Sexy Sax Man Niggas is Poorest

Download the J Dilla tribute mix from a menagerie of Swiss producers HERE. A love project in memory of James Dewitt Yancey, better known under the name Jaydee or J-Dilla. An idea of Do The Right Print, Food for ya Soul & Feelin’ Music, bringing different beatmakers from around the world to perpetuate J-Dilla’s art, in order to give to the audience a […]

Happy Birthday to the greatest hip hop producer that we have ever seen. That’s the truth. Tragically, J Dilla battled thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare blood disease, while also fighting lupus and passed away on February 10, 2006, three days after his 32nd birthday. Check out these documentaries. The first (above) is the J.Dilla: Still Shining documentary from last year. There are appearances by musical luminaries such […]

Bay Area’s Rocky Rivera drops a cold verse over J-Dilla’s Fuck the Police instrumental. Listen to the entire song or download the Pop Killer Mixtape (FREE!) here. Rocky Rivera is a Hip-Hop journalist by day, MC by night, who found international acclaim by winning a Contributing Editor position on MTV’s docu-series I’m From Rolling Stone in 2007. After lacking inspiration in the […]