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Today is February 5th and it’s not technically J Dilla week yet, but it’s a little too quiet for me this year. I haven’t heard very much about the onset of Dilla week, which typically commences on February 7th (Dilla’s birthday) and includes tribute parties and events around the globe. I hope all of that is still happening and I’m just missing the hype, but either way, I haven’t heard much noise about it and it makes me wonder if folks are starting to care a little bit less about the life of the late great James Dewitt Yancey. I could write chapters on how vital Dilla was to hip-hop of the past and hip-hop today, but instead of doing that, I’m just going to post one of my favorite Dilla beats of all time and let it ride. One the count of three, #turnitup!
Hailing from West London, and the One Handed Music squad along with Paul White, Nathan “Bullion” Jenkins sneaks mushrooms into your hip hop dance party and shames you off the decks. Apparently this beat savant piqued many an ear with a mix called Pet Sounds: in the Key of Dee, a remix project that remixed The Beach Boys in the style of the late and beloved Dilla. This was followed by the well received Young Heartache EP.
Now Bullion packs more flava for ya ear with the new single “Say Goodbye to What” along with a free mix composed in cahoots with the freshcheckers at FACT magazine. The single and mix are a gumbo of Krautrock, afro-funk, avant-garde electronics and dreamy 70s rock. For god’s sakes have the friends over for a potluck and dance already… Download the Bullion FACT magazine mix
Taken from J. Dilla’s Rough Draft EP, this is “Take Notice” like you’ve never heard before, performed by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and the Suite for Ma Dukes orchestra and mixed and mastered by legendary Grammy award-winning producer/mixer Bob Power (you there? turn up the bass and level, make my shit sound clear). Download the mp3 here.
I remember gushing to local beat savant WD40 about how dope the first Beat Dimensions compilation was: full of delightfully weird cuts with that Spacey off-beat swing, crackin crispy drums, and warm warbly bass. A couple weeks back the homie hit me with the news that a Beat Dimensions 2 (compiled by Cinaman and Jay Scarlett) was coming out. I took the late bus – but managed to give it a listen tonight – i say thumbs up good sir/madam. Here a couple of joints off the compilation that I am really feeling… to cop the album hit http://www.myspace.com/beatdimensions with the itunes link, or poke around http://www.beatdimensions.net/ and peep out what else the Beat Dimensions clique has to offer…
Mono/Poly – Distant From
Dimlite- Ravemond’s Young Problems
Dang, this track is just off the motherfrickin chain!
Courtesy of okayplayer, this song, which was likely made in the early 2000s, was produced by Dilla while he was still alive. Jay Electronica didn’t actually meet Dilla to work on this project, but it’s fire nonetheless.
