Producer J-Dilla is gone
No, he wasn't shot. J-Dilla died of Lupus complications on 2/10. In an interview he said that he ruptured his kidney by working too hard in the studio and not eating at all. He'd been sick for the past three years.
He's famous for creating sick, super-smoothed out beats for his former group Slum Village, "Stakes is High" and other tracks for De La Soul, tracks for the illest hip-hop group to ever do it--A Tribe Called Quest...He also worked with true hip hop artists like Pharcyde, Common, Talib Kweli and the Roots. I'm not gonna say much else about this- a fellow Blogger.com blogger has put together a hot mix of J-Dilla's music. Check it out here: http://every-day-thoughts.blogspot.com/
posted by Atsui_Gal @ 10:43 AM
2 Comments:
Welcome 2 Detroit was the hottest Beat Generation album outside of Pete Rock's Petestrumentals. J-Dilla was genius who understood the classic potential of hip hop. He was making timeless music in a genre that is all too often seen as transient and disposable. He will be missed.
I wonder if he'll gain more fans now?
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