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Dilla Data Is A Dilla Treasure Trove

August 8, 2020• Sampling

4 NYU students created a site called Dilla Data that collected information on J Dilla’s samples. Check it out.

QSTN – Opus One

April 11, 2020• Instrumental Hip Hop

QSTN tries his hand at a Slum Village flip on his latest track, "Opus One"....

Frontrunner’s Guide On Producing Music Like J Dilla

March 14, 2020• Hip Hop

The music and arts publication gave tips on how to produce music like J Dilla and they're actually helpful....

The Breaking Atoms Podcast Gives Its Due Dillagence

February 29, 2020• Music

Episode 54 of The Breaking Atoms Podcast celebrates the life and legacy of J Dilla. Stream it here.

Thelonious Martin – A Dozen For Dilla Vol. 4

February 7, 2020• Instrumental Hip Hop

The Chicago producer drops the fourth instalment from his A Dozen For Dilla series....

J Dilla Talks About His Sampling Inspirations in Rare Interview From 2003

May 4, 2019• Interviews

The hip hop icon talks about his family in Detroit and how he only discovered Fela Kuti while working on Like Water For Chocolate. The name...

J Dilla Changed My Life at The Jazz Cafe (10th Feb 2019)

February 5, 2019• Hip Hop

Thijsenterprise – Stepbacks & Setbacks

November 17, 2018• Hip Hop

Barcelona-based beatmaker Thijsenterprise drops mammoth beat tape, Stepbacks & Setbacks, dedicated to some important people in his...

Samples from Jaylib’s Champion Sound Played by VinRican

October 13, 2018• Mixes

Power 106 Los Angeles got DJ VinRican to mix tracks from Champion Sound with the samples they used. It’s officially dope. Say what...

The Donuts Network (YouTube Playlist)

September 2, 2018• Video

How J Dilla Humanized The MPC3000

December 6, 2017• Video

Estelle Caswell discussed how J Dilla made his MPC3000 musical for Vox. Many musicians are synonymous with their instrument of choice...

Sampleface Five: 100 Years of Thelonious Monk

October 10, 2017• Jazz

He was a trailblazer with his improv style, wide-ranging melodic shifts, and trademark fashions. Thelonious Monk was born on this day in...

VIDEO: Doing it for Dilla

August 31, 2017• Video

Jaylib – Da Rawkus (2002)

November 26, 2016• Hip Hop

Jaylib went HAM in their respective ways on Da Rawkus, an unreleased track from 2002. Stones Throw have launched a vinyl subscription...

J Dilla: Back To The Crib Mixtape

August 25, 2016• Funk, Hip Hop, Jazz, R&B, Soul

The unearthing of Dilla treats continues as the Boiler Room release a mixtape of his listening habits. Something a little different from...

A Tribe Called Quest & Stussy Released DEVOTED Snapback

July 28, 2015• Hip Hop

VIDEO: Black Milk – Boiler Room Set In Moscow

June 15, 2015• Video

Black Milk is at it again with another fine Boiler Room set in Moscow. I always look forward to Boiler Room sets involving my favourite...

Blake Frederick – Rhythm N’ Beats Vol. 2

January 1, 2015• Free Download, Hip Hop

NYC producer Blake Frederick drops the second volume from his Rhythm N’ Beats Vol. 2, inspired by 9th Wonder, J Dilla, and Jake One....

Interview: Sumochief

September 18, 2014• Interviews

Pipomixes – Beats, Headphones & Coffee Mix

August 2, 2014• Mixes

Pipomixes – the self-proclaimed “PBS of the mixtape game” – throws together a fine mix featuring Madlib, James...

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