Our buddies over at Stones Throw teamed up with Serato and the J Dilla Estate for this official J Dilla Serato release, “Donut Shop”. This is 2 discs with six J Dilla tracks, 2 sides with Serato Control Tone (for use with Serato Scratch Live DJ software), and 2 donut slipmats in a package designed by Studio No.1. This will be released May 10th (the day after Mother’s day) and is available for pre-order now.

The J Dilla tracks consist of three previously unreleased instrumentals selected by J.Rocc from the Dilla archives – “Safety Dance”, “Sycamore”, “Bars & Twists” – and three unreleased instrumental versions of Dilla’s production for Mos Def, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes, each remastered by Elysian Masters who mixed and mastered J Dilla’s Donuts, The Shining and Ruff Draft albums.

J Dilla – Safety Dance

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

written by nilez \\ tags: bars & twists, busta rhymes, dilla archives, dj software, donut shop, donuts, elysian masters, free download, instrumental, j dilla, j dilla estate, j rocc, jay dee, ma dukes, mos def, mother's day, pre-order, q-tip, ruff draft, safety dance, serato, slipmats, stones throw, studio no.1, sycamore, the shining, unreleased

Between August 2008 to August 2009, Mochilla and VTech brought you an exceptional array of musical events that pushed the boundaries of today’s music.  Ethopian jazz, Colombian Funk, Brasilian Folk, Jazz, fusion and Hip-Hop – where elders met with youth, where every idea is good, where mistakes are just part of the process and where the audience is the judge.

In “Hear the World,” Eric Coleman (Mochilla), mixes the very best musical moments of the year into one completely exclusive mix CD taken from the recordings made.

Features exclusive music from the Suite for Ma Dukes Orchestra, Exile, Madlib’s Jackson Conti project, Karriem Riggins, Mulatu, Arthur Verocai, Azymuth, Quantic, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and more. For more information visit VTECH.

VTech Presents “Hear The World”  A Mochilla Mix By Coleman‏

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Continue reading »

written by nevill \\ tags: arthur verocai, azymuth, coleman, eric coleman, jackson conti, karriem riggins, ma dukes, madlib, miguel atwood-ferguson, mochilla, Mulatu, Quantic, suite for ma dukes, vtech

Thanks to the Beatjunkies for this ill promo mix of “Jay Stay Paid”.  This should keep you satisfied until June 2nd, cuz I know a lot of you are already going nuts. Highly anticipated and musically supervised by Dilla’s only real musical idol…Pete Rock. More info soon…so stay tuned for this one! Oh shout out goes to Shamz from Okayplayer..oh and peep this second leak.

 J Dilla – 24k Rap Feat. Havoc & Raekwon

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Beat Junkies x J Dilla – Jay Stay Paid (Promo Mix)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

written by nilez \\ tags: beat junkies, j dilla, j rocc, jay stay paid, ma dukes, nature sounds, pete rock

A while back the news surfaced that Nature Sounds will be releasing a brand new J Dilla LP executive produced by Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey on June 2nd. The album, Jay $tay Paid, is 25 tracks deep mixed and arranged by none other than Dilla’s musical idol Pete Rock. Guest appearances include Blu, Pacific Division, DOOM, Havoc, Pharoahe Monch, M.O.P. and Black Thought. Check out “Reality Check” featuring the latter (Thanks to Okayplayer).

J Dilla – Reality Check (featuring Black Thought)

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

written by Deluge \\ tags: black thought, blu, doom, havoc, j dilla, j$p, jay dee, jay stay paid, m.o.p., ma dukes, okayplayer, pacdiv, pacific division, pete rock, Pharoahe Monch, the roots

By now most everyone is familiar with the story of musical legend J Dilla. The quiet, prolific producer collaborated with everyone from Erykah Badu to Common to Janet Jackson to Prince. Dilla was just beginning to capitalize on his cult status when he sadly passed at age 32 due to Lupus-related complications. Jay Stay Paid is a 25 track collection of unreleased Dilla beats mixed and arranged by Pete Rock. While mostly instrumental, “J$P” also offers a few guests vocals from artists that Dilla worked with or admired including Black Thought of The Roots, MF DOOM, and M.O.P.

Curtailing any notion of jumping on some sort of Dilla bangwagon, Jay Stay Paid was executive produced by Dilla’s mother Maureen Yancey (aka Ma Dukes) along with the musical supervision of Dilla’s only real musical idol, Pete Rock. “It wasn’t rushed and it wasn’t haphazard,” explains Ms Yancey. “This album combines what he did in the beginning of his career, what he did in some of our early hospital stays, which was very deep, and some stuff pulled from old floppy disks & DATs. Its mind blowing…this is like the missing links to Dilla’s legacy.”

The format of the album plays like a radio show with Pete Rock as the program director. With regards to Pete’s involvement, Ms. Yancey gets very excited, “Dilla wanted to pattern himself behind Pete. His dream was to become as close as possible to what Pete stood for. Pete meant everything to him. Dilla would have just been flabbergasted! ” Pete’s sentiments were the same toward Dilla, “Dude was amazing. He just kinda came outta nowhere and the more you heard his beats the better they got. He may not be here with us, but it’s all good we’re going to keep his music alive and well.”

Jay Stay Paid will be released on June 2nd on Nature Sounds.

written by moovmnt \\ tags: black thought, j dilla, jay stay paid, ma dukes, mf doom, nature sounds, pete rock, the roots

For those that don’t know, J Dilla was a great music producer who died of lupus. Now his mom has lupus and needs help with her medical bills. This Obey (Shepard Fairey) collaborative poster with B+ will benefit Dilla’s mom “Ma Dukes”.  It is an edition of 400, measures 18 x 24, and priced at $55.  Goes on sale Friday, Feb 20th at obeygiant.com so get that wallet/creditcard ready. Source: Individual Sole…more after the jump.

Continue reading »

written by nilez \\ tags: a suite for ma dukes, carlos nino, house shoes, houseshoes, individual sole, j dilla, j rocc, los angeles, ma dukes, miguel atwood-ferguson, obey

Dill Withers

Been listening to The Ma Dukes Collection (Mixed By Rhettmatic J. Rocc and Houseshoes). You can get this CD on some tours of artist related to J.Yancey. On this mix there’s another mix from J.Rocc with some Dilla samples. I know we already posted a Dilla sample mix BUT this mix reminded me of a tape with tracks before Fantastic Vol 1. Don’t know how that got into our hands but I do know y’all need to hear it if you haven’t already. So listen to that here and download that Dill Withers mix. Question: What’s the The Hustle sample and the track of the 10.24 sample. First who knows one of the 2 gets something special.

Slum Village – The Hustle

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Slum Village – Untitled

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

written by moovmnt \\ tags: detroit, dill withers, dilla, houseshoes, j rocc, ma dukes, Samples, slum village