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“[Don’t Cry],” definitely [was] for his mother. My favorite one, of course, was...”
– Questlove of The Roots (Speaking on Dilla)
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“Dilla realized something was wrong with his health in January of 2002....”
– I was reading another interview of his (In XXL magazine) where they asked about his hospital stay and if everything was alright. HE SAID HE HAD FOOD POISONING. While the interview is in 2005, I read on a forum (I’m a Dilla nerd. I fiend over stuff like this) from 2002 talking about J...
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The Battle For J Dilla's Legacy →
Dope article on how Dilla’s family was really getting screwed over by his previous estate. The way Dilla’s mom handled Dilla’s death is really great. I watched another recent interview of hers and she says she still hasn’t cried. Instead of mourning over her oldest son’s death, she claims she’s rejoicing over the fact he’s not sick anymore and he got to...
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“By the mid-1990s, Dilla was getting calls from some of the hottest stars of the...”
– Kelley Louise Carter (In her article for Vibe Magazine)
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“He can do a Dre beat better than Dre, and he can out-rock Pete Rock,” says...”
– DJ House Shoes (Speaking on J Dilla)
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a tribute to...: Do the artist that J Dilla... →
anotherknight:
Do the artist that J Dilla sampled know the impact that they have in Hip-Hop and that it’s because of Dilla?
It’s because of Dilla I know these songs, some of the most obscure songs, seemingly forgotten in time, given new life to future generations.
and to those of us who bother to find the…
I love it when I’m listening to Dilla in the car and my mom recognizes the...
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Best Producers of All Time:
chriscanfly:
1. J Dilla
2. J Dilla
3. J Dilla
4. J Dilla
5. J Dilla
In that order.
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Found these in the passenger seat of my brother's...
Player AF! ahaha
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“One of the things that he did say was… as he was like in a solid prayer,...”
– Ma Dukes (J Dilla’s mother) R.I.P.
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$wift Transition
Big $wift went from recording his first 11-12 tracks in my room…
…To rocking a crowd of a couple hundred @ Jet Life vs. Bangers less than a year later.
Witnessing the come-up.
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If I like you,
I like you. And only you. No, I will not get bored of you. No, I will not lie to you. No, I will not lose feelings for you. No, I will not hurt you like someone from the past did. No, I won’t leave you for someone else. I understand these things happened before, but that doesn’t mean it’ll happen with me. If you spend most of our relationship being scared, it’ll end because you pushed me too far...
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love-inflicted:
cheesynico:
love-inflicted:
i hate the city i live in and how the school i go to consists of a majority of dumbasses that i want to kill on a daily basis.
Me too. I wanna go back to Downey.
god no, hahah i hate downey so much.
You’re so lucky you don’t live in Lakewood and go to Mayfair. There’s two or three people I’m down to kick it with...
love-inflicted:
i hate the city i live in and how the school i go to consists of a majority of dumbasses that i want to kill on a daily basis.
Me too. I wanna go back to Downey.
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Industry Rule #4080:
Record company people are shadyyyy.
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