Charles Dickens isn’t the only one celebrating a birthday today. Three cheers for the man himself: James Yancey aka J Dilla aka Jay Dee. Commemorate with a journey through his musical legacy (as MC and producer)
- A Tribe Called Quest ft. Faith Evans - Stressed Out (Beats, Rhymes & Life, 1996)
- Q-Tip - Breathe and Stop (Amplified, 1999)
- The Pharcyde - Drop (Labcabincalifornia, 1995)
- The Roots - Dynamite (Things Fall Apart, 1999)
- De La Soul ft. Yummy Bingham - Much More (The Grind Date, 2004)
- Jay Dee ft. Dwele - Think Twice (Welcome 2 Detroit, 2001)
- Slum Village - Get Dis Money (Fantastic Vol. 2, 2000)
- Jay Dee - Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Pet Sounds In the Key of Dee, 2008)*
*As pointed out by Nate Harris — a mash-up of Dilla, not done by Dilla.
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I basically wrote my senior thesis to...instrumental version
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