Questlove's Dilla Mix on HOT97

Here is a great 1 hour mix from last week of some of the works of the one and only Dilla mixed by the one and only Questlove (of the Legendary Roots crew).

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RIP Baatin: thanks for everything

Baatin of Slum Village recently passed away. Another huge loss for music. Having been one of the three original members of Slum Village(T3, Baatin, and Jay "Dilla" Dee), the group definitely as a whole but also he alone, influenced so many with his simply amazing unique vocal stylings.

True nuff : Mos Def back to form

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The other day I got a brief email from OKSG telling me that Mos was "back to form", there was a link attached but I didn't get a chance to click it. Skip to a few days later and I am on my second listen-through of Mos Def's new album The Ecstatic and I must concur that Mos is not half-steppin'. His flows are tight and the guests (Slick Rick, Georgianna Muldrow, Talib Kweli) and producers (Madlib, Chad Hugo, Preservation, J DILLA!!!) are top notch.

This album is heat and as much as OKSG hates me turning this blog into "hype of the moment" type blathery, I gotta big up it as already a 2009 classic -- fuck already a HIP HOP classic. It will be on steady BUMP this summer (and many other seasons to come) without doubt.


Stream it! Then cop it!

Dilla x Raekwon x Mobb Deep

The countdown to Dilla's Jay Stay Paid hits has begun and this new one is amongst the early joints to leak, alot of great unreleased Dilla beats now finally seeing the day of light, ,hallelujah.. sit back and enjoy the flow

24k Rap - j dilla ft. raekwon and mobb deep
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Q tip

Great interview with Q-Tip of a tribe called quest done by moovmnt.com here. I learned a lot of new stuff i hadnt known. Check it out

Overseer overseer officer

In light of recent events in my area here, I'd like to revisit a couple tunes in my anguish, frustration and powerlessness

Black Milk

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OKSG hipped me on Black Milk last week and I begged him to post about the dude...but he lagged and lagged so I, the great big sister that I am, have taken on the responsibility.

There are the Black Kids, Black Crowes, Black Lips, and countless other white groups with black in the title but no one black to be found. Black Milk ain't that; he is a solid brother and a quality producer from one of the most unappreciated cities in hip hop (Detroit) who he has worked with the likes of Frank-n-Dank and the great J. Dilla. Black Milk's new album Tronic is a nice look (definite Wale vectors, in my humble opinion) and should definitely be picked up. Take on that responsibility, would ya?

Here's one of my favorite tracks from the album: Losing Out (feat Royce Da 5'9)

Q - tip - Move

Q-Tip - "Move" from Three/21 Films on Vimeo.

Finally this joint is seeing a proper release, nice video of a track from Q-tip's long awaited forthcoming album. Beat by J Dilla a nice Jackson 5 "dancing machine" chop.

I feelin the 70s stlyee of the video.

ONRA

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Re-listening to Gilles to get on this week's GP wrap-up. I hoppped, skipped, and jumped over from the dope and (former of Spacek/very Dilla-inspired, check this dude) Morgan Zarate over to French producer Onra.

Yo I am feeling this track below. Don't you a-gree? If you do, cop his monotape mix here.

Hip Hop done been, is, and always will rock!

Man, I dont even wanna get into it, but i will just mention that i got into a debate about Elvis with someone the other day; whatever... Elvis did his thing* <--yall see that asterisk right? , imma leave it at that ((homies holding me back)), hehe. And let me say R.I.P. to Mr. Bo Didley a true rock pioneer and innovator who lived a great full accomplished life.

Anyways, me and Camille are juiced on a couple upcoming releases that really show that these dudes you know for hip hop, rock and rock well. N.E.R.D.'s 3rd album Seeing Sounds will drop on June 10th and is set to be heavy heavy heavy, we will definitely be copping and encourage you to do as well. Their first album was a classic, 2nd was a little softer (even Pharrell himself admitted this)but had some cuts on it, 3rd is set to be a monster. Check a below entitled "Anti-Mater" :



Dj Rhettmatic, Karriem Riggins, and Dilla

Also, from the (unfortunately diminishing) Dilla vaults comes more from the shelved MCA album of 2003 (that is rumoured to be released soon under the name Pay Jay) where Dilla gave control of the boards to other producers and only rhymed. This track produced by Questlove and Karriem Riggins sounds alot like something that Santogold (who we love) would be rocking over. Dilla covered so many bases ranging from rock to techno, so none of this is that much of a surprise when we really think about it, just so refreshing.

Q-Tip - Fever (prod. dilla)

So, on this blog Imma try and refrain from posting too much Dilla-related stuff, since I can talk about the man until I'm blue in the face; everything is too good and so special to me and mine ears. But this is a nice little track from what is supposed to be Q-Tip's upcoming album.

Q- Tip has already had like 2 albums pushed back to shelved, and hopefully this one doesnt get that same treatment cause he's still got it, I feel. Anyways, enjoy this track which is from an old Dilla beat tape...and if you really into it, check him performing it on Jimmy Kimmel here

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