R.I.P J Dilla.

Posted by spr33

February 11, 2006

J Dilla.

Sad day for myself and the hip hop community.

Detriot born hip hop producer J Dilla aka Jay Dee aka James Yancey passed away. The cause of death is unknown as of yet but Dilla had be suffering with kidney issues for over 2 years.

His album ‘Donuts’ was released earlier this week and is available at your local music store, iTunes and of course at online retailers

Some background info on Dilla along with some links:

Dilla, who was a founding member of Slum Village and a member of A Tribe Called Quest’s production team The Ummah, is best known for producing tracks for Busta Rhymes, Common, De La Soul, D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, and The Pharcyde.

Dilla has more recently worked with Ghostface Killah, Kanye West on Com’s critically acclaimed album Be, as well as Champion Sound with fellow quirky producer Madlib.
Besides Donuts, Jay’s latest album which was released earlier this week, he also released another solo LP, Welcome To Detroit, in 2001, and has another album dropping later this year on Stones Throw Records.
Longtime fan Pharrell of The Neptunes, has gone on record calling Dilla one of his “favorite producers of all time.”

News / News
Myspace (has a few of his tracks on there, please take the time to listen).
Wiki
Stonesthrow
Discography / Discography 2 (better layout + more)

Rest soulfully, Dilla.

* UPDATE * It seems the cause of death was due to an incurable blood disease and complications from lupus disease.

* UPDATE 2 *
Some info taken from the beatfanatic website:

J Dilla leaves behind a body of work which will be loved and rediscovered for years to come.
His most recent album “Donuts” on February 7th, the day of his 32nd birthday. Two other projects,
“The Shining” and “Jay Love Japan” are completed. Other production work has been completed for artists
Madlib, Busta Rhymes, Ghostface Killah, A.G., Visionaries, Truth Hurts, Phat Kat,
MF DOOM, Skillz, and Frank N Dank.

The legend lives on and always will.