The Diary is almost here, and the latest drop to emerge from it is this joint, featuring verses from Dilla, plus two west coast legends, Snoop Dogg and Kokane. Dope beat as always from Hi-Tek too.
Category: J Dilla
J Dilla – ‘The Sickness’ feat. Nas
The long-time-coming The Diary album from J Dilla arrives soon, and Nas is ramping up the anticipation with this preview of The Sickness, during his SXSW set, produced by Madlib. Watch below.
Elzhi – ‘February’ (video)
We first heard February from Elzhi this time last year, when that new Lead Poison album seemed like it was never going to materialise. A year later there’s a video now too, including heartfelt tributes to Dilla. The album finally sees the light of day next month.
Danny Blaze & Tab One – ‘Thank You Mr. Yancey’
Danny Blaze and Tab One pay tribute to Dilla on this new joint, over a beat from the legend himself.
J Dilla – ‘King of Beats Vol. 2’
While we were all going nuts last week about the announcement of the lost vocal J Dilla record finally coming out soon, including dope joint The Introduction, Ma Dukes and Dilla’s estate also released the 2nd installment of the King of Beats instrumentals. You could argue that we’re almost reaching Dilla saturation point, but for now we’ll happily take in more goodness from our much-missed hero Jay Dee.
J Dilla – ‘The Introduction’
Today Nas announced there’s a new J Dilla vocals album named The Diary coming soon on Mass Appeal Records. The Introduction is our first taste, produced by House Shoes. Listen below.
Kid Kold – ‘Love It Here’
Kid Kold snags a Dilla beat for this new joint, taken from his upcoming The Black Gang EP. Watch below.
J. Rocc & Karriem Wiggins J Dilla tribute
The 10th anniversary of J Dilla’s death is almost upon us, and with the Dilla Weekend taking place in Miami over the next few days, a lot of Jay Dee tributes have popped up online this week. Here close friend J. Rocc and Karriem Wiggins recreate a couple of Dilla classic down in the Stones Throw dungeon.
DJ Spinna – ‘Labcabincalifornia 20th Anniversary Mix’
Labcabincalifornia was the second album from The Pharcyde, and featured two of the finest beats J Dilla ever created in the shape of Runnin and Drop. It’s now 20 years old, and DJ Spinna is celebrating with this mix. Listen below.
BlaccOut Garrison – ‘Mom’s Kitchen’ feat. Abstract
BlaccOut Garrison has bagged a J Dilla beat for his latest single, Mom’s Kitchen, also featuring Abstract. Listen below.