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J Dilla
James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer and rapper who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan. According to his obituary at NPR.org, he "was one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists", working with big-name acts including A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu, The Roots, The Pharcyde and Common. Yancey died in 2006 of the blood disease thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Biography
Early life
James Yancey was the eldest of four children including a sister (Martha) and two brothers (Earl and John), who later began doing music as Illa J. The family lived at a corner house near McDougall and Nevada, on the east side of Detroit. He developed a vast musical knowledge from his parents (his mother is a former opera singer and his father was a jazz bassist). According to his mother, he could "match pitch perfect harmony" by "two-months old", to the amazement of musician friends and relatives. He began collecting vinyl at the age of two and would be allowed to spin records in the park, an activity he enjoyed tremendously as a child.
Dilla
Dilla is a town located in the northwestern Awdal region of Somalia.
Neighborhoods
The major neighborhoods in Dilla are:
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Dilla (month)
Dillā (Nepal Bhasa: दिल्ला) is the ninth month in the Nepal Era calendar, the national lunar calendar of Nepal. The month coincides with Āsāṛh (आषाढ) in the Hindu lunar calendar and July in the Gregorian calendar.
Dillā begins with the new moon and the full moon falls on the 15th of the lunar month. The month is divided into the bright and dark fortnights which are known as Dillā Thwa (दिल्ला थ्व) and Dillā Gā (दिल्ला गा) respectively.
Among the major events of the month, the 11th day of the bright fortnight is Hari Sayani Ekādashi which marks the beginning of the Hindu deity Vishnu's four-month cosmic sleep. On the 12th day, devotees plant the Tulsi plant (Holy basil) in their homes. The plant represents Vishnu.
The full moon day is Guru Purnimā when teachers are honored. The holiday is also known as Dillā Punhi and is sacred to Buddhists as the day when the Buddha gave his first sermon and set in motion the Dharmacakra, the Wheel of Dharma. The first day of the dark fortnight is the start of Vassa, the three-month rains retreat for Buddhist monks when they remain in their monasteries.
Podcasts:
J Dilla
ALBUMS
- Smell the Da.I.S.Y. (Da Inner Soul of Yancy) released: 2014
- Rebirth of Detroit released: 2012
- Ruff Draft released: 2012
- What If Dilla Produced the Blueprint? released: 2009
- Dillanthology 3: Dilla's Productions released: 2009
- Dillanthology 2: Dilla's Remixes for Various Artists released: 2009
- Jay Stay Paid released: 2009
- Dillanthology released: 2009
- Pay Jay released: 2008
- Jay Love Japan released: 2007
- Donuts released: 2006
- The Shining released: 2006
- Beat CD '05 released: 2005
- Instrumental Joints, Volume 1 released:
Rebirth of Detroit
Released 2012- The New Installment
- Detroit Madness
- Big Thangs
- Ride With It
- Say My Name
- Detroit Game
- Feel This Shit
- City of Boom
- Let’s Pray Together
- Requiem
- Do It Right
- My Victory
- Rebirth Is Necessary
- DILLATROIT
- Center of the Movement
- Pitfalls
- Do It for Dilla Dawg
- Jay Dee’s Revenge
- Motor City Sparks
- House Shoes Was Spinnin
- The Best That Ever Did It
Dillanthology 2: Dilla's Remixes for Various Artists
Released 2009- Stakes Is High (remix)
- Y? (Be Like That) (Jay Dee remix)
- Sitting on Chrome (Ummah remix)
- Fall in Love (Jaydee remix)
- As Serious as Your Life (Jay Dee remix)
- Whoo Ha!!! Got You All in Check (Jay Dee Bounce remix)
- The Ultimate (Unreleased Jay Dee remix)
- Secret of the Sand (Jay Dee remix)
- Eve (Jay Dee remix)
- Love Junkie (Jay Dee remix)
- Oblighetto (Jay Dee remix)
- Sometimes (Jay Dee remix)
Jay Stay Paid
Released 2009- KJay FM Dedication
- King
- I Told Yall
- Lazer Gunne Funke
- In the Night / While You Slept (I Crept)
- Smoke
- Blood Sport
- CaDILLAc
- Expensive Whip
- Kaklow (Jump on It)
- Digi Dirt
- Dilla Bot vs. The Hybrid
- Milk Money
- Spacecowboy vs. Bobble Head
- Reality TV
- On Stilts
- Fire Wood Drumstix
- Glamour Sho75 (09)
- 10,000 Watts
- 9th Caller
- Make It Fast (Unadulterated mix)
- 24K Rap
- Big City
- Pay Day
- See That Boy Fly
- Coming Back
- Mythsysizer
- KJay and We Out
Donuts
Released 2006- Donuts (outro)
- Workinonit
- Waves
- Light My Fire
- The New
- Stop
- People
- The Diff'rence
- Mash
- Time: The Donut of the Heart
- Glazed
- Airworks
- Lightworks
- Stepson of the Clapper
- The Twister (Huh, What)
- One Eleven
- Two Can Win
- Don't Cry
- Anti-American Graffiti
- Geek Down
- Thunder
- Gobstopper
- One for Ghost
- Dilla Says Go
- Walkinonit
- The Factory
- U-Love
- Hi.
- Bye.
- Last Donut of the Night
- Donuts (intro)
Beat CD '05
Released 2005- Humbum
- Dedication
- Y’all Ready for It
- Electronic Hum
- Marvin & The Fam
- 1 for the Treble & 2 for the Bass
- Bass & Keys Duet
- Sum Epic Shit
- Code of the Streets
- Rock 'n' Roll
- Phantom of the Synths
- Pledge the Beat
- Zelda
- Zelda 2
- Answering Machine
- Brand New Shit With the Blend
- Sleeping Like a Dog
- The King Swirling
- Chipmunk Gets Down
- Hey Hey Hey Heyyyy
- Sum Spooky Shit
- Bup Ba Bup Bup Ba Ba Ba
- Guitar & Buggin Violin
- Blowin Into Coke Bottles
- And I Wanna Escape
- Track 26
- Watchin Smurfs on Shrooms
- The Future
- Back With the Claps
- Smokey in the Pigeon Coop
- Do You
- Allright
- Dig It
- Have You Forgotten Who I Am
- Zen Guitar
Born: 1974-02-07
Died: 2006-02-10
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Nothing Like This
by: J Dilla[singing:]
All I need in, my, life is
There, is, no-thing like this
I never felt, quite, like this
All I need in, my, life is
There, is, no-thing like this
I never felt, quite, like this
All I need in, my, life is
There, is, no-thing like this
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh! Uh uhh
[singing:]
Incomplete when, you're, away
You turn my, nights, into days
You show me, the, light uh-huh
Gotta, have, you, right away
I never felt, quite, like this
All I need in, my, life is
There, is, no-thing like this
I never felt, quite, like this
Feels good! Ohhhhhhhhh
Yeahhhhhhhhhhh
[singing:]
You, breathe, life, in-to meeeEeEeEeEe
Fo' life in, I'm, in, too deep
I'm, ad-dic-ted, uh-huh
Something tells, me, you're the one (YEAH!)
I never felt, quite, like this
All I need in, my, life is
There, is, no-thing like this
I never felt, quite, like this
All I need in, my, life is
There, is, no-thing like this
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