wow...all i can say is I feel blessed to have heard his music. I'm sad he's gone but I will celebrate the dudes life every time I hear one of his creations. I think he was taken way too soon but that's neither here nor there, dude had a positive influence on the world and that's realer than real and will not be forgotten. His music will influence producers for a long time coming which is a nice legacy to have.
BUT .. if we find out later this was publicity for the album. That would really really really be fucked up. But under the circumstances I hope thats the case
BUT .. if we find out later this was publicity for the album. That would really really really be fucked up. But under the circumstances I hope thats the case
this has really bothered me since i first heard the news. Truely my favorite producer of the last decade, a huge influence to many. Hip hop has not only lost a legend, but music in general. RIP Dilla
man im still buggin about this i spoke to med this afternoon... dude said dilla been sick for a minute... not could be done i was hopin i wouldve seen him in miami this wmc... heard he was interested in comin... damn
Hip-hop MC and producer J Dilla (also known as Jay Dee), a founding member of the Detroit rap outfit Slum Village, died Friday morning of kidney failure at his home in Los Angeles, officials at his record label said Friday evening.
Born James Yancey, the musician turned 32 last week. He was a champion of Detroit's urban music scene. When hip-hop was largely being dominated by the east and west coasts, he put a distinct Detroit sound on many national acts.
Earlier this week, he celebrated his birthday with a new album release, "Donuts.???
"Jay Dee was the man with the beats,??? said Mark Hicks, who has been on the hip-hop scene since the early ???90s and is a former manager of the group D12. Hicks got the word that Jay Dee died from Detroit rapper Proof, who sent him a message via his Blackberry.
???I remember when he was selling beats back in '95, ???96 for like 100 or 200 bucks," Hicks said. Beats are the instrumental tracks that form the backbone of hip-hop music.
"Everybody went to him. He was selective. Even back then, you could see him being a producer in the long run just on how he made the music. He took the artists and said, 'This is how you should lyrically say this.'
???He was a prodigy. If you saw him in the studio, it was like he was the man."
Jay Dee worked with artists including A Tribe Called Quest, Common, Erykah Badu, D???Angelo and Janet Jackson.
He recorded in Detroit, Los Angeles and New York. His latest album was on a British label, BBE Records.
In a statement, Peter Adarkwah, the founder of BBE Records, said he was deeply saddened to learn of his death. "Jay was one of my favorite hip-hop producers of all time. His passion for music was a rare thing amongst people in the music industry. His music and presence will be sorely missed for many years to come.???
BBE was to release Jay Dee???s "The Shining," a follow-up to 2001's "Welcome To Detroit" in June of this year.
"It's a hell of a loss,??? said Wayne Washington, who raps under the name Wayneeack X. ???He was talented with a capital T. His sound was hard, but there was feeling behind it. It had your head knocking, but it made you think too,"
Jay Dee rarely gave interviews, preferring to stay out of the spotlight. The music community knew, however, that he had health problems. Last year in an interview with the hip-hop magazine XXL, he denied reports that he had been in a coma, but said he spent two months in a hospital's ICU "with all types of tubes."
He told the magazine, "I went overseas for two weeks and was eating all this crazy ... food. As soon as I got back, I had the flu or something, and I had to check myself into the hospital." He said the doctors discovered that, "I had a ruptured kidney and was malnourished from not eating the right kind of food. It was real simple, but it ended with me being in the hospital."
Always the producer, he had a friend bring him a sound system and some vinyl so he could make beats in the hospital.
Denaun Porter, a sought-after producer in his own right, has said that Jay Dee influenced him to pursue his career. Like others who would go on to become members of Detroit's hip-hop elite, Porter was hanging out in the mid-1990s at the Hip Hop Shop. The clothing store on Detroit???s west side hosted open mic shows and became an epicenter of the city???s emerging hip-hop scene.
Porter said it wasn't until 1996 that he got serious about making music for a living. That's when he saw Jay Dee come to the shop in a money green Jaguar. "I never knew anybody that wasn't a drug dealer drive a car like that," Porter said. "I liked that life a little more."
Jay Dee's musical production came from humble beginnings. He started making beats on a tape deck. In 1992, Amp Fiddler taught him how to work an MPC-60, an electronic drum machine commonly used in R&B and hip-hop music. It was around 1988 that he formed Slum Village with Baatin and T3, friends from high school.
Even though he left the group after their first national album, (Fantastic Vol. 2, released in 2000), he remained friends with his former group members, and even produced later tracks for the group. Slum Village now consists of rappers Elzhi and T3. The duo are out of the country, and couldn???t immediately be reached for comment.
"Slum Village, man, they were doing their thing,?????? said Terry Scott of Tonya's Music, a mom-and-pop shop on Detroit's east side. ???He was a pretty hot producer here in Detroit, the first big thing to come out of Detroit as far as producers.
"He was very young. I met him a couple of times. He came in the shop. For a brother like that to die at a young age -- that's sad. This is a loss to Detroit."
Brian "B.Kyle" Atkins, a longtime documentarian of the hip-hop group the Roots, reported on the Stones Throw Records Web site that a memorial service will be Tuesday, Feb. 14, in Los Angeles. A Detroit service may be scheduled later.
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Don't Cry.
seconded.
RIP the world lost a gem today
it's not working...
it's hard, but i guess it's best to think about how much better the the world is with his music in it.
donuts is a lovely good-bye.
http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1M8GYYFMLWZDV2SOY4XMFOGCO7
www.okayplayer.com
It's true.
BUT .. if we find out later this was publicity for the album. That would really really really be fucked up. But under the circumstances I hope thats the case
R.I.P. Dilla
I got "Fall In Love" playing on repeat right now in tribute...
It's not the case.
Its just really sad though, does anybody know why this happened?
Dude was dude.
RIP
RIP
Too young, too tragic.
liver complications is what's cited, I also heard it's related to a bone marrow disease.
R.I.P.
Hip hop has not only lost a legend, but music in general. RIP Dilla
a lot of us put it on ya
some reside back from lavonia
conditions that made that there
are shared round here
some of my best homies produce along side jay dee
rest well
i spoke to med this afternoon... dude said dilla been sick for a minute... not could be done
i was hopin i wouldve seen him in miami this wmc... heard he was interested in comin...
damn
rip
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060210/NEWS11/60210012
Hip-hop producer Jay Dee dead at 32
BY KELLEY L. CARTER
FREE PRESS MUSIC WRITER
Hip-hop MC and producer J Dilla (also known as Jay Dee), a founding member of the Detroit rap outfit Slum Village, died Friday morning of kidney failure at his home in Los Angeles, officials at his record label said Friday evening.
Born James Yancey, the musician turned 32 last week. He was a champion of Detroit's urban music scene. When hip-hop was largely being dominated by the east and west coasts, he put a distinct Detroit sound on many national acts.
Earlier this week, he celebrated his birthday with a new album release, "Donuts.???
"Jay Dee was the man with the beats,??? said Mark Hicks, who has been on the hip-hop scene since the early ???90s and is a former manager of the group D12. Hicks got the word that Jay Dee died from Detroit rapper Proof, who sent him a message via his Blackberry.
???I remember when he was selling beats back in '95, ???96 for like 100 or 200 bucks," Hicks said. Beats are the instrumental tracks that form the backbone of hip-hop music.
"Everybody went to him. He was selective. Even back then, you could see him being a producer in the long run just on how he made the music. He took the artists and said, 'This is how you should lyrically say this.'
???He was a prodigy. If you saw him in the studio, it was like he was the man."
Jay Dee worked with artists including A Tribe Called Quest, Common, Erykah Badu, D???Angelo and Janet Jackson.
He recorded in Detroit, Los Angeles and New York. His latest album was on a British label, BBE Records.
In a statement, Peter Adarkwah, the founder of BBE Records, said he was deeply saddened to learn of his death. "Jay was one of my favorite hip-hop producers of all time. His passion for music was a rare thing amongst people in the music industry. His music and presence will be sorely missed for many years to come.???
BBE was to release Jay Dee???s "The Shining," a follow-up to 2001's "Welcome To Detroit" in June of this year.
"It's a hell of a loss,??? said Wayne Washington, who raps under the name Wayneeack X. ???He was talented with a capital T. His sound was hard, but there was feeling behind it. It had your head knocking, but it made you think too,"
Jay Dee rarely gave interviews, preferring to stay out of the spotlight. The music community knew, however, that he had health problems. Last year in an interview with the hip-hop magazine XXL, he denied reports that he had been in a coma, but said he spent two months in a hospital's ICU "with all types of tubes."
He told the magazine, "I went overseas for two weeks and was eating all this crazy ... food. As soon as I got back, I had the flu or something, and I had to check myself into the hospital." He said the doctors discovered that, "I had a ruptured kidney and was malnourished from not eating the right kind of food. It was real simple, but it ended with me being in the hospital."
Always the producer, he had a friend bring him a sound system and some vinyl so he could make beats in the hospital.
Denaun Porter, a sought-after producer in his own right, has said that Jay Dee influenced him to pursue his career. Like others who would go on to become members of Detroit's hip-hop elite, Porter was hanging out in the mid-1990s at the Hip Hop Shop. The clothing store on Detroit???s west side hosted open mic shows and became an epicenter of the city???s emerging hip-hop scene.
Porter said it wasn't until 1996 that he got serious about making music for a living. That's when he saw Jay Dee come to the shop in a money green Jaguar. "I never knew anybody that wasn't a drug dealer drive a car like that," Porter said. "I liked that life a little more."
Jay Dee's musical production came from humble beginnings. He started making beats on a tape deck. In 1992, Amp Fiddler taught him how to work an MPC-60, an electronic drum machine commonly used in R&B and hip-hop music. It was around 1988 that he formed Slum Village with Baatin and T3, friends from high school.
Even though he left the group after their first national album, (Fantastic Vol. 2, released in 2000), he remained friends with his former group members, and even produced later tracks for the group. Slum Village now consists of rappers Elzhi and T3. The duo are out of the country, and couldn???t immediately be reached for comment.
"Slum Village, man, they were doing their thing,?????? said Terry Scott of Tonya's Music, a mom-and-pop shop on Detroit's east side.
???He was a pretty hot producer here in Detroit, the first big thing to come out of Detroit as far as producers.
"He was very young. I met him a couple of times. He came in the shop. For a brother like that to die at a young age -- that's sad. This is a loss to Detroit."
Brian "B.Kyle" Atkins, a longtime documentarian of the hip-hop group the Roots, reported on the Stones Throw Records Web site that a memorial service will be Tuesday, Feb. 14, in Los Angeles. A Detroit service may be scheduled later.
Rest In PEACE Dilla