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J Dilla
James Dewitt Yancey, better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, composer and rapper. He emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as a member of the group Slum Village. He was also a member of the Soulquarians, a musical collective active during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He additionally collaborated with Madlib as Jaylib, releasing the album Champion Sound. Yancey's final album was Donuts, which was released three days before his death. He was also known for producing The Pharcyde album Labcabincalifornia. Yancey died at the age of 32 from a combination of TTP and lupus. Although his life was short, he is considered to be one of the most influential producers in hip hop and popular music. J Dilla's music raised the artistic level of hip-hop production in Detroit. According to The Guardian, "His affinity for crafting lengthy, melodic loops peppered with breakbeats and vocal samples took instrumental hip-hop into new, more musically complex realms." From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Dilla) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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Don't Cry
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Won't Do E
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Workinonit
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So Far to Go (feat. Common (R. Lynn) and DAngelo (D. Archer) & D'Angelo) E
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Last Donut Of The Night

Albums

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Welcome 2 Detroit (Clean Version)

2021
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The Diary

2016
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The King of Beats (Batch #1)

2015
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Welcome 2 Detroit: The 20th Anniversary Edition

2021
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The King of Beats, Vol 2: Lost Scrolls (Instrumental)

2016
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The King of Beats (Batch #3)

2015
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Motor City

2017
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Dillatronic

2015
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Jay Dee a.k.a. King Dilla

2016
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The Diary (Instrumental)

2015

Singles & EPs

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Think Twice / E = Mc2 (feat. Common)

Single2019
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The Beat Generation 10th Anniversary Presents: Come Get It (Where You At)

Single2011
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The Shining EP2

Single2019
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The Beat Generation 10th Anniversary Presents: Jay Dee - Pause

Single2011
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Frank 'N' Dank And Jay Dee EP

EP2017
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The Lost Scrolls Vol. 1

EP2013

Videos

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J Dilla - Don't Cry

Cpilla 16K views
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J Dilla - Last Donut of the Night

Cpilla 6.2K views
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J Dilla Won't Do Original Samples

z0n3ish0t25K views
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J Dilla - Won't Do

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J Dilla - Anti-American Graffiti, Time | St. Louis Dance

tristanobeats786 views
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J Dilla - Welcome to the Show

Cpilla 1.7K views
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Dilla - Workinonit Tribute Video

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J Dilla - Flowers (Original Pitch) [Extended]

el choumas239K views
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J Dilla - Flowers (Instrumental)

𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔢 8.2M views
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J Dilla - Stop (Donuts)

Eli Porter681K views

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Soulful Instrumentals & Pensive Beats

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