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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. 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." In particular, his approach to drum programming, with its loose, or "drunk" style that eschews the use of quantization, has been influential on producers and drummers. 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)

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Don't Cry

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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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Won't Do E

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Last Donut Of The Night

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Welcome 2 Detroit (Clean Version)

Album • 2021

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Motor City

Album • 2017

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Dillatronic

Album • 2015

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Welcome 2 Detroit: The 20th Anniversary Edition

Album • 2021

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Jay Dee a.k.a. King Dilla

Album • 2016

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The Diary (Instrumental)

Album • 2015

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J Dilla's Delights, Vol. 1

Album • 2017

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The Diary

Album • 2016

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Frank 'N' Dank And Jay Dee EP

EP • 2017

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The King of Beats, Vol 2: Lost Scrolls

Album • 2016

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Think Twice / E = Mc2 (feat. Common)

2019

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The Shining EP2

2019

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

2011

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

2011

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If this instrumental showed up for you it’s a sign , Take it

Loopy Luh • 594K views

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J Dilla - Last Donut of the Night

Cpilla • 5.6K views

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If this found you , you might be that guy

Loopy Luh • 18K views

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J Dilla - Don't Cry

Cpilla • 15K views

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the average rapper can't flow on this type beat

prod.crashoutwago • 8.3K views

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This beat has found you for a reason

BBGLOS • 217K views

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Dilla - Workinonit Tribute Video

jnice2b • 100K views

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

tristanobeats • 725 views

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Won’t Do

J Dilla • 335K views

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J Dilla - Flowers (Original Pitch) [Extended]

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Soulful Instrumentals & Pensive Beats

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