Two blocks away from his Harlem home, 88-Keys sits back and recalls the day Q-Tip introduced him to a little detroiter named Jay-Dee during a Beats, Rhymes and Life recording session. Back in 1994, Dilla hadn’t accomplished much yet, but somehow skillz recognized skillz, and 88 gave him a beat-tape with his beeper number on it…
NB : if you’re from Newark and remember jacking this guy’s backpack in the mid-90′s, you might be the owner of the greatest Dilla beat-tapes collection ever. Unless you recorded some bad boy shit on them or just threw these no-rap tapes away.
Again, Gasface FTW!
woah imagine having those beattapes
1 said this on January 2nd, 2010 at 10:19 am
RIP DILLA…and 88keys get back to work!!!
bruceleeroy said this on January 2nd, 2010 at 12:09 pm
I thought 88 was from Long Island..
Nap said this on January 2nd, 2010 at 12:42 pm
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Wow…I didn’t know 88 had been around since back then.
soneerokz said this on January 2nd, 2010 at 9:30 pm
1: Those beat tapes were out of this world dude.
bruceleeroy: a. You forgot my hyphen b. I am (which is why I haven’t updated/posted on Twitter, my blog or website in about 4 months). I’m back in the lab.
Nap: My bios are somewhat misleading; I was born & raised in the Bx, moved to LI in ’90 (or ’91) then got kicked out of my parents’ home & moved to Newark (a.k.a. Brick City) around ’96 or so. And, to clear up any discrepancies, I was still living with my parent’s when the late/great ‘Dilla & I met.
soneerokz: Yep! Made my “professional debut” (a.k.a sold my first beat) in ’97; Network Repz – “Dos Collabo (Hip Hop’s Delight) ft. Bahamadia & L-Fudge. This was RIGHT before the Rawkus era of hip hop.
Shouts to 2dopeboyz & NahRight. My sources for keeping me informed & (somewhat) still relevant. Thank you & thank you all! Now… Back to work on this beat. Check my time stamp yo. :P
88-Keys said this on January 2nd, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Oh damn. Convert my time stamp to EST. This should actually read: January 3rd, 2010 at 2:04 am. I’m up working bangin’ out new music for y’all. Trust! Peace!
88-Keys said this on January 2nd, 2010 at 11:01 pm
geek the fuck down!
geek down said this on January 3rd, 2010 at 4:28 am
hey yes, i’m wondering what this jay dee’s voicemail “88 keys geek down” is all about…
Alisha World said this on January 3rd, 2010 at 6:05 am
geek down: Ignorance is not bliss I assure you. I’m one of the few fortunate people to have met him & known him before The Creator took him back to paradise. Friends (& even siblings) sometimes get into it but at the end of the day all is well & peace is restored. Jaydee was my friend as well as one of my inspirations. Shouts to Ma Dukes, Common, Erykah, Frank-N-Dank, Que D. (‘Dilla’s cousin) & “Bobo” Lamb (‘Dilla’s brother).
Alisha World: “Long story” (but not really). I’ll tell all one day via my I Heart My Polo Lifestyle blog post when I’m ready to ‘resurface from the trenches’. Stay tuned!
88-Keys said this on January 3rd, 2010 at 9:07 am
88 knows damn well what “geek down” refers to, no one’s ignorant here.
Fourserious said this on January 10th, 2010 at 10:18 pm
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yo isnt 88 from long island? why is he reppin other shit?
Fcuk_88 said this on April 1st, 2010 at 9:35 pm