Unreleased Jaylib? Hell yes! Originally recorded for their never-realized Sophomore album (which is briefly explained below). For the full story borrow your mom’s credit card and copMadlib’s Medicine Show No.11: Low Budget High Fi now.
The unofficial title of this album is Dirty Demos Selected by the Loop Digga, a reference to a fire which destroyed some of this album’s master tapes.
There is a gift and a curse with having to restore your iPod. Obviously it’s a pain in the ass to find and add all the music again, but it also gives you a chance to come across some shit you haven’t heard in awhile. Like today, I got to Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek’s respective discographies and decided to give Hi-Teknology² a spin. Such a dope album.
As a thank you for all the support, Stones Throw has released a free download version of Donut Shop. A six track project that features three previously unreleased Dilla instrumentals (Safety Dance x Sycamore x Bars & Twists) and three unreleased instrumental versions of Dilla’s production for Mos Def, Q-Tip & Busta Rhymes. All remastered by Elysian Masters.
Some ’95 sounds from the MC / DJ duo 1st Down comprised of an early J Dilla and Phat Kat, released on 12″ only (ignores the recently released CD version).
Courtesy of Kevin Nottingham, the Diggin’ In The Crates member takes on a few James Yancey instrumentals for this tribute to the fallen producer. Tracklist and link down bottom.
A radio rip of this dropped a cool minute ago, now here’s the CDQ (albeit clean) for everyone to enjoy. What appears to be the SV’s curtain call,. Villa Manifesto, drops July 27th.
Masta Ace. Dude has been in my top 5 for over a decade, and I’m confident he will stick to that same notch on my personal top 5 list for awhile. Having been in the game 22 years deep now, Ase One has shown and proven that he’s “the originator, with rhymes made of gold,” from 88′s The Symphony to 09′s Arts & Entertainment. Sittin’ On Chrome was Ace & Co.’s most commercially viable album and song (along with Born To Roll), sampling Eazy E’s Eazy Duz It. This particular remix was (re)constructed by Jay Dee for The Ummah, a production unit comprised of Dilla, Q-Tip & Ali Shaheed Muhammad of ATCQ.
While y’all wait for the (greatness that is) MSTRD to be released, here goes a little something something Ronnie did over J Dilla’s Ritmo Suave. And if for some reason you still haven’t, download Ketchup now and… catch up.