What is so special about J. Dilla?

[S2J]

His work is like dirty minimalist abstract basement boom bap with a traces of jazz/soul..He also made some spaced out dark beats at times..Guess battling the lupus brought out some krazy shit at times

Some of his beats sound rich but skeletal with pockets perfect for a emcee to get their bars off

It sounds like Detroit ..best way eye can describe it..

You either like it or u don't..Most of dillas work is acquired taste save for the few commercial tracks he produced

Respect, but Imo its disrespectful to even have to explain it. Like he a ugly browd who u gotta explain her good personality or sum shit lol. Never heard a nigga explain Dr Dre's sound, or Pharell's sound. If his fuck ass dont like it, he dont like it

My favorite Dilla beat, Skyzoo spit over it for his tribute track. Utterly amazing


Some genius on YouTube loops all his beats for an hour. Fam im about to get so much work done over this. Might even be inspired to write

 

[nyst8ofmin]

its the way he produced. ive been into sample-based production for about 15 years now, and a good way to explain what i do is like this.... i take a small piece of a song (maybe 5 seconds), chop it up into pieces (like a puzzle) and then put the pieces back together in a way that makes it sound totally different then it did originally.

what dilla did was similar to that, but the way he chopped up his samples and put them back together, he was a visionary. he didnt folllow the rules and templates that most musicians follow. so it was fresh and different at a time when most hip hop production had a similar template. plus dilla was one of the first well known producers to not use quantize--to keep his beats sounding loose and maybe even very slightly off-beat. plus he also had a great understanding of sound. he knew how to mask sounds with other sounds.

 

[Cutler 26 INT's LOL!]

Think Twice >>>>

 

[king hassan]

The same can be said about any producer, from Dr Dre to Pete Rock to Preemo to Bang Em Smurf to Kanye to anybody producing, everybody got differents sounds and if you not into that particular sound then it's not for you.

 

[Colin$mackabi$h]

I first noticed the skills of dilla on busta it aint safe no more album. Because of him he had me interested in production at a young age.

 

[x the unknown]

u heard what pusha said on his album bout dilla

 

[_God_]

u heard what pusha said on his album bout dilla

I listened to pusha album and once again 0 replay value so I missed what he said

 

[StillFaggyAF]

he's a producer's producer

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Has TC heard OB4CL2? It's an album with production from Rza, Dr. Dre, Pete Rock, and Eric Sermon and J Dilla had the best beats on the album. That's saying something.

 

[_God_]

he's a producer's producer

U think he better than alchemist?

 

[StillFaggyAF]

he's a producer's producer

U think he better than alchemist?

yeah

 

[jono]

I like Alchemist but he can't see Dilla. Alc the GOAT white producer though.

 

[StillFaggyAF]

I like Alchemist but he can't see Dilla. Alc the GOAT white producer though.

Rick Rubin? Jake One?

 

[jono]

I like Alchemist but he can't see Dilla. Alc the GOAT white producer though.

Rick Rubin? Jake One?

Rick Rubin. I forgot he is white. Alc got Jake One

 

[_God_]

I like Alchemist but he can't see Dilla. Alc the GOAT white producer though.

Rick Rubin? Jake One?

Rick Rubin. I forgot he is white. Alc got Jake One

Alc got Rick Rubin too

 

[numbaz...80's baby]

Kush music

 

[_God_]

Kush music

Imma check him out now , good lookin fam