Six years ago today, hip-hop lost one of its most influential and iconic producers in J Dilla. His sea of production credits and solo work keep his memory alive and treasured with fans and artists alike.
To pay tribute to J Dilla, ?uestlove made a stop today at Hot 97 for a guest DJ spot and laid down some of the finest tracks James Yancey ever created. It’s well known that ?uestlove saw J Dilla as a mentor as well as a good friend. Here’s an excerpt of what The Roots drummer had to say to XXL Mag’s Adam Fleischer on why J Dilla is the best rap producer of all time.
“As far as our definition of hip-hop production is concerned—as far as making beats—[Dilla] is absolutely without peer. Many will come after him and surpass him and do even crazier tricks, but for what my eyes have seen in those short nine years that I’ve known him, that’s going to be a very tall order to live up to. It’s [been]…God, six years since he passed [and] I still use his beats as the energy power pellets to my Pacmanology, if you will.”
So sit down, listen up, ignore Funkmaster Flex's sirens and remember J Dilla.
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