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James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer and rapper.He emerged during 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.
Oct 3, 2016 · Taken from Jay Dee / J Dilla's debut album 'Welcome To Detroit', available on vinyl, CD and digital formats here: https://www.bbemusic.com/downloads/welcome-...
Feb 7, 2012 · J Dilla.Jay Dee.James Yancey. One man, many aliases. But no matter how you chose to address him, there was no debating his genius. From his solo material, to his work with Slum Village and later ...
His original stage name was Jei D. In 1992 ( R&S Records ), [2] under the stage name JayDee, he released "Plastic Dreams", [1] which reached number-one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song, an instrumental, featured a prominent Hammond organ -style synthesizer melody, [1] played in a jazzy, improvised manner.
Feb 1, 2022 · 34. “Won’t Do,” J Dilla. “ Won’t Do ” is the final song on The Shining, the album that occupied most of Dilla’s attention during the final year of his life (though Donuts was and ...
Feb 14, 2006 · Jay Dee's 2001 solo CD: 'It's Like That'. Detroit musician James Yancey -- also known as J Dilla and Jay Dee -- was one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists, working for big ...
Aug 1, 2010 · The future of underground hip-hop is starting to sound a lot like the heavier, more blown-out moments of Jay Dee's once-alienating circa-2002 psychedelic experimentation, manifested through analog ...
Feb 1, 2022 · The life story of James Dewitt Yancey—the influential hip-hop producer from Detroit who rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s first as Jay Dee and later as J Dilla—is ...
Feb 9, 2023 · Carson was shopping beats on behalf of Jay Dee, whom many of us in the hip-hop business had come to revere for his tracks with De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, the Pharcyde, and Busta Rhymes, and ...
In 2001, Dilla became a solo artist and officially changed his name from Jay Dee to J Dilla in order to avoid confusion with producer/rapper Jermaine Dupri, who is also known as J.D.
