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Part Five includes more favorites of mine, this is the last installment since I could go all month dropping Dilla cuts.

Pause (from Welcome 2 Detriot) was probably the first time I “got it.” This was the song that showed me what every Dilla beat usually contains, obscure chops, neck snapping percussion, rich basslines, and did I mention the drums?! whew. Make Em NV is the same formula to perfection and his remix of Lucy Pearl made that song soo much better. Beauty Jackson was mixed so beautiful and its a real pleasure to listen to, plus Ghostface drops an ill short story about shorty he met at the bus stop. Beauty Jackson also displays Dilla ability to loop off numbered bars of songs, he did this for Q-Tip’s Move and Jaylib’s NowADayz.

Frank N Dank – Pause

J Dilla – Make Em NV

Ghostface – Beauty Jackson

Lucy Pearl – Without You (J Dilla Remix)

Part Four includes Get A Hold, which I loved to begin with, but enjoyed soo much more when I heard the sample he flipped to make that classic. Stakes Is High has a similar back story to how it earned my love but I feel it’s the best J Dilla track ever IMHO. E=MC² has the illest drums on a Common track and Ason Jones is so emotional that is HAS to move you.

Common – E=MC²

De La Soul – Stakes Is High (I wasn’t going to put the classics but I love this one too much)

A Tribe Called Quest – Get A Hold

Raekwon – Ason Jones

Part Three of my favorite J Dilla produced songs in tribute to his birthday and subsequent passing (today).

It’s Your World is such a great song, each verse tells a vivid story and was a great way to end BE. Won’t Do is relaxing, and never seems to get old or boring with that loop. I Must Love You was an instrumental I used to listen to a lot and Guilty did it justice. The Look of Love pt2 = Sexy (nhjic).

Common – It’s Your World

J Dilla – Won’t Do

Guilty Simpson – I Must Love You

J-88 (Slum Village) – Look of Love part II

Part Two of my favorite J Dilla produced songs in tribute to his birthday and subsequent passing.

The original version of The Red is crazy, when I first heard it I had to find out who it was by, nuff said. Africa is soo chill and its put together so well I wish it was longer! All Good is actually too short, that beat knocks, the bassline on it feels nice in every system I’ve heard it on, I dont even care that its like the 4th version of Look of Love he’s sampled. The Eve remix was my introduction to Steve Spacek and stands out as my favorite joint of his besides Dollar. *kanye shrug*

Jaylib – The Red (Original)

D’Angelo – Africa (Tell me Dilla had nothing to do with this, pshh)

Illa J – All Good

Spacek – Eve (J Dilla Remix)

Yesterday was the birthday of one of my favorite producers, unfortunately this week also will be the anniversary of his passing. So I will take the next couple of days to drop some of my favorite joints produced by him.

Slum Village – Untitled/Fantastic

The Pharcyde – She Said (J Dilla Remix)

Keith Murray – The Rhyme (J Dilla Remix)

Slum Village – 2U4U (Original Mix)