February 2012
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“They’re trying to make people think, cry, and bob their heads. These are old...”
– One of my favorite music writers, Jeff Weiss, in a great article on why Kendrick Lamar & Black Hippy are winning.
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putting together a sampler for jay.
Good luck Danny, we’re rooting for you!!!
dannyswain:
?uesto told me to put together an “arsenal” ‘cause he wants to hear more material.
What do you think i should include that would win him over? Past and present, but preferably post-Charm.
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our...”
– Mark Twain /// Innocents Abroad
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Johmbolaya This Is: In life, leave room for error... →
thisisjohnbook:
Watching extras from a recent Billy Connolly documentary he did on Route 66, and he’s talking about how he prefers to create things by doing only one take. Here’s the quote:
“I like to do one take, because I believe after one take, something is lost. It can be good, it can be technically…
Great quote…
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“Does Stones Throw have plans to release any more Dilla projects?
We always...”
– Peanut Butter Wolf, talking about unreleased Dilla in a recent Complex interview.
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Raphael Saadiq - “They Don’t Know You” ft. Common... →
beatsrhimesandlife:
Back in 2004, Raphael Saadiq opened his studio doors to Steve Spacek to produce an album for one of his sub labels. The album was supposed to be called Pookie Blue Room and it featured 10 songs produced by both Steve Spacek and Morgan Zarate with Raphael singing on all of them. It also featured guest appearances by Common, Q-Tip, Ledisi, and Sir Bentley. Anyhow the...
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JAY LOVES JAPAN TRAILER
More Dilla randomness for the diehards…
kingmost:
Still mystified by this. Is there any information on this video, besides it being from The Jay Loves Japan compilation which was never really given the full green light?
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“The truth is the most unlikely thing of all would be if no unlikely things...”
– Stanford physicist Leonard Susskind on the nature of miracles.
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Waajeed’s 10 Favorite J Dilla Sample Flips. →
c/o of EgoTripLand.com…
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“I’m steppin’ back and lookin’ at everything,” he says evenly. “I’m tryin’ to...”
– Dilla, from Chairman Mao’s 1996 Vibe piece on the young Jay Dee.
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one of 2 unreleased steve spacek and j dilla...
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“I asked Jay-Z one day what he thought I should do, and he told me, “Bet on...”
– No I.D. in a very enlightening interview with him from Complex. Seems like he’s even more of the man than we all thought.
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