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NO KNOWS DOPE | AUGUST 20X

Okay so, thus far we have had NKD’s on some str8 up heat to kick start it all, then Dilla, then Beats, then Love , then Stereolab, then Portishead, then we had last months double NKD for Stevie & for this month I had to go with my man Busa Busss!! So many people sleep on Busta Rhymes! I never see him any ANNNNNNNNNNNYBODYS top 10 or top 20 for that matter. I had to dead that by doing a No Knows Busta. 60 pinche tracks! & even THAT was narrowed down. These are just my all time favorite Busta songs of all time. The others will be saved for a sequel somewhere down the road, but for now I think these will suffice. If you’ve always thought like me… then this is FOR YOU! If you sittin’ there reading this like… “really No? Busta?” then stick yo’self Pretty Tony & hit the jump to DL like yesterday!! (my bad for the 1 day delay)

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J DILLA – DONUT SHOP (FREE EP)

Stones Throw comes through today blessing the world with goodness. Here’s the posthumous Donut Shop EP from the great Jay Dee aka J Dilla, containing some cool things including the instrumentals to Q-Tip’s ‘Move’, Mos Def’s ‘History’, the Safety Dance track that dropped a few months ago, and a few others. But I’ve said too much, you can check out Bars & Twists and then hit the direct download from Stones Throw. Partake!

Tags: J DILLA, JAY DEE, Stones Throw

SLUM VILLAGE – LOCK IT DOWN

Nothing like some new S Villa over some J Dilla! July 27th is the release date for the groups final album together (Villa Manifesto) & this will be on it.  Jedi Respecognition to the homies over @ Clout for the hook!

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LONG LIVE DILLA, LONG LIVE THE VILLA!

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Tags: BAATIN, Clout, ELZHI, J DILLA, JAY DEE, SLUM VILLAGE, T3

A VERY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO J DILLA

FULL SCREEN The Sounds of VTech / Suite for Ma Dukes in Cedar Falls

A year ago, conductor Jason Weinberger heard Suite for Ma Dukes for the first time.  A long time fan of J. Dilla, Weinberger’s first thought when he heard the music was that he needed to find a way to perform Miguel Atwood-Ferugon’s “stunning reinventions of Dilla’s music.”  ”I’m always looking for ways to open up the traditional orchestra experience to new things anyway, so this seemed very natural.”
After a quick Google search, Jason found Miguel and sent him a message to see if there was anyway to get the Dilla pieces in front of one of the orchestras he worked with.  A few months later they met in LA and connected over Dilla, Flying Lotus, and Lutoslawski, and the rest is history.
Earlier this year, Miguel Atwood-Ferugon and the Mochilla Team flew out to Cedar Falls, Iowa to witness J. Dilla’s music being performed as part of the WCFSO’s (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra) tribute to Great American Composers.  The evening had Dilla’s music performed alongside legends Duke Ellington and William Grant Still.
“As the person responsible for programming the concert, I probably don’t have to explain how exciting it was for me to find myself performing Dilla’s music with the WCFSO.  Even more gratifying, though, were other aspects of the evening – feeling the connections emerge between Dilla and his predecessors William Grant Still and Duke Ellington, taking the orchestra outside of its comfort level and in process to a whole other level of music making, and especially offering our audience the opportunity to abandon preconceptions and discover something special.  In the words of one listener in attendance that night, ‘the music was beyond interesting, especially the movements from Suite for Ma Dukes by J. Dilla…’ we were swept along enjoying sound adventures we never could have imagined that we would enjoy.” – Jason Weinberger
Watch as this video takes you on a sound adventure and witness the magic of Dilla’s music performed on what would have been the eve of his 36th birthday to a sold out audience.  The standing ovation Miguel received was testament not only to the beauty of his work on Dilla’s music, but the power of music.  Sounds ability to open ears, minds, and hearts.
“I think Dilla would have been proud of that.” – Jason Weinberger

Turn It Up!!

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NO KNOWS DOPE | MAY 20X

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Awwwwwwwwwww gyeah sun! I’m getting out my dreams! Okay so we’ve tackled str8 up heat to kick start it all, then Dilla, then Beats, then Love & now S T E R E O L A B ! ! ! This also like my Dilla tribute has been in the making for some time (since 07). My good friends Andrew Baker, Kenny Chen, Dert & myself share a love for Stereolab like no other. A favorite group of influential freshmakers as well from Gilles Peterson to  ?uestlove to J Dilla. Members Tim Gane (guitar/keyboards) , Lætitia Sadier (vocals/keyboards/guitar), & Andy Ramsay (drums) stepped on the scene back in 1990 straight outta London England. They have had many members come & go since then including Mary Hansen (backing vocals/ keyboards/ guitar), who joined the group in 1992, ten years before her accidental death. I had the pleasure of catching them last year for the first time live & it was phenomenal. Like the No Knows Dilla, this one was just as difficult to compile but I think after 4 years of debating on certain tracks to stay on or be taken off I have narrowed it down to (IMO) the best of the best that makes me love this “groop” so much. Heat spanning from across their vast discography, collaborations, live versions, remixes & rarities … yeah… this is the one! I hope you all eNjOy as much as I do.

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Tags: BUSTA RHYMES, COMMON, DERT, J DILLA, JAY DEE, Jazzanova, MANIC STREET PREACHERS, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, STEREOLAB, THE HIGH LLAMAS, THE ROOTS, THURSTON MOORE, Zero 7

NEW J DILLA!!!

Well… sort of. I mean new if you ain’t heard it. New if you got it but ain’t seen it here. New if you have no idea wtf I’m talkin’ bout. The song has been on my Tumblr for like 2 weeks or so. But it wasn’t on Blind I & I had to rectify that right quick. If you haven’t heard Stones Throw is going to release (they already taking pre orders… so good luck on gettin one) a special J Dilla Serato Package that will include never before heard Dilla beats & instrumentals, some slip mats & an all around dope design package.

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Tags: J DILLA, JAMES YANCEY, JAY DEE

NO KNOWS DOPE | FEB 20X

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This has been some years in the making. I have been wanting to dedicate my Feb NKD‘s to Jay Dee since I started doing NKD but it’s always been so difficult to pick n choose my favorite songs from my favorite artist, in this case it being Mr.Yancey himself. I literally sat there and debated heavily over some heaters & had to narrow it down to 40 of my most loved Dilla beats of all time. True Dilla fans should have the majority of this months edition, however like I said, I took my all time faves & put em in one home. Some – the actual songs, some – just the beats. This is for the faithfuls, so with that being said there isn’t a back cover this month. No track list either. It’s ALL DILLA PRODUCED! So from here on out… get used to Feb being like this.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES DEWITT “MC SILK | JAY DEE | J DILLA | DILLA DOGG | DIL WITHERS” YANCEY!!!

Today we celebrate the birth and amazing career of the G.O.A.T. Jay Dee (J Dilla) born James Dewitt Yancey. Every year I have been making these posts & it still is crazy to me, but let’s not even go there… instead let’s all celebrate the life & musical career of a musical legend that many of were blessed to watch & listen to his growth. He changed the game with his many styles & approach. He made everyone around him work much harder because of his dedication to the basement. He will forever hold a special place in all our hearts & ears as well as history. D2S homie DJ Haylow made this video montage of Dilla as well as the 1st  Dilla tribute mix he did that you can grab after the jump! LONG LIVE DILLA!!

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Tags: DISTORTION 2 STATIC, DJ Haylow, J DILLA, JAMES DEWITT YANCEY, JAY DEE

NO KNOWS DOPE | JAN 20X

New month. New year. New decade. New NKD. New cover scheme. New sounds. Knew sounds. It’s what you’ve come to expect & then some. List of tracks & DL after the bounce, rock, sk8…

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NO KNOWS DOPE – OCTOBER 2009

…& ya just don’t stop… back like a bad dream like I never left…Ya kNOw what time it cuz you iz da faithful… why I am typing “ghett-right”? I have no idea.  Anyways, this one goes out to all the purists of sound & the respecognition of listening to an album from beginning to end. If a track had to much damn dead space @ the end of a track I took that batch out. If a song was dope as fuck in a mix that I loved I got that schitt up in this piece! You don’t play when it comes to your NKD & therefore I vow to never play either.

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I send no apologies for this months edition of NKD. It is – what it is (male quote of the century) “of course my goons is astounding, niqqa I used the Auto-Tune™ because I’m clownin’!”

Track List & DL after the bounce, rock, roller-sk8…

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