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February 09, 2007
Events. Dilla Dawg!
Events. Dilla Dawg! Come celebrate the life, the music, the magic of the man - jay dee aka jay dilla aka Mr. Make-them-speakers-pop. Tomorrow night (Feb 10) we're rocking out at Galapagos with special guest Pharoahe Monch. It's going to be bananas. You have to come by if you're in the New York area. Ah - scratch that - if you're in the tri-state area come on by. It's going to be a spectacular event. Big shout to our fam Rare Form, Stones Throw, Wax Poetics, Brooklyn Bodega, Okayplayer, and Miss Nelch.
Also, be sure to check out Dilla's upcoming re-release, Ruff Draft! As described on Stones Throw: "These self-produced tracks make up one of the late J Dilla’s least known works. Released on vinyl only in February 2003 by Dilla’s own newly-formed Mummy Records and distributed by the German label Groove Attack, this sought-after release remains elusive and virtually unknown to the casual Dilla fan. In retrospect, Ruff Draft proved to mark a turning point in Dilla’s career. He spent the ’90s making a name for himself as an all-around, top-notch hip-hop producer. First arriving on the scene with his own group Slum Village in his native Detroit, Dilla would establish himself throughout the decade on classic tracks for A Tribe Called Quest, Common, The Pharcyde and De La Soul, eventually branching out to work with a variety of heavy-hitters in hip-hop and R&B, from Busta Rhymes and The Roots to D’Angelo and Erykah Badu."
Posted by taj at February 9, 2007 11:39 AM