J. Dilla

Music Journalism 

Music Book Club Launches This Sunday

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Ann Powers, Dan Charnas, Danyel Smith, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm, DJ Tamara Palmer, J. Dilla, Music Book Club, Pamela Des Barres, Substack

Highly anticipated new interactive online series kicks off with Dilla Time’s Dan Charnas

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Dance Funk Remembrance Soul 

Detroit Soul Innovator Amp Fiddler Gone at 65

December 18, 2023February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Amp Fiddler, Bootsy Collins, Derrick May, Detroit, George Clinton, Gilles Peterson, J. Dilla, Joseph Fiddler, Moodymann, Parliament-Funkadelic, RIP, Theo Parrish

The renowned funk keyboardist was a staple of modern Motor City soul

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Funk jazz 

Vein Melter: Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters at 50

October 25, 2023October 26, 2023 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1973, 2Pac, 50th anniversary, Bennie Maupin, Bill Summers, Chameleon, Columbia Records, Digable Planets, Harvey Mason, Head Hunters, Herbie Hancock, J. Dilla, Miles Davis, Nas, Paul Jackson, Sly and the Family Stone, Vein Melter, Watermelon Man

Reflecting on the groundbreaking jazz-funk odyssey from the visionary keyboardist

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Hip Hop 

Hip-Hop Still Runs On Dilla Time

August 9, 2022August 8, 2022 Michaelangelo Matos 1 Comment Books, Dan Charnas, Dilla, Dilla Time, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm, Hip-hop, J. Dilla, James Yancey, Janet Jackson, Jay Dee, Q-Tip, Slum Village

In a new biography, author Dan Charnas dissects the soul of the gifted and complicated Detroit beat guru

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Soul 

Analog Girl In A Digital World: Mama’s Gun at 20

November 19, 2020November 21, 2020 Marcus K. Dowling 0 Comments 2000, Aaliyah, Andre 3000, Andre Benjamin, Bag Lady, Destiny’s Child, Doesn’t Really Matter, Dr. Dre, Erykah Badu, He Wasn’t Man Enough, Hot Boyz, J. Dilla, Janet Jackson, Jumpin’ Jumpin’, Mama’s Gun, Missy Elliott, Ms. Jackson, Toni Braxton, Try Again

Erykah Badu’s eternal soul classic still grounds us two decades later

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Hip Hop Rap 

Once Upon A Time: Fantastic Vol. 2 at 20

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Baatin, Detroit, Fantastic Vol. 2, J. Dilla, Jay Dee, Slum Village, T3

Looking back at the album that introduced Slum Village to the world at large

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