Gotta get it together for brothers Gotta get it together for sisters For mothers and fathers and dead niggas… Not ten seconds into A Tribe Called Quest’s latest […]
The Next Movement: The Roots' Things Fall Apart, Revisited
Things Fall Apart, the 1999 masterpiece from The Roots, opens with a clip of dialogue from Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues, wherein a trumpet player (Denzel Washington) is […]
LIVE: The 9th Annual DC Loves Dilla Concert and Fundraiser [DC]
Photos: Victoria Ford/Sneakshot The Howard Theatre was the place to be last Thursday night to celebrate the life and legacy of James “J Dilla” Yancey. This year’s line […]
MUSIC: J Dilla – Give Em What They Want
Similar to his Madlib project, the unfinished album The Diary was planned to be a producer roundtable which would have Dilla collaborating with some of his favorite producers. […]
LIVE: NYC’s 8th Annual Donuts Are Forever Fundraiser
The first annual Donuts Are Forever Fundraiser took place in New York City after James ‘J Dilla’ Yancey’s death. Arguably the first annual tribute to his death, in […]
LIVE: Philly Loves Dilla Photo Recap and Interview with George Lawrence of gL Productions
Coming off of his successful Philly Loves Dilla party –you can see the photos above. We recently caught up with Philadelphia promoter George Lawrence of gL Productions […]
Dilla Month: Interview with Stacey Wilson for Philly Loves Dilla
Stacey ‘Flygirrl’ Wilson is one of the rare breed of people whose existence helps shapes the fabric of a city. From her art to the events that she […]
INTERVIEW: Back to Love and Compassion with Brother Ali
The idealist part of me died circa 2003 while living in Southern California after returning from a year in Japan. Hip-Hop? It was something, which as one of […]
PLAY: The J Dilla Toy
This week, a few pictures of a J Dilla Toy popped up on Tumblr, seemingly out of nowhere. Not much is known about the toy, which is modeled […]
LIVE: Donuts Are Forever 6, Brooklyn Bowl
Photos by Sneakshot. Every year, Donuts Are Forever becomes a mecca for Dilla fans to pay respect to the fallen producer, who passed away 6 years ago. Like […]