Phife – Nutshell
After the sad passing of Phife from A Tribe Called Quest, who was working on a solo project at the time of his death, his family has decided to see […]
Tag Archives: Dilla
Daryl Donald: Kept
Growing up, my Hip Hop producer heroes were guys like DJ Premier, The Bombsquad, Q Tip, Pete Rock, and others along that line. I dug DJ Shadow’s production, always thought […]
House Shoes – The King James Version
Big Ups alumni, DJ, and producer House Shoes is at it again. He brings us over 75 minutes of original Dilla samples put together and seamlessly crafted for a project […]
The Dilla Record Saga Part 2
Since writing my story yesterday about Royal Oak’s UHF record store finding a part of J.Dilla’s record collection and selling it, I’ve read a plethora of negative comments about what […]
Detroit Area Record Store Gets Dilla’s Records
We all dig for records. Record stores dig as well, but they also buy collections. Some, like the TV show Auction Hunters acquire storage units full of stuff, just to […]
Posthumous Dilla feat. Phat Kat: Detroit Madness
I tell you what, Ma Dukes aka Maureen Yancey has to be the hardest working Hip Hop Mom in history. More than a year ago she announced that a posthumous […]
DJ Mehdi – Loukoums
By now you all have heard about the untimely death of French DJ/Producer and Ed Banger staple DJ Mehdi at 34 years young. Peanut Butter Wolf released this today via […]
14KT: 14 Killa Tape
I get thousands of emails a week. Emails from every Tom, Dick, and Harry with a demo in his pocket who is promoting a new dance craze themed song, Ladies […]
Flea Market Funk 