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Judging by how often his music is continuously played by djs and vinyl mavens around the world, it’s hard to believe that five years have passed since J.Dilla‘s death.  While there has been an abundance of his unreleased music that’s found it’s way to our playlists, Dilla‘s mother, known affectionately as Ma Dukes, is planning [...]

A pair of slip mats that would make a hip hop Homer Simpson proud for sure… AND unreleased Dilla tracks?!  Check out the details below. Serato and Stones Throw have teamed with the J Dilla Estate for the official J Dilla Serato release, Donut Shop. This is 2 discs with six J Dilla tracks, 2 [...]

I feel like ‘best of’ lists are a bit overrated – everyone ends up putting on their bad ass hats and bitching about the placement of the exact same 10 albums within the list.  Instead of boring you all with a bunch of diatribe and bullshit, I’d rather show you exactly what has been keeping [...]

What can I say?  I have damn good taste in music, although I am rather surprised to see Drake on the top of the list as he hasn’t released anything new in a few months.  I think this is the first year ever that another artist has consistently knocked Jay out of the most listened [...]

“If people could open their minds,” Baatin told The Times in 2000, “they could see a broader perspective of hip-hop instead of categorizing it as 95-beats-per-minute, loud snares and muffled samples. . . . It could be anything.” – Baatin, 2000. Slum Village has been one of the most prolific musical acts in my existence.  [...]

I would think that most of my pop lemons out there would probably be in Twitter, probably would have witnessed some of the back & forth dialogue between @houseshoes and @charleshamilton, but if not, there’s a great synapsis here via RappersIKnow.com.  Poor J Dilla.  All of this drama for no reason and all because of [...]

“In anticipation of the new J Dilla record, Jay Stay Paid, out June 2nd on Nature Sounds, Okayplayer got the chance to chop it up with none other than Mrs. Yancey, aka “Ma Dukes.” Despite her recent diagnosis with Lupus, a disease that contributed to her son’s untimely departure, and ongoing estate woes (which OKP [...]