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J Dilla: Donuts
Genre: Music, Hip-Hop
Recommended By: Grifter
Rating: Required
If you think of hip–hop producers, every legend is going to name a legend of their own starting up, and I’m going to bet James Yancy, a.k.a. Jay Dee, a.k.a. J Dilla, will be dropped a number of times. Seeing something a while back about the evolution of hip–hop, I think it was Busta that said it best, “You go out there and ask any hip–hop producer in the game who their favorite producer is, and they’re gonna tell you J Dilla. He was a producer’s producer.” That was the first time I ever heard Dilla referenced like that, but it definitely wouldn’t be my last.
Find More Information: Stones Throw Records, The Fader, Wikipedia: Donuts, Wikipedia: J Dilla
Viva La Hova
Genre: Music, Hip-Hop, Mash-Ups
Recommended By: jonny.gotham
Rating: 7/10
Viva La Hova is a mash–up compilation of tracks by Jay–Z and Coldplay. Created by DJ Mick Boogie and Terry Urban, this mix had amazing support (and production work) by both artists and a host of guest producers to create a surprisingly good final album that even made a small mark at the Grammy’s with Coldplay’s performance with Jay–Z.
Find More Information: Viva La Hova Site, Video of Lost, Part 1, The Source Magazine Review