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Time: The Donut of the Heart – J Dilla's Masterpiece Turns 20
We break down the myth-making and pathos of Dilla’s magnum opus on the 20th anniversary of its release.
Feb 4
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Elmattic
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Champion Sounds: Onra’s 10 Favorite Dilla Flips
David Ma links with Onra to get the list of his 10 favorite Dilla sample flips – from Busta Rhymes to Common and A Tribe Called Quest.
Mar 18, 2025
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David Ma
An Interview With Slum Village DJ Dez Andres
Gautham Nagesh speaks to the hip-hop and house music veteran about the impact of J Dilla, posthumous recognition, building a community and more.
Jul 14, 2024
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Gautham Nagesh
Bass Clarinet Boom Bap
Chris Robinson explores hip-hop's history of sampling the bass clarinet and finds a grab bag of eleven tracks featuring the big licorice’s luscious…
Nov 18, 2022
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Chris Robinson
At the Speeds of Life
Both DJ Screw and J Dilla biographies make the persuasive argument that the work of each producer was a combination of specific, unique genius, and of…
May 17, 2022
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Jeff Weiss
An Interview With Dan Charnas, Author of the New Book 'Dilla Time'
In his new book, Dan Charnas takes a deep dive into J Dilla's singular genius as an inventor of completely new rhythmic structures.
Feb 3, 2022
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L Gamble
POW Premiere: Phat Kat's "It Don't Get No Liver Than This"
POW premieres the latest track from Phat Kat's 'Carte Blanche' reissue, "It Don't Get No Liver Than This."
Jun 19, 2018
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Passion Weiss
"I’ll Forego All that Shit if J Dilla Was Still with Us": An Interview with B+
Lara Gamble chats with legendary rap photographer B+ about his many stories shooting rap's biggest names.
Feb 20, 2018
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L Gamble
London Inspiration: BBE 20 Years Later
Joel Biswas talks to BBE Records founder Pete Adarkwah about how a party turned into one of the U.K.'s best indie labels.
Sep 8, 2016
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Joel Biswas
The Rap Up: Week Of April 8
Offset gets targeted by law enforcement, Fabolous continues to misspell "Fabulous," Conway puts on a balaclava, and more!
Apr 11, 2016
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Torii MacAdams
The Rap-Up: Week of Feb. 19th
New old Kanye, another consistent Spitta Andretti tape, a new project from Ras G, and more.
Feb 18, 2016
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Torii MacAdams
A Look At Dillatronic: Dilla's Posthumous Electronic Beats Comp.
41 "Rare" instrumentals being released by Ma Dukes and Vintage Vibez Music Group.
Oct 26, 2015
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Jeff Weiss
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