false 2022-11-16 14:02:38 Jay Love Japan 2016 2016-05-06 2016-05-06 28 Hip Hop Instrumental Hip Hop 127974 2201895 b179ad2d-1dde-45a0-826f-789f28a6db9e cbcbb22c-3a8d-46af-b4ba-09c98f0d7931 3157fa46-5113-3b94-b199-fa1679d649f8 J Dilla AlbumArtist J Dilla Artist J Dilla J Dilla 1 Can’t You See 02:06 2 Sun in My Face 03:14 3 In the Streets 03:06 4 Oh Oh 03:08 5 Say It 02:54 6 Lucy 02:35 7 First Time 02:56 8 Red Light 02:16 9 Outro 00:22 10 Yesterday 01:11 11 Believe in God 02:03 12 The Look 02:22 James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer and rapper. He emerged during the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as a member of the group Slum Village. He was also a member of the Soulquarians, a musical collective active during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Yancey died at the age of 32 from a combination of TTP and lupus. Although his life was short, he is considered one of the most influential producers in hip hop and popular music. J Dilla's music raised the artistic level of hip-hop production in Detroit. According to The Guardian, "His affinity for crafting lengthy, melodic loops peppered with breakbeats and vocal samples took instrumental hip-hop into new, more musically complex realms." In particular, his approach to drum programming, with its loose, or "drunk" style that experimented with non-standard quantization, has been influential on producers and drummers.