false 2022-11-18 10:39:05 The Diary 2016 2016-04-15 2016-04-15 37 Hip Hop Instrumental Instrumental Hip Hop 127974 2262549 0d084cb7-60fd-40ba-a51d-8d8e90c88854 cbcbb22c-3a8d-46af-b4ba-09c98f0d7931 628c8611-b8b8-4203-a96e-c0feb8714a21 J Dilla AlbumArtist J Dilla Artist J Dilla J Dilla 1 The Introduction 03:16 2 The Anthem 02:47 3 Fight Club 02:24 4 The Shining, Pt. 1: Diamonds 02:53 5 The Shining, Pt. 2: Ice 01:09 6 Trucks 03:41 7 Gangsta Boogie 03:18 8 Drive Me Wild 02:23 9 Give Them What They Want 02:28 10 The Creep (The O) 02:50 11 The Ex 03:32 12 So Far 02:17 13 Fuck the Police 02:34 14 The Diary 01:27 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.