If you’re following me on Tumblr (or Twitter at least) then you already know I posted 5 on-the-fly mini-mixes of Dilla’s work in honor of his birthday (one was pushed to today). In the tragic event you missed any of this, here they all are, in order, with (gasp!) tracklistings. Enjoy.
PART I: Phat Kat “Don’t Nobody Care About Us”, Q-Tip “Wait Up”, Four Tet “As Serious As Your Life (Jay Dee Remix)”, Oh No “Move”, J Dilla feat. Black Thought “Reality Check”, J Dilla feat. Common “E=MC2″, A Tribe Called Quest “Get A Hold”, MED “Push”, De La Soul “Verbal Clap”, Slum Village feat. Q-Tip “Hold Tight (Remix)”.
PART II: Janet Jackson “Got ‘Til It’s Gone (Ummah Jay Dee Remix)”, Busta Rhymes “So Hardcore”, Slum Village “I Don’t Know”, A Tribe Called Quest feat. Jay Dee “That Shit”, J Dilla “Give It Up”, De La Soul “Much More”, Busta Rhymes “Woo-Hah (Jay Dee Bounce Remix)”, Keith Murray “The Rhyme (Remix)”.
PART III: J Dilla “Make Em NV”, Bilal feat Mos Def & Common “Reminisce”, Mos Def feat. Talib Kweli “History”, The Roots “Can’t Stop This”, De La Soul feat. Mos Def & Truth Enola “Stakes Is High (Remix)”, Common feat Q-Tip, Erykah Badu & Pharrell “Come Close (Remix)”
PART IV: A Tribe Called Quest feat. Faith Evans & Consequence “Stressed Out”, Pharcyde “Something That Means Something”, J Dilla “Let’s Take It Back”, Akrobatik feat. Talib Kweli “Put A Stamp On It”, Slum Village “Eyes Up”, Talib Kweli “Stand To The Side”, Common “The Light”.
PART V: J Dilla feat. Guilty Simpson & Madlib “Baby”, Slum Village “Fall In Love”, Common “Nag Champa”, Dwight Trible “Antiquity”, Spacek “Dollar”, J Dilla “Think Twice”.
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