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J Dilla
OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. J Dilla runs through 9 of them, 3 that take them as the subject and 6 more where they surface inside someone else's story. They appear most often alongside Slum Village, A Tribe Called Quest and Common.
Shows about J Dilla
J Dilla's production DNA
J Dilla's un-quantized drums from Detroit create a breathing pocket that reshapes hip-hop, a sound Slum Village champions and A Tribe Called Quest expands.
Featuring Workinonit · Don't Cry
Dilla's Donuts: Sampled Legacies
J Dilla's 2006 'Donuts' redefines sampling with unquantized beats and intricate chops, standing as a poignant farewell letter crafted under duress.
Featuring Dillatronic 35 · Motor City 17 · Thunder
Dilla: The Art of Disguise
J Dilla's production genius lies in his art of disguise, meticulously transforming samples from Les McCann to Pink Floyd into new sonic narratives on 'Donuts'.
Featuring Workinonit · Don't Cry · Two Can Win
Shows where J Dilla appears
Dilla's Unquantized Legacy
From sampling Kool & The Gang to his unquantized beats with Slum Village, J Dilla's radical sound on Welcome 2 Detroit shapes hip-hop's future, from Kanye West to Larry June.
1 of 8 tracks — Don't Cry
Dilla Time: Rhythm Redefined
J Dilla's "quantize off" technique on the MPC3000 gave hip-hop a humanized, "drunk" feel, a rhythmic revolution on par with Armstrong that shaped A Tribe Called Quest to Flying Lotus.
3 of 8 tracks — Workinonit · Waves
Dilla Time: Off The Grid
J Dilla's off-grid timing and "uncanny" sample chops on "Workinonit" redefine hip-hop's swing, building on Pete Rock's legacy to shape neo-soul and producers like Madlib.
3 of 8 tracks — Workinonit · B.B.E. (Big Booty Express)
Soul-Loop Roots: Dilla to Foreign Ex
From J Dilla's Donuts to Slum Village, Common, Little Brother, and Kanye West, a generation of hip-hop built its soulful, sample-driven sound on an off-kilter swing.
1 of 10 tracks — Don't Cry
808: The Beat That Built Worlds
Deemed 'unrealistic' in 1980, the Roland TR-808's synthetic pulse became Detroit's engine, shaping Juan Atkins' techno, Inner City's dance, and J Dilla's hip-hop.
1 of 8 tracks — Workinonit
Peterson's Piano: Hip-Hop's Secret Groove
Oscar Peterson's vast, spontaneous jazz catalog is the goldmine for hip-hop, fueling soulful beats from J Dilla and A Tribe Called Quest to Madlib.
1 of 8 tracks — Don't Cry