J Dilla

Amp Fiddler Dead at 65

PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2023

Amp Fiddler — the massively influential Detroit funk musician and producer — has died. He was 65. After coping with an unspecified illness...

Questlove to Executive Produce J Dilla Documentary

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2022

The venerable late hip-hop producer J Dilla's life and legacy will be celebrated and explored in an upcoming feature documentary film execu...

J Dilla's 'Welcome 2 Detroit' Treated to 20th Anniversary Box Set Reissue

PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2020

Next February will mark 20 years since J Dilla made his solo debut with Welcome 2 Detroit, and the album is due for a special reissue to ma...

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Donuts

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2020

It’s fitting that this long-awaited solo release is through Stones Throw as it sounds like Dilla has been spending a lot of time in Madlib’...

Common Connects with Daniel Caesar and J Dilla for "HER Love"

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2019

Common is looking back on the history of hip-hop — not to mention his own 1994 hit "I Used to Love H.E.R." — with his newly released single...

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Motor City

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2017

A posthumous J Dilla release is always a bittersweet experience; lovingly handpicked by "Ma Dukes," his latest batch of Detroit-funk, Motor...

J Dilla's Mother Announces 'Motor City' Instrumentals Collection

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2017

A number of J Dilla rarities have been collected for public release these past few years with The Diary and Dillatronic, but the next colle...

MF Doom Honours J Dilla with a Moment of Silence... from a Boat

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2017

Today (February 7) would have marked the 43 birthday of late hip-hop great J Dilla, and to pay his respects, masked rap supervillain MF Doo...