6/21/2023 0 Comments Dilla time dan charnas![]() Yet in the years since his death, awareness of his brilliance and his innovations with rhythm and production - which often sounded like random accidents but are acknowledged by many musicians as genius - has spread dramatically. Questlove, one of the first and certainly the most vocal of his disciples, says Dilla’s work “was so perfectly imperfect that it redefined the way I thought about art.” Veteran writer and documentarian Dream Hampton calls him the greatest hip-hop producer of all time, as do many others. He died in 2006 of a rare blood disease at the age of just 32, with few except musicians and dedicated hip-hop fans aware of the pioneering work he had done. ![]() ![]() ![]() James Dewitt Yancey - was a pioneering hip-hop producer who never worked on a “hit” record, although his discography includes collaborations with or remixes of songs by greats like D’Angelo, A Tribe Called Quest, the Roots, Common, Busta Rhymes, the Pharcyde and many others. ![]()
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