Review: J Dilla - The King of Beats: The Ma Dukes Yancey Collector's Edition SP 1200 Box Set
Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla is widely regarded as one of the greatest producers in hip hop history.
After careful study and curation this one of a kind collection compiles the well-deserved documentation of Jay Dee's early musical masterpieces. Ma Dukes assembled a team of industry family who spent nine months working daily to bring this project to J Dilla fans everywhere.
'The King of Beats' Ma Dukes Yancey Collector's Edition is manufactured in the image and likeness of the exact SP-1200 in which Jay Dee produced his signature sound.
The E-Mu Systems SP-1200 drum machine and sampler was the first electronic instrument Jay Dee worked with while crafting the incomparable styles and sounds which defined the early stages of his legendary production. The SP-1200 was his primary tool of choice at the inception of his career. During this period, he created classics for early Slum Village, The Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, among many others.
Available for the first time, 'The King of Beats' Ma Dukes Yancey Collector's Edition Box Set features 40 TRACKS from Jay Dee's groundbreaking 'Batches' on vinyl, and a lengthy list of extras.
Included inside The King of Beats The Ma Dukes Yancey Collector's Edition SP 1200 Box Set you'll find :
Four 10 inch Vinyl Records featuring music from Jay Dee's 'Batches', 40 Beats in all.
Special Edition Cassette containing 6 unreleased tracks from J Dilla's Lost Scrolls.
The King of Beats commemorative booklet contains interviews with his peers, scholars, etc. along with rare and never before seen photos with provocative insight and perspective of the early years of Jay Dee's career.
A Limited Edition 3.5 inch floppy disk containing unreleased J Dilla production, multi-tracked and formatted specifically to upload within the actual E-Mu SP-1200 machine.
The SP-1200 shaped box casing is hand crafted from custom wood with chrome hinges.
Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla is widely regarded as one of the greatest producers in hip hop history.
After careful study and curation this one of a kind collection compiles the well-deserved documentation of Jay Dee's early musical masterpieces. Ma Dukes assembled a team of industry family who spent nine months working daily to bring this project to J Dilla fans everywhere.
'The King of Beats' Ma Dukes Yancey Collector's Edition is manufactured in the image and likeness of the exact SP-1200 in which Jay Dee produced his signature sound.
The E-Mu Systems SP-1200 drum machine and sampler was the first electronic instrument Jay Dee worked with while crafting the incomparable styles and sounds which defined the early stages of his legendary production. The SP-1200 was his primary tool of choice at the inception of his career. During this period, he created classics for early Slum Village, The Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, among many others.
Available for the first time, 'The King of Beats' Ma Dukes Yancey Collector's Edition Box Set features 40 TRACKS from Jay Dee's groundbreaking 'Batches' on vinyl, and a lengthy list of extras.
Included inside The King of Beats The Ma Dukes Yancey Collector's Edition SP 1200 Box Set you'll find :
Four 10 inch Vinyl Records featuring music from Jay Dee's 'Batches', 40 Beats in all.
Special Edition Cassette containing 6 unreleased tracks from J Dilla's Lost Scrolls.
The King of Beats commemorative booklet contains interviews with his peers, scholars, etc. along with rare and never before seen photos with provocative insight and perspective of the early years of Jay Dee's career.
A Limited Edition 3.5 inch floppy disk containing unreleased J Dilla production, multi-tracked and formatted specifically to upload within the actual E-Mu SP-1200 machine.
The SP-1200 shaped box casing is hand crafted from custom wood with chrome hinges.
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Donuts was made on a hospital bed and in a home studio, on a stripped-down setup with a stack of vinyl. Released on its maker's 32nd birthday, three days before he passed away, the album has a resonance deeper than anyone could've hoped for or even imagined. Some who were close to Dilla have said that there are hidden messages in the samples, the track titles, and who knows where else. It's impossible not to speculate about some things, like the track titled 'Don't Cry,' the looped 'broken and blue' from a version of 'Walk on By,' the presence of Eddie Kendricks singing 'My people, hold on,' or the fact that there are 31 tracks, a possible signal that Dilla survived a little longer than he expected. Then again, for every possible message, there are two or three elements that could've been designed to throw any analysis off its trail. After all, if there's one single image that the disc brings to mind, it's that of Dilla goofing off, having fun with some of his favorite records, and messing with some heads in the process. (And you could probably make the album's title out to be a metaphor for the circle of life, but sometimes a donut is just a donut.) Armed with sources that are either known to novice sample spotters or only the most seasoned diggers -- surprisingly, the former greatly outweighs the latter -- Dilla's also just as likely to leave his samples barely touched as he is to render them unrecognizable. It's fitting that Motown echoes, a predominant theme, are often felt, from the use of Dionne Warwick's Holland-Dozier-Holland-written 'You're Gonna Need Me' (on 'Stop'), to the shifting waves of percussion plucked from Kendricks' 'People... Hold On' (on 'People'), to the Stevie-like piano licks within Kool & the Gang's 'The Fruitman' ('The Diff'rence'). Most of the tracks fall into the 60-90 second range. It's easy to be overwhelmed, or even put off, by the rapid-fire sequence, but it's astounding how so many of the sketches leave an immediate impression. By the third or fourth listen, what initially came across as a haphazard stream of slapped-together fragments begins to take the shape of a 44-minute suite filled with wistful joy. Like everything else Dilla has ever done, Donuts is not defining; in fact, elements of its approach bare the apparent influence of Jaylib collaborator Madlib. His mode has always been too slippery and restlessly progressive to be equated with any one track or album, but Donuts just might be the one release that best reflects his personality. ~ Andy Kellman
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- 1Donuts (Outro)J Dilla0:13
- 2WorkinonitJ Dilla2:57
- 3WavesJ Dilla1:39
- 4Light My FireJ Dilla0:36
- 5The NewJ Dilla0:50
- 6StopJ Dilla1:39
- 7PeopleJ Dilla1:24
- 8The Diff'renceJ Dilla1:53
- 9MashJ Dilla1:31
- 10Time: The Donut of the HeartJ Dilla1:39
- 11GlazedJ Dilla1:21
- 12AirworksJ Dilla1:45
- 13LightworksJ Dilla1:55
- 14Stepson of the ClapperJ Dilla1:2
- 15The Twister (Huh, What)J Dilla1:17
- 16One ElevenJ Dilla1:11
- 17Two Can WinJ Dilla1:47
- 18Don't CryJ Dilla2:0
- 19Anti-American GraffitiJ Dilla1:54
- 20Geek DownJ Dilla1:20
- 21ThunderJ Dilla0:54
- 22GobstopperJ Dilla1:5
- 23One for GhostJ Dilla1:18
- 24Dilla Says GoJ Dilla1:17
- 25WalkinonitJ Dilla1:15
- 26The FactoryJ Dilla1:24
- 27U-LoveJ Dilla1:1
- 28Hi.J Dilla1:17
- 29Bye.J Dilla1:28
- 30Last Donut of the NightJ Dilla1:40
- 31Donuts (Intro)J Dilla1:12