Last night I did my J. Dilla Tribute show... His funeral

[MrScorpio]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060224/ENT04/602240354

Service praises hip-hop maestro

Speakers say Detroiter Jay Dee will live on in song
February 24, 2006
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BY KELLEY L. CARTER
FREE PRESS MUSIC WRITER

There was no casket or body -- those were buried back in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day.
It was just as well, too, because the traditional signals that life has been taken away wouldn't have been appropriate at this memorial service. It was all about toasting the life of a music maker who put the beat to Detroit hip-hop, and in many ways, the world.
On Thursday afternoon, the life of James Yancey -- better known as music producer J Dilla or Jay Dee -- was celebrated inside a packed church on Detroit's west side. Instead of outward mourning, there were cheers and handclaps and head nods, with just about anyone who spoke saying that as long as his music is heard, Yancey will never really be gone.
The music producer, who worked with some of the biggest names in national hip-hop and R&B, along with his Detroit group Slum Village, died on Feb. 10, three days after his 32nd birthday, following a long battle with a rare blood disease. His latest album, "Donuts," was released on his birthday.

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For Dilla

[progmom]

1. oh shit

i LOVED his new record. :cry:

[MrScorpio]

2. Did you listen to my show yesterday?

I played some cuts from it

[progmom]

3. sorry....i've been going to bed a lot earlier lately

....and missed it. :(

[MrScorpio]

4. It'll be back on Monday @ four

I'm putting even more Dilla on rotation in the future.

If that's even possible

[progmom]

5. cool!

i might be able to listen then - and even get progspawn to tune in.

[MrScorpio]

6. Here's the playlist from last night's show

playlist

Name/ Artist/ Album
Workinonit/ J Dilla aka Jay Dee/ Donuts
Welcome to the Show/ J Dilla aka Jay Dee/ Donuts
Itzsoweezee (Prod. by J Dilla)/ De La Soul/ Itzsoweezee EP
Itz Your World Ft. Kurupt (Prod. by J Dilla)/ Slum Village/ Itz Your World EP
Royal Horns/ J Dilla aka Jay Dee/ ATASTEOFDETROIT
Practice Session/ J Dilla, Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed/ Practice Session EP
Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New/ The Roots/ Things Fall Apart
Got Till Its Gone f/ QTip & Joni Mitchell /Janet Jackson/ Got Till Its Gone EP
1nce Again (Featuring Tammy Lucas)/ A Tribe Called Quest/ Beats Rhymes & Life
Dee and Lib Go To Bed (Jay Lib Mastermix)/ Jay Dee and Madlib/ Are Jaylib
Sex Freaks (ft Quasimoto)/ Jay Dee and Madlib/ Are Jaylib
The Jam/ Jay Dee and Madlib/ Are Jaylib
Runnin'/ Pharcyde/ Runnin' EP
Leisure Rules (Produced by Jay Dilla)/ Prozack Turner/ Leisure Rules EP
My Life/ Erykah Badu/ Mama's Gun
The Pressure /A Tribe Called Quest/ Beats Rhymes & Life
Love (feat. J Dilla)/ Lawless Element/ Preemptive Hype Vol5.5
Act Like You Know Featuring Jay Dee/ Platinum Pied Pipers/ Act Like You Know EP
Stakes is High/ De La Soul/ Stakes is High EP
Dynamite!/ The Roots/ Things Fall Apart
Funky For You/ Common/ Like Water For Chocolate
Stand To The Side (Featuring Novel & Vinia Mojica)/ Talib Kweli/ Quality
Woo Hah (remix)/ Busta Rhymes & Old Dirty Bastard/ Woo Hah (remix) EP
Woo Hah/ Busta Rhymes/ Woo Hah EP
Drop/ Pharcyde/ Drop EP
Word Play/ A Tribe Called Quest/ Beats Rhymes & Life
You Played Me/ Amp Fiddler/ Waltz Of A Ghetto Fly
Push (Feat J Dilla)/ MED/ Push EP
Dollar (Prod J Dilla)/ Steve Spacek/ Space Shift