The Brooklyn rap trio curates a playlist for sneaky links, situationships and love that doesn’t whisper. 3 days ago "I did a whole J Dilla album but that's another story for another time," Logic said.

Something interesting is happening in the “Progressive R&B” category at this year’s Grammy Awards. Four of the six nominated albums contain songs that bear the unmistakable rhythmic signature of a ...

It’s no secret that J Dilla had a profound influence on beatmakers around the world. But now, thanks to music creation library Splice, you can evoke the iconic producer’s sounds into your own ...

In an exclusive interview, De La Soul discuss why J Dilla beat tapes were treated as the holy grail amongst his peers and contemporaries, how they pulled off a heist to secure the instrumental for ...

Dilla Time by Dan Charnas MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux One way to conceive Dilla is as the 21st-century James Brown, whose edict that every Famous Flame was playing a drum bore fruit with the seminal ...

Only days after hip-hop’s beloved auteur and beat-charmer James “Jay Dee aka J Dilla” Yancey died of complications from lupus, hip-hop Web sites began selling T-shirts with a new motto: “J Dilla ...

Stem Player, the company made famous for its exclusive debut of Kanye West’s Donda album, will be premiering some never before heard beats from the late J Dilla. The company has already dropped two ...

The late J Dilla has long been heralded as the producer's producer, capturing the ear of many budding talents by providing bumping back-beats for an endless list of legendary artists: from Busta ...

This Saturday February 7, 2026 at Ninety One Living Room, in the heart of vibrant east London Brick Lane, we're gathering for a night celebrating the music and legacy of one of the greatest to ever do ...

Even more than most popular music, hip-hop moves fast. Trends come and go. Styles and subgenres are born, evolve, and fade away. Yet somehow, 10 years after his untimely departure from planet Earth, ...

J Dilla will forever go down in history as one of the greatest producers of all time. On Saturday, February 10th, Hip-Hop fans from all over the city of Los Angeles conjoined to celebrate the life of ...

The first time you hear an instrumental track produced by the late beatmaker J Dilla, it will likely sound a little … wrong. Drunken bass drums. Swaying snares. Off-kilter cymbal crashes. Vocal ...