July 1, 2009
The Daily Choice: J. Dilla - Smoke ft. Blu
In the wake of the King of Pop’s departure from the living, others who’ve died suddenly seem to appear, ghost-like and haunting, in the darker parts of my musical brain.
Dilla passed away almost three years ago, and those who’re interested not only in hip-hop, but in production and sound as a whole lost an absolute genius. Stories and pictures of him still cutting beats while attached to an IV, his life slowly seeping away, still haunt me whenever I hear his beats.
That said, the man seemed to never stop working, never stop producing or tinkering, and because of that we, his fans, keep getting the opportunity to hear new cuts, new beats, new expressions of his genius.
This isn’t the travesty of the Biggie remixes or the money making shitstorm that was everything released after Big L’s death. This is a beautiful collection of Dilla beats mixed and mastered by Pete Rock himself.
This is an ode, not a cash grab.
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