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The J Dilla Album That Doesn’t Get Enough Credit
🕑 Added 2024-03-22 17:29:39 +0000 UTCThere’s one album that doesn’t come up in the Dilla conversation enough. It’s some of his best work, was a turning point for him as a producer, and helped birth the neo soul movement.
Today we're talking about Slum Village. If you’re a Dilla fan and you don’t know Slum Village, man get ready, cuz it’s some of Dilla’s finest work, and that’s saying a LOT. If you’re already a Slum Village fan, you’re in the right place.
We’re diving into the story of Fantastic Vol 1 AND 2, of Slum Village, and of this pivotal transition time for J Dilla. We’ll dive into a few songs to see how his production evolved, why these albums aren't as well known, and how it birthed the neo soul movement.
Note: This is the Full Edit which is longer than YouTube and does not contain a sponsor.
SOURCES
"Dilla Time" by Dan Charnas
Questlove quote: https://books.google.com/books/about/1_000_Recordings_to_Hear_Before_You_Die.html?id=TMQF9tRD8zEC
Questlove Supreme Podcast with T3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkS6ysvAYEM
https://medium.com/cuepoint/the-fantastic-origin-story-of-j-dilla-slum-village-818cc795cb0f
Comments
The Notorious MCC
Well done as always, sir! 🫡
Nick L.
RIP Amp and Dilla. Saw Slum in concert in L.A. around the time of this album and he had two MPCs on stage with him cooking up beats right in front of our eyes. It was crazy.
David Monroe
My favorite song is Raise It Up. That first verse is hilarious and creative.
Brandon Shaw
It’s definitely a correlation haha there are THOUSANDS of new songs uploaded to Spotify every day which is cool on one hand, but so diluted on the other
Josh Nelson
Wow, another stellar lesson in american music history! (american music, and american music production history). Interesting that back then distribution was so difficult for excellent music, and today it's so prevalent, but the music quality is difficult... Thanks for this Maestro, B.
