  Dan Member Username: Dan Post Number: 1176 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.47.194.247 |
Damn http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20060210/NEW S11/60210012 "...Born James Yancey, the musician turned 32 last week. He was a champion of Detroit's urban music scene. When hip-hop was largely being dominated by the east and west coasts, he put a distinct Detroit sound on many national acts. Earlier this week, he celebrated his birthday with a new album release, "Donuts.” "Jay Dee was the man with the beats,” said Mark Hicks, who has been on the hip-hop scene since the early ‘90s and is a former manager of the group D12. Hicks got the word that Jay Dee died from Detroit rapper Proof, who sent him a message via his Blackberry. “I remember when he was selling beats back in '95, ‘96 for like 100 or 200 bucks," Hicks said. Beats are the instrumental tracks that form the backbone of hip-hop music. "Everybody went to him. He was selective. Even back then, you could see him being a producer in the long run just on how he made the music. He took the artists and said, 'This is how you should lyrically say this.' “He was a prodigy. If you saw him in the studio, it was like he was the man." Jay Dee worked with artists including A Tribe Called Quest, Common, Erykah Badu, D’Angelo and Janet Jackson." | ||
Arab_guyumich Member Username: Arab_guyumich Post Number: 741 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 69.14.179.212 |
How tragic...R.I.P. | ||
Naturalsister Member Username: Naturalsister Post Number: 472 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.42.169.65 |
Wow! That is really sad. Those guys make great music. Sorry to see such a talent leave this world so early. 32 - he was just getting started. later - naturalsister | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 484 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.42.176.123 |
Wow. Gone way before his time. He will be missed. | ||
Beatsworking Member Username: Beatsworking Post Number: 39 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 68.41.46.226 |
I can't believe it! That's terrible. He was a favorite for sure. | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 9890 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.37.236 |
That sucks man. I got Jay Dee's "Welcome to Detroit" on my computer, came across it by accident a few years back searching for music with "Detroit" in it. It's on kick ass tune. More info on the man: http://www.popmatters.com/musi c/reviews/d/deejay-welcome.sht ml | ||
Sharmaal Member Username: Sharmaal Post Number: 702 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 69.14.76.187 |
Wheewwww... What can you say. This is tough. | ||
Riverratracer Member Username: Riverratracer Post Number: 27 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 207.67.146.54 |
Who shot him? | ||
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026 Post Number: 495 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 70.236.179.227 |
He wasnt shot. He died of kidney failure. Read the damn article. | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5280 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.70.118.191 |
Kidney failure? He wasn't shot? I guess he wasn't "Keepin' it real". | ||
Shave Member Username: Shave Post Number: 1005 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 64.12.116.204 |
Wow! Aiw, you have got to be the most assanine prick on this forum (besides Gannon and his denial of being a racist). Just because a young, Black male dies does not necessarily insinuate that he was a victim of gun violence or Black on Black crime. Nice attempt at a "provocative" post. Your sense of humor is the weakest I've ever encountered. May J. Dilla's soul rest in peace. | ||
Treez4brkfst Member Username: Treez4brkfst Post Number: 102 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 68.40.172.207 |
Yeah,that was pretty rude. Never got to get into Dilla besides Fantastic Vol. 2 but a bunch of heads swear by him. Imma probly spin some of his shit outta respect. R.I.P. | ||
Damon Member Username: Damon Post Number: 652 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 172.175.96.69 |
This is incredibly sad. I am crushed to have heard this. He was one of the most talented ever to do music. He was a genius! Gone far far too soon! Rest in peace. Detroit has lost another one. | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 431 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 192.195.66.45 |
That is the most ignorant post I have ever seen on the internet. Congratulations, Riverratracer. | ||
Shave Member Username: Shave Post Number: 1006 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 152.163.100.8 |
...don't forget the dis"honorable" mention of Aiw. Sad and pathetic. | ||
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026 Post Number: 498 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 71.10.63.140 |
Youre right Cheddar. After I answered that he was killed by kidney failure, AIW comes and mocks that. Some sick people in this world | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 432 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 192.195.66.46 |
Sorry guys, but I got AIW's sarcasm. He didn't mean it literally. | ||
Riverratracer Member Username: Riverratracer Post Number: 29 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 71.126.174.16 |
My comment was not meant to demean (I knew JDee and the cause of his demise); only remind us of the cancer in the streets and how some can and do look at the only way a young black man dies is through violence. | ||
Shave Member Username: Shave Post Number: 1007 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 205.188.116.137 |
Nice try. | ||
Genesyxx Member Username: Genesyxx Post Number: 429 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 209.69.165.10 |
haha... gooched! RIP JayDee, but I got a bit of an issue here. A lot of the rappers that make their change from "the Detroit sound" move as far away as possible. JayDee, Bizarre... whoever else I can't name. What the hell? | ||
Treez4brkfst Member Username: Treez4brkfst Post Number: 103 Registered: 06-2004 Posted From: 68.21.61.1 |
Dilla was more of a beatsmith than a rappper if I'm correct and as such I believe the opportunity to work with a variety of artist presented itself more readily than if he was just a rapper. Also, until recently or following the re-emergence of East Coast hip-hop Detroit was a hard place for a M.C./Producer. During the golden age 83-93 it was really hard to "get on" if you was from "The D". One would have more of an opportunity to "get on" with Techno/House rather than rap during that period which inspired alotta artist to believe that you have to hit N.Y to try and blow up. That my perspective. | ||
Beatsworking Member Username: Beatsworking Post Number: 40 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 12.159.43.61 |
Treez has it right on. JayDee "made his change" from The Pharcyde (LA) and Tribe/DeLa (NYC) +many more. Genesyxx- why do you have an issue with someone who wants to experience more than just one city? Shoot, if I had the means I'd keep a home in L.A. too! (well, maybe not L.A.!) Favorite JayDee beats: -"Runnin'" - The Pharcyde -"Itsoweezee remix" - De La Soul -"The Light - Common/Erykah Badu | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 75 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 67.107.47.65 |
This article says he had lupus: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/200 60213/people_nm/jdilla_dc | ||
Dan Member Username: Dan Post Number: 1180 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.47.194.247 |
http://www.metrotimes.com/edit orial/story.asp?id=8889 "If Detroit hip hop has a sound, James "Jay Dee/J-Dilla" Yancey defined it. Comparing him to hip-hop legends who achieved similar feats in their hometowns — Houston's DJ Screw or Brooklyn's Notorious B.I.G. — would be insufficient, though. Screw's chopped-and-screwed sound has made Houston the flavor of the month. But it's a regional flavor. Biggie is a Brooklyn benchmark, admired by the hip-hop world. But outside of Los Angeles' Gorilla Black, he's not imitated. Yancey, who switched his moniker from Jay Dee to J-Dilla a few years ago, caused some of hip hop's best to literally change the way they make music. When Dilla was helping to develop Slum Village in the early '90s, he gave A Tribe Called Quest leader Q-Tip a beat tape. Hence, Dilla soon became the foundation of A Tribe Called Quest's production team, the Ummah. The results: The final two albums from A Tribe Called Quest, Beats, Rhymes & Life and The Love Movement, sounded very much like Slum Village projects. Q-Tip and Phife Dawg spent much of the album mimicking the rhyme styles of SV's T3 and Baatin." | ||
Ddmoore54 Member Username: Ddmoore54 Post Number: 281 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 68.43.233.205 |
"At press time it's said that his kidneys, or even lupus, played a role. He was 32" It's not an either or, lupus causes kidney failure. From the sound of it he suffered from lupus causing his kidneys to give out which can be a slow and tortuous progression. My guess would be that he's been on dialysis for awhile and some secondary complication from the lupus/kidney failure lead to his death. Sad. |
