!llmind - Throwblaps Vol. 1 (Beat Tape)

“As promised, here is the infamous ‘THROWBLAPS’ compilation. I had this idea a long time ago, but was always reluctant to put it out. I’ve got more than 3,000 beats I made over several years, on several hard drives. I knew most of them will probably never see the light of day, until now! This edition is a collection of random beats I made between the years 2000 and 2002. It was an exciting time for me because I had ZERO placements, I had JUST copped an Ensoniq ASR-10 keyboard, and I was making, like, 10 beats a day. It was crazy. I was still pretty wet behind the ears, and after hearing it, you will notice the heavy J Dilla influence (R.I.P.).

!llmind 

@RBMA Lecture: Ali Shaheed Muhammad Of ATCQ

Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, The Ummah and Lucy Pearl fame sits down on the Red Bull Music Academy's interview couch. This lecture was held as part of Boombox's 5th annual celebration of the life and music of J Dilla in Los Angeles and hosted by Cognito from Frolab.

@RBMA Lecture: Maseo of De La Soul

Maseo of De La Soul sits down on the Red Bull Music Academy couch. This lecture was held as part of Boombox's 5th annual celebration of the life and music of J Dilla in Los Angeles. Hosted by Cognito from Frolab.

Excursions: Rarities & Remixes Of A Tribe Called Quest Mixtape

A Note From Mick Boogie

A Tribe Called Quest is one of my favorite groups of all time... in any genre of music. After seeing Michael Rapaport's amazing documentary on the group, I felt inspired to put together a mix and this is the end result. This is NOT a greatest hits mix. This mix is for the true Tribe fans only... the die-hards who know every lyric and remember every interlude. I thought it would be cool to basically create the "lost" Tribe album... with all the rare songs, demos, limited-edition remixes, and collaborations you may have missed over the years. I hope when you enjoy this as much as I do, and hear some things you have never heard before. Special thank you to UNDRCRWN for the amazing artwork.

What's In KRS-One's Bag?

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother

Nas - God's Son

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Mos Def - The New Danger

M.O.P. - Warriorz

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

J Dilla - Donuts

House of Pain - House of Pain

EPMD - Strictly Business: U.S.D.A. Edition

Gang Starr - Step in the Arena

J.Period & Cornerstone Mixtape #134 Rising Artists & New Heat For 2011

Stone Throw's Hella International In Miami (3/12/11)

Peanut Butter Wolf, J Rocc, Mayer Hawthorne, Dam Funk and guests will be DJing at this night time event, with a special appearance by Steve Arrington. The event is free and for 21+.

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Beedie - Ruff Draft: J Dilla Changed My Life Mixtape

At this time of the year we are typically inundated with J Dilla tributes. You can't swing a cat without hitting someone with a mixtape full of songs over Dilla beats.  (Editor's note:  I am not advocating the swinging of cats, just stating that there are lots of Dilla projects.  I love dogs and like cats.)  That being said, I recently saw Beedie as one of the opening acts for Black Milk ( . . .who shut the place down, btw) a couple weeks ago.  I liked what I heard so I decided to pass along.

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Consequence - Bearer Of Bad News [Prod. by J Dilla]

Consequence - Bearer Of Bad News [Prod. by J Dilla]

J Dilla - Donut Shop Download

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01 Safety Dance
02 Sycamore
03 Bars & Twists
04 History (Mos Instrumental
05 Move (Tip Instrumental)
06 You Can't Hold A Torch (Busta Instrumental)

A huge thanks to StonesThrow.com.

Skillz Presents: Hip-Hop Confessions

Terry Urban & J Dilla - The Dills Mixtape

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01. Biggie & Kanye West - Love Or Money [Terry Urban Remix]
02. AZ & Nas - The Word Up Firm [Terry Urban Remix]
03. Black Moon - How Many MC’s [Terry Urban Remix]
04. Common - So Far To Go [Terry Urban Remix] (Featuring Jay-Z)
05. Raekwon - Criminology [Terry Urban Remix] (Featuring Ghostface Killah)
06. Nas - The Flyest [Terry Urban Remix] (Featuring AZ)
07. Clipse - Mr. Me Too [Terry Urban Remix]
08. Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth [Terry Urban Remix] (Featuring Common)
09. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Diamonds Circulate [Terry Urban Remix]
10. Redman & Method Man - How High [Terry Urban Remix]

CJ Monk - Resurgence Mixtape

Mr. Monk A.K.A. CKSan hit me up on last.fm and asked me to check out his instrumental album. He listed RJD2, Flying Lotus, Dimlite, Madlib & J Dilla as some of his imfluences.

He describes his style as a mix between, Hip-Hop, Trip-Hop and Jazz.  What say you?


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Random Geekery: Vinyl Fantasy 7

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01 Kool Keith & Tom Waits - Spacious Thoughts (The Prelude)
02 Jay-Z - Lucifer (Mako Reactor)
03 M.O.P. - Ante Up (Battle!)
04 MF DOOM - Air (Barrett's Theme)
05 Outkast - Royal Flush (Sailing from Junon) (Featuring Raekwon)
06 Skyzoo - Lyrically Inclined (Jenova) (Featuring Wale)
07 Gucci Mane - Stoopid (Costa Del Sol)
08 Clipse - Fast Life (Sephiroth's Reunion)
09 Dorrough - Ice Cream Paintjob (Gold Saucer)
10 Murs - Me And This Jawn (Mideel)
11 Slum Village - Get Dis Money (One-Winged Angel)
12 Ghostface Killah - Save Me Dear (City of the Ancients)

Dice Raw - Dice Dilla Pregunta Mixtape

I guess Dice Raw felt inspired by The Roots Tribute to J Dilla and decided to jump on the instrumentals.  This mixtape is the result.  What do you think?

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01 Long Time Coming

02 Pregunta

03 Hello World

04 Full

05 Doot Doo Dah Da

06 Players Play

07 Welcome Home

08 The Greatest Rapper Never

09 Offbeat Onbeat

10 Get Ready

11 Turn It Up (Led it Bang)

12 Pour Me A Drink

13 Allworlderlude

14 The End Of The Road

The Roots - Dilla Joints

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01 Donuts Outro
02 Hot Shit (I'm Back!)
03 World Full Of Sadness
04 Upper Egypt
05 Stereolab
06 The Stars
07 Antiquity (Featuring The Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Dillchestra)
08 She Said
09 Hall & Oates
10 Eve
11 Look Into Her Eyes
12 Make Em NV
13 Oh! O!
14 Wicked Ways

Asher Roth - Seared Foie Gras With Quince & Cranberry

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J Dilla - Safety Dance (Donut Shop)

Pre-order for the J Dilla-Serato release (May 2010)

Serato and Stones Throw have teamed with the J Dilla Estate for the official J Dilla Serato release, Donut Shop. This is 2 discs with six J Dilla tracks, 2 sides with Serato Control Tone (for use with Serato Scratch Live DJ software), and 2 donut slipmats in a package designed by Studio No.1. This will be released May 10th (the day after Mother's day--what's up Ma Dukes?). Pre-order is available now.

The J Dilla tracks consist of three previously unreleased instrumentals selected by J.Rocc from the Dilla archives – “Safety Dance”, “Sycamore”, “Bars & Twists” – and three unreleased instrumental versions of Dilla's production for Mos Def, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes, each remastered by Elysian Masters who mixed and mastered J Dilla's Donuts, The Shining and Ruff Draft albums.

Courtesy of Stones Throw Records

Squeek Boogie Presents DILLmatic (Nas + J Dilla)

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01 Intro
02 Nas Is Like
03 Fast Life
04 It Ain't Hard To Tell
05 Affirmative Action (Featuring AZ & Foxy Brown)
06 Thief's Theme
07 Streets Of New York (Featuring Rakim & Jay-Z)
08 Made You Look
09 Life's A Bitch (Featuring AZ)
10 Classic (Featuring Kanye West & KRS-One)
11 One Love
12 The World Is Yours
13 Reckless Driving
14 The Money
15 You Know My Style
16 Made You Look [Remix] (Featuring Jadakiss & Ludacris)

Cookin' Soul - Big Dilla Mixtape