Today is the day known as Dilla Day. The day to celebrate James DeWitt Yancey, known as John Doe, MC Silk, Jay Dee, or most commonly J Dilla, and all he has done for music. Below me and another iLS writer, Nikko, have put together some of, but not all, our favorite tracks with Dilla. If you feel there are any crucial tracks missing hit us up in the comments below and we’ll add them. Anyway, iLS wishes you a happy Dilla Day, we just want you all to relax and chill out to some tunes celebrating the day of the legendary Mr. Yancey…
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Tracklist:
1. Slum Village – Fall-N-Love
2. Proof – On The Go (feat. J Dilla)
3. J Dilla / Team Teamwork – Signs
4. Erykah Badu – Didn’t Cha Know
5.The Roots – Can’t Stop This
6.Common – So Far To Go (Feat. D’Angelo)
7.K-Dot – J. Dilla (Freestyle) (feat. Punch & Jay Rock)
8.Cold Legistics – Peace
9.The Pharcyde – Y? (Be Like That ) (Jay Dee Remix)
10.Robert Glasper – J-Dillalude (Simon S Extended Edit)
11.Rumble in the Jungle (Dilla Remix) – Q-Tip, John Forte, Busta Rhymes & Lauryn Hill
12.Life’s a Bitch – Nas DILLmatic
13.Flying Lotus – Fall In Love
14.J Dilla- E=MC² (feat Common)
15.DOOM- Lightworks J Dilla
16.Radio Daze ( J Period remix Dilla) – The Roots feat Blu
17.J Dilla – Won’t Do
18.J Dilla – Stop (Donuts)
19.J Dilla-Time- The Donut Of The Heart.
20.J Dilla – Last Donut of the Night
21.J Dilla – Don’t Cry
Dilla saved my life.
Truer words cannot describe how well Dilla makes the beat ride with the rhythm. Dilla saved my life too, and his music still keeps me wanting more. Rest in Peace Dilla