This perception of Dilla probably stems from ignorance about Detroit's Black electronic music legacy. All walks of Black identity were invested in Techno as a medium. This is where Dilla's true relatability can be found- being a vessel for his surroundings.
J Dilla has to be one of the most misunderstood artists ever. He’s constantly portrayed as this conscious backpacker with a rigid idea of what hip-hop is. In reality he was super experimental, loved bounce and funk and rapped about jewelry and Range Rovers.
Excited to finally share I’ve been beta testing
@ableton
12 for some time - the magnitude of this update is insane. So many quality of life improvements. Will be showcasing some production workflow on my twitch stream today and Thursday at 1pm PST. Link Below.
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Community Ranking by Twitter users.
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Disagreements? Unlikely, because this is the community consensus.
But if you do have some, Create your own or remix this list here:
Algorithms ultimately being in control of what we see/potentially interact with is always worth noting.
I just hope you can care about multiple things at once! Life is hard. <3
'DREAM CHILD' is now available. Bandcamp is cutting their share of revenue today. ALL the profits from this music will go directly to relief efforts for my people. I love my blackness. I love my people. I love y'all. Tap in! 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Producing and beat making are two VERY different things. Throwing loops together is beat making. Producing requires COMPOSING original melody ideas over ORIGINAL drums. You can’t fight me on this. It’s just fact. One is creation the other is imitation. I will die on this hill.
WE 'VE RAISED 3K IN UNDER 12 HOURS. I've cried tears of joy several times today. I love my people. Y'all are showing TF out. Let's show the backwards ass country we got something to say!! plz keep sharing!
We are super pumped to announce that we will be joining the
@BRAINFEEDER
family. They have always been at the forefront of the dopest releases and their artist roster is home to some of the homies that have been with us from day one.