TIMELESS: SUITE FOR MA DUKES (NEW VIDEO)

SUITE FOR MA DUKES CONCERT VIDEO SNIPPET

yes i was there... yessss it was the most incredible tribute anyone could ever have. yesss it was the illest concert i've seen in years. i love how Common came thru after the Oscars (had to, he was wearing a tux). Bilal's solo was by far the standout vocalist. Dwele, who's music i love, did not bring his A game that night. Bilal did tho... lol... but still, Dwele was cool...

When De la Soul's Plug 1 aka Posdnuos and Talib Qweli came out... the place went bananas! Stakes is High was the final number. and they ripped it. the encore that followed was dope to. espcially cuz they did my favorite joint. "Fall in Love".

i'm just glad that i was there and was part of history. rest in peace and in honor Dilla...

i'm outti...

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CALI WEATHER IS NICE TODAY... PLUS DILLA TRIBUTE LAST NIGHT..

in West Hollywood today... weather is 72.. dammm.. bout to go for a walk and get a bite to eat..

btw, the DILLA TRIBUTE last night was beyond words...
the 40 piece orchestra got about 6 standing ovations.

more thoughts on this later..

DILLA LIVES! BUT THIS TIME... THRU A 36 PIECE ORCHESTRA! LIVE IN LA FEB 22, 2009!

i have got to be the LUCKIEST man on earth right now... i just found this post on okayplayer.com stating that there will be a tribute for Dilla (who passed away 3 yrs ago on Feb 10th..may he RIP) on Feb 22, 2009 in LA by a 36-piece orchestra! what! and it just so happens that i'll be in town that week! OML! i'm so fckin excited you have no idea! yo... the composers (Carlos Nino and Miguel Atwood Ferguson) have allowed okayplayer to stream one of the tracks. "Fall in Love" from the slum village album. which btw, was the project that made me "fall in love" with Dilla's work the most.

to hear it go here.. Suite For Ma Dukes EP (orchestral Dilla music) - "Fall In Love"

about J Dilla

Frequently and rightly placed in the same context as DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and Kanye West, Jay Dee built and sustained a high standing as a producer’s producer while maintaining a low profile. When Pharrell Williams appeared on BET’s 106 & Park in 2004, he excitedly declared that Jay Dee was his favorite producer and told an audibly stumped crowd that it had probably never heard of the man. At the time, Jay Dee had been active for well over a decade and had netted enough beats — including the Pharcyde’s “Runnin’,” De La Soul’s “Stakes Is High,” Common’s “The Light,” and several others with production teams the Ummah and the Soulquarians — to be considered an all-time great.

In 1996 alone, he worked with Busta Rhymes, De La Soul, and the Pharcyde, all the while playing a major role in the Ummah with Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. (He did extensive work on Tribe’s last two albums.) Before long, hardcore hip-hop fans began to know Dilla for his steady wobble, which was unfailingly musical and rich in details — shuffling high-hats, oddly placed handclaps, spacious drum loops with drastically reshaped samples of tracks both obscure and obvious. Through the remainder of the ’90s, Dilla quietly racked up more output, including Janet Jackson’s “Got ’til It’s Gone” (for which he did not receive credit), additional tracks for the Pharcyde, and collaborative work with Q-Tip on all of 1999’s Amplified. As a core member of the Soulquarians, with James Poyser and the Roots’ Ahmir “?eustlove” Thompson, Dilla worked on Common’s Like Water for Chocolate, D’Angelo’s Voodoo, Erykah Badu’s Mama’s Gun, and Talib Kweli’s Quality. Through 2005, he continued to work with past associates while dipping his toes further in R&B. Wooed by a Madlib mixtape that featured the rhymes of Oxnard’s finest over his own beats, Dilla forged an alliance with his admirer for 2003’s Champion Sound, released under the name Jaylib. It was around this time that his health took a sharp decline. For over two years, he had to use a dialysis machine. Despite having to perform in a wheelchair, he was still able to tour in Europe during late 2005. Donuts, an album of instrumentals that had been completed during one of his extended hospital stays, was released on February 7, his 32nd birthday. Three days later, while staying at his Los Angeles home with his mother, he passed away, a victim of cardiac arrest.