NEWS: Erykah Badu Channels ODB For Dilla

Interesting note about the upcoming Erykah Badu album New Amerykah pt. 1 The Breakdown (or whatever it's called this week).

”Telephone” - last track of the album inspired by a story Dilla’s mother told Badu. Evidently during his final days, Dilla would float in and out of coherence, having very real conversations with people no one else could see. One of these people, as Dilla told his mother, was ODB. Dirty was telling Dilla that when he gets to the other side not to get on the red bus, though it was inviting. The white bus would be the one to pick him up. Great, beautiful song. Lyric: “Telephone! It’s Old Dirty. He wants to give you directions home.” Only Badu could make ODB sound like a visionary guide through the afterlife. When people say funerals are celebrations of an individual’s life (as they fight back tears and look anything but celebratory), this song makes you believe it. The track closes with the uplifting words “Celebrate tonight” repeated.

LISTEN: Erykah Badu - The Healer

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"Hip Hop is bigger than religion/Hip Hop is bigger than the government/this one is for Dilla"

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'The Healer' is off of Erykah Badu's new album NuAmerykah, it's produced by Madlib, and it's really great. For more info on the new album go here. Props to Enigmatik.

NEWS: Guilty Simpson 'Ode To The Ghetto' cover & Tracklist

Guilty Simpson is releasing Ode To The Ghetto on Stones Throw March 25th and and production team looks pretty stellar. Cover and tracklisting below.


Guilty Simpson - Ode To The Ghetto Tracklisting
1. The American Dream (Produced by Madlib)
2. Robbery (Produced by Mr. Porter)
3. She Won't Stay At Home (Produced by Madlib)
4. Footwork (Produced by Oh No)
5. Ode To The Ghetto (Produced by Oh No)
6. Get Bitches (Produced by Mr. Porter)
7. I Must Love You (Produced by J Dilla)
8. The Future ft. MED (Produced by Madlib)
9. Pigs (Produced by Madlib)
10. My Moment (Produced by Black Milk)
11. Run ft. Sean P & Black Milk (Produced by Black Milk)
12. Kinda Live (Produced by Mr. Porter)
13. Yikes (Produced by Madlib)
14. The Real Me (Produced by Black Milk)
15. Kill' Em (Produced by DJ Babu)
16. Almighty Dreadnaughtz ft. Super MC, Krizsteel, Konnie Ross (Produced by Konnie Ross

LISTEN: Busta Rhymes - Step Up (Prod. by J.Dilla)

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Busta Rhymes and Mick Boogie have teamed up for a brand new mixtape called Dillagence that also feature Papoose, Cassidy, Talib Kweli, M.O.P., Rah Digga and others. This track shows the genuinely joyful Busta we know and love pre-hardbody.

Unrelated Bonus: Freeway got on the mic the other night when Mick was spinning in a club.

LISTEN: The Notorious B.I.G. - Modern Day Gangstaz ft Busta Rhymes & Labba (Prod. by J-Dilla)

DOWNLOAD LISTEN: The Notorious B.I.G. - Modern Day Gangstaz ft Busta Rhymes & Labba (Prod. by J Dilla) (MP3)


Check this great original track from 1996 or 2002 (?!) produced by J Dilla and starring Biggie Smalls, Busta Rhymes, and Labba. Go over to Ohword to check a video and some details on how this track came about back in the day.

LISTEN: DJ Spinna - Dillagence feat. Phonte of Little Brother

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Dilla & Spinna
DJ Spinna channels his best J Dilla and Phonte of Little Brother provides soothing vocals (singing, not rhyming).

LISTEN: J Dilla/Jaydee - Mash ft. MF Doom & Guilty Simpson

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According to our friends over at Illroots MF Doom has to cancel his appearance at the NY-Tokyo Festival. Now, just the other day the fact that MF Doom didn't show, didn't actually stop the show from being performed, but this time it did. Hope all is well.