Jay Dee

7.5

Jaylib :: Champion Sound Reissue

Matt TomerJuly 3, 2007

Jaylib was like a fantasy-league sports team. The pairing of two unlikely collaborators was certainly something that, in retrospect, still sounds like a dream.... Read More...

LPReview

8

J Dilla (Jay Dee) :: Ruff Draft

Steve 'Flash' JuonApril 10, 2007

Telling the James Yancey story again would first require me to find the nearest brick wall and bash my head into it until I forgot I had told it in the first p... Read More...

LPReview

9.5

J Dilla (Jay Dee) :: The Shining

Steve 'Flash' JuonOctober 10, 2006

I know this review is grossly overdue and to the readers of RapReviews.com I apologize profusely for that. When people sent me inquiries asking why it hadn't b... Read More...

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9

J Dilla (Jay Dee) :: Donuts

Steve 'Flash' JuonApril 11, 2006

Sometimes in life you just can't win for losing. James Yancey worked as hard as any beat producer in the rap game. He made his childhood friends from Detroit in... Read More...

InstrumentalReview

6.5

Jaylib :: Champion Sound

Matt JostOctober 28, 2003

To call J Dilla and Madlib well kept secrets would be an exaggeration. Both have been recognizably busy these past years, bustling beats over to various projec... Read More...

LPReview

5.5

Slum Village :: Fantastic Vol. 2

NoixeMay 1, 2001

As rap has grown, sampling has become an increasingly less viable option for producers. Yes, as long as you don't plan on making any money, you don't really ha... Read More...

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Reviews

Atmosphere :: So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously

Jackson Conti :: Sujinho

Bizarre :: Friday Night at St. Andrews

Jaylib :: Champion Sound Reissue

J Dilla (Jay Dee) :: Ruff Draft

J Dilla (Jay Dee) :: The Shining

J Dilla (Jay Dee) :: Donuts

Jaylib :: Champion Sound

Slum Village :: Fantastic Vol. 2