It’s a double edged sword that I and many others like me have discovered Jay Dee in the past month after much championing of his music on music blogs since his untimely death. It’s sad that it takes the death of a man to recognise his life’s work. It’s sad that we won’t get to hear any more inventive hip hop production from him (but he left us plenty). J died from an incurable disease at the age of 32.
Postively, The man clearly produced an exceptional body of work and he has (to my ignorance) been involved and produced some of my favourite hip hop artists. From A Tribe Called Quest to De La Soul to the Pharcyde to Q-Tip’s solo stuff to Common, Bahamadia and even, the just released Ghostface album. His last album ‘Donuts’ from which the track in this post was taken was his last solo album and was recorded while he was hospital and the album was released two days before his death. Check out his discography here . R.I.P.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
alright Nialler.
Greetings from a fellow Irishman-living in the USofA.
Great blog mate-nice one.
You should check out this tune also:
http://cubikmusik.typepad.com/cubikmusik/2005/08/i_belive_in_you.html
Its a jaylib remix of ‘i believe in you’ by Amp Fiddler.
cheers
cubik
alright Nialler.
Greetings from a fellow Irishman-living in the USofA.
Great blog mate-nice one.
You should check out this tune also:
http://cubikmusik.typepad.com/cubikmusik/2005/08/i_belive_in_you.html
Its a jaylib remix of ‘i believe in you’ by Amp Fiddler.
cheers
cubik
hey cubik,
thanks dude. that tune is amazing. very nice. i like your drum n bass selections too!
keep up the good work
hey cubik,
thanks dude. that tune is amazing. very nice. i like your drum n bass selections too!
keep up the good work
ip logged – booooo
ip logged – booooo