Peace Everyone,

It's a little bit early, but i'm pretty excited about this mix....

February is the month that everybody usually connects Valentine's Day with.  But for me & for some other people, we consider February "Dilla Month", because it is the month that our fallen brother and one of the greatest Hip Hop producers of all time, James D. Yancey aka J Dilla, was born & passed away on that same month (Feb. 7, 1974 - Feb. 10, 2006).

In honor & to celebrate the life & music of the honorable "Dill Withers", i decided to put my bid in for a tribute mix.  I know there's going to be alot of Dilla tribute mixes out there, but i thought it doesn't hurt to add another one.  Plus the Funky President himself, J.Rocc, asked me to do some exclusive mixes for his blog (www.stoneyjackson.blogspot.com), so why not do a Dilla mix.  It is appropriate given the occasion.  Personally, i don't think there's no out there that can do a better J Dilla mix than my fellow Beat Junkie, J.Rocc.....the closest one next to him I would say is my brother from another mother, "Detroit's Finest" own, Dj Houseshoes, but yeah, here's my input.

Anyways, this is a mini mega mix of some of Dilla's songs & production.  I originally did this as a 10 minute mix for the mixtape project that J.Rocc, Houseshoes, & myself did with Dave New York 2 years ago to help out Mrs. Maureen Yancey aka Ma Dukes, Dilla's mother.....an incredible lady (if y'all know the name of the mix cd project, go head & get it......)  So I extended this mix from 10 minutes to 35 minutes.  It was pretty much impossible for me to get everything that Dilla did on this mix (he has such a big discography, it's ridiculous), especially for the fact I wanted to finish this before his birthday in such a short period of time.  Of course, you'll hear some of the classic songs that Dilla has produced in the mix, but you'll also get to here some Dilla beats that you might have or have not heard before, and a live recording of Dilla performing "F*ck The Police" at one of his show in Europe (Paris, France to be exact) on his last tour ever (I was lucky & honored to be his tour dj for his last performances).

Like I said before, I don't think anyone can do a J Dilla mix as great as J.Rocco's, but here's my mix for you to download...nothing really crazy.  Please feel free to share with your friends & post it up on your music blog.  I hope you enjoy the mix as much as I enjoyed making this.  Thanks for checkin this out.

WHATUPDOE 09 (The J Dilla MiniMegaMix) - by Dj Rhettmatic

http://www.zshare.net/audio/55152872f9602029/


You can also download the mix at J.Rocc's blog: http://www.stoneyjackson.blogspot.com.  He has a 20 minute live Dilla mix to download as well.

Also, please make sure to help out Ma Dukes as well.  If you don't know the whole situation, please check out this link & read the article:

http://stonesthrow.com/news/2009/01/the-battle-for-j-dilla-s-legacy

If you would like to help out & support Mrs. Yancey, please make sure to click on the following links.  These are ways you can help donate money to her:

http://stonesthrow.com/news/2009/01/raise-it-up-for-ma-dukes
http://rensoul.com/madukes.php

Hope you like the mix peoples.  Happy Birthday Dilla.....it's been 3 years since you've been gone.  We miss you Dilla...I love you bro.  "Smoke weed with me man!"

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