Did J-Dilla stans exist before he died?

[Jack Trippa 3z company ho]

I would def say that after he passed, he was elevated to GOAT producer levels by a lot of cats.

He was a good producer but I was never blown away by him like I have been with numerous other producers. Def checked for him since his work with slum village though.

I also remember ?uestlove proclaimed him the GOAT and then you had all these Internet dudes parroting that.

But RIP to that brother. Made some great music. But OP is correct.

 

[BigF]

I see OP's point. There was huge respect for Dilla but it reached epic levels after he passed.

Q-tip speaks on it in this interview. (around 1:11.40)




The fact is that this is true of any artist who dies. This has been the case for centuries though.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

I started stanning around the time Champion Sound and Ruff Draft dropped, mid-late 2003

 

[Umi]

I became stan before he died. I heard LWFC and it hit me.
I don't think I ever really looked at beats this way until dilla.

Everyone has his own style, Tip, Pete, Preemo, nd all. But Dilla's beats...
Of course not all dilla beats. But yo, I can put on headphones, hear ten beats, but as soon as dilla comes through, it gives me goosebumps.
Only one coming close is Madlib.

 

[Ian1362]

Part of the goat legacy manifested thru him is also the huge influence he had on LB, and subsequently, Drake. Add that to the Internet producers like esta knx and Flylo drawing inspiration from his approach, that whole la stones throw adult swim esqe scene and he'd probably be getting even more shine today with cuts on Drake Kendrick and Kanye records. Breh also didn't fit in the two coast dynamic, got lots of love from everyone from qwick, Madlib, Dre etc to tribe, PR, havoc, Diddy

 

[SuperNintendo Chalmers]

He was respected across the industry and loved within his circles.

When he died, his popularity exploded. Thats not uncommon. Thats the thing about art.

The Great Gatsby wasn't considered a great literary work until after Fitzgerald died.

It is what it is.

 

[LordTaskForce]

yea, but the hilarious thing is how nuts it got post 2006. Back in 96/98 when he was with tip and they had that "umma" thing going, people were saying that something was missing from those tribe albums, i personally loved them, even the love movement, even if lyrically it wasnt as strong. Fantastic Vol. 2 again was another album where the lyrics were sub par but his production outshined alot of people. The thing is, after he died, as much as i enjoyed his stuff, i didint understand the "genius" of what he was doing. i thought he was really good, but that was it.

Some of these same people were shyttin on those two tribe albums back then, but now hail them as dark horse classics because he was involved. Dilla would be madlib status if he was around today, which is a great thing, but its not what these fukkin hipsters with vinyl parading on instagram make it out to be. Stones Throw marketed that shyt perfectly.By all accounts ive spoken to ONE person who has been in the studio with J-Dilla and the onlyl description given to me was that he was really really quiet. REALLY quiet and just liked to do his thing and leave.

i think after 2006 dudes started to pay homage. especially little brother and 9th wonder

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

No, I never heard about Dilla before his death. (Most Stans didn't)
I did know some of his beats though... just didn't know it was produced by him.
but when he died i really woke up and realised he was 1 of the GOAT's.

 

[NVious]

I started stanning around the time Champion Sound and Ruff Draft dropped, mid-late 2003

Same here. I actually heard Madlib first, and then started checking for Dilla after that.

Dilla is incredible, but I still think Madlib is the GOAT.

 

[smokeurobinson]

I remember Dilla being a big deal on hip hip sites before his death the same way with MF Doom. But not outside of the internet. Maybe nowadays with all types of rappers looking for instrumentals online he has become more talked about offline but back then.....u had to be a hip hop fanatic to know about Dilla outside of the net.

 

[beenz]

a lot of folks were mad when dilla came into the fold with ATCQ on beats rhymes and life. he wasn't bad then, but he changed their sound from what it was on the first 3 albums.

however, his work after that, a lot of folks really got into especially once he started working with the likes of common on LWFC and the roots on things fall apart. he also did some nice stuff on the early busta rhymes solo albums as well. the first q-tip album was ehhhh, but you can't pinpoint who was responsible for what on that album.

 

[Theodoresolderbreh]

i became a fan after hearing damn near all of donuts on adult swim one night high af. did some research and found out i was already a fan of some of his beats on some artists i liked listened to damn near everything he had out been a fan every since. i got hip to DOOM the same way actually

 

[Apollo Kid]

Liked his stuff on LWFC and Welcome 2 Detroit but i agree his popularity went up after he died.

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

His popularity went up HEAVY after he died.

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

Nujabes died. He already had recognition though.