I'm honestly not trying to troll and I must admit I do enjoy a lot of Dilla's production. He was a great producer and may his soul rest in peace, but I've been wondering what is the true fascination with his music? I mean, dude has a cult following of nikkas who sit on youtube all day listening to obscure beats he produced. When I listen to his music I'm not that amazed because I hear some bangers, but for the most part a lot of it seems very experimental to me, so I just can't get THAT in to it. Personally I think there were quite a few producers who were more influential then him and on top of that received more commercial success, but don't receive the type of accolades online that he does. RZA is my all time favorite producer and when I listen to a lot of Dilla's stuff I hear RZA's influence in there (specifically on "10 Bricks" off of OB4CL2), but there isn't dudes trolling on the internet all day talking about how great of a producer RZA was/is. When RZA receives accolades it's more of a blanketed Wu-Tang Clan appreciation. I know they refer to Dilla as "Your favorite producers favorite producer", so is it more of a technical thing? Like, they way he mixes down his beats, studio techniques, etc. that draws people in? If that's the case then I can also point to someone like Dr Dre who is possibly the greatest Producer/Engineer in Hip Hop history, but still when people talk about Dre it's usually about them hopelessly awaiting "Detox", but I rarely hear about dudes listening to every beat Dre has ever produced in his career. Like I said, I'm not trying to take anything away from Dilla because I think it's cool that his name is still alive and well since he's no longer physically here to add to his catalog unlike the other producers I've mentioned. I believe he did bring a lot of new things to the table, but I'm just trying to get a better understanding on why so many people are so fascinated with his production. Is there a certain way you're suppose to listen to his music? Do you need to be an audio engineer? Do you need to light Incense some shyt? Talk to me, what's the fascination with Dilla?
Seriously, What's the Fascination With Dilla About?
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Mike Statik
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dudes easily a top 10 producer ever
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I'm honestly not trying to troll and I must admit I do enjoy a lot of Dilla's production. He was a great producer and may his soul rest in peace, but I've been wondering what is the true fascination with his music? I mean, dude has a cult following of nikkas who sit on youtube all day listening to obscure beats he produced. When I listen to his music I'm not that amazed because I hear some bangers, but for the most part a lot of it seems very experimental to me, so I just can't get THAT in to it. Personally I think there were quite a few producers who were more influential then him and on top of that received more commercial success, but don't receive the type of accolades online that he does. RZA is my all time favorite producer and when I listen to a lot of Dilla's stuff I hear RZA's influence in there (specifically on "10 Bricks" off of OB4CL2), but there isn't dudes trolling on the internet all day talking about how great of a producer RZA was/is. When RZA receives accolades it's more of a blanketed Wu-Tang Clan appreciation. I know they refer to Dilla as "Your favorite producers favorite producer", so is it more of a technical thing? Like, they way he mixes down his beats, studio techniques, etc. that draws people in? If that's the case then I can also point to someone like Dr Dre who is possibly the greatest Producer/Engineer in Hip Hop history, but still when people talk about Dre it's usually about them hopelessly awaiting "Detox", but I rarely hear about dudes listening to every beat Dre has ever produced in his career. Like I said, I'm not trying to take anything away from Dilla because I think it's cool that his name is still alive and well since he's no longer physically here to add to his catalog unlike the other producers I've mentioned. I believe he did bring a lot of new things to the table, but I'm just trying to get a better understanding on why so many people are so fascinated with his production. Is there a certain way you're suppose to listen to his music? Do you need to be an audio engineer? Do you need to light Incense some shyt? Talk to me, what's the fascination with Dilla?
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Madlib and doom are better than dilla tbh
My Top 10 in No Particular Order:
RZA
Dr Dre
DJ Premier
Pete Rock
Havoc
Kanye West
Q-Tip
Hi-Tek
Large Professor
Alchemist
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Creep.
First sign of a troll.
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Creep.
Not really. I just know that Dilla has a very big online following who would've flocked from every hip hop forum known to man to neg this thread if I didn't add the disclaimer.
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so you going there with it ?
RJD2 eats both them n!ggas lunch
i am bro, never heard rjd2 before
Not again...this exact thread was just made a month or two ago, and it was a historically shtty one.
People like and enjoy J Dilla's production. It sounds good to them. Myself included. Hope that helps.
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Creep.
Yes, really. You know exactly what you're doing. Quit while you're behind.
MegaTronBomb!
Power is in my hair nikka
breh, i made this same thread on
like 3 years ago cause of the mass influx of people who started dikkriding the shyt out of him after he died...and made the entire J Dilla fanbase look corny as fukk.dude was a great producer, but you had fakkit ass hipsters who acted like the nikka was god AFTER he was already did, and the shyt just became so trendy among the " i don't listen to mainstream hip hop, so i'm better than you" types it caused this obsession with his shyt... you had nikkas who weren't even alive when any of that Pharcyde shyt came out, talking bout how " J Dilla saved their life" when they only found out who he was after he was already dead.
and then on add to that, Charles Hamilton pulled some weirdo shyt talking about " J Dilla produced his album"...then after Ma Yancey got in his ass, he backpedaled off that shyt....with the quickness.