J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid

The album is a 28 track collection of unreleased Dilla beats mixed and arranged by Pete Rock. Although “J$P” mostly instrumental, it will several guests vocals from artists that Dilla worked with or admired, such as Black Thought, Havoc, Raekwon, MF DOOM, and M.O.P. It was executive produced by Dilla’s mother Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey along with the musical supervision of Dilla’s only real musical idol, Pete Rock. In regard to the album's feel and direction Ma Dukes stated:
“ It wasn’t rushed and it wasn’t haphazard. This album combines what he did in the beginning of his career, what he did in some of our early hospital stays, which was very deep, and some stuff pulled from old floppy disks & DATs. It's mind blowing... this is like the missing links to Dilla’s legacy.[2] ”

Art Direction and illustrations for Jay Stay Paid were contributed by world renowned graphic artist Mike Orduna (Fatoe) for Fatoe.com

In promotion for the album, the Beat Junkies released a free sampler of the album.[3]

The format of the album plays like a radio show with Pete Rock as the program director. With regards to Pete’s involvement, Ms. Yancey gets very excited, “Dilla wanted to pattern himself behind Pete. His dream was to become as close as possible to what Pete stood for. Pete meant everything to him. Dilla would have just been flabbergasted! ” Pete’s sentiments were the same toward Dilla, “Dude was amazing. He just kinda came outta nowhere and the more you heard his beats the better they got. He may not be here with us, but it’s all good we’re going to keep his music alive and well.”

In the late 80s, Dilla founded the seminal rap group Slum Village and put Detroit hip-hop on the map, while the 90’s saw him playing a major role in the production team The Ummah with Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad doing extensive work on Tribe Called Quest’s last two albums.

Tracklist:
01 00:56 KJay FM Dedication
02 01:28 King
03 02:49 I Told Y'all
04 01:21 Lazer Gunne Funke
05 02:00 In The Night/While You Slept (I Crept)
06 02:09 Smoke (feat. Blu)
07 02:58 Blood Sport (feat. Lil' Fame Of M.O.P.)
08 02:01 CaDILLAc
09 01:25 Expensive Whip
10 00:56 Kaklow (Jump On It)
11 00:54 Digi Dirt (feat. Phat Kat)
12 02:24 Dilla Bot Vs. The Hybrid (feat. Danny Brown)
13 01:27 Milk Money
14 02:38 Spacecowboy Vs. Bobble Head
15 02:40 Reality TV (feat. Black Thought)
16 01:26 On Stilts
17 01:31 Fire Wood Drumstix (feat. Doom)
18 03:02 Glamour Sho75 (09)
19 01:42 10,000 Watts
20 01:53 9th Caller
21 05:01 Make It Fast (Unadulterated Mix) (feat. Diz Gibran)
22 04:22 24K Rap (feat. Havoc Of Mobb Depp & Raekwon)
23 01:02 Big City
24 01:25 Pay Day (feat. Frank Nitty Of Frank N' Dank)
25 03:44 See That Boy Fly (feat. Illa J & Cue D)
26 01:13 Coming Back
27 01:44 Mythsysizer
28 01:58 KJay & We Out

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