J Dilla’s “Back To The Crib” Mixtape Unearthed (Release)
We can never get enough J Dilla, and it looks like we’re getting some more unreleased goodness in the a Back To The Crib mixtape. As The Shining gets ready for special 7″ release, available here, we get a full stream mixtape of a bunch of tracks the man put together. Lots of jams.
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I can already see you producers out there with the wheels spinning on flipping this tape into a beat tape.
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It’s already been a decade since J Dilla — the mercurial producer and rapper from Detroit — passed away and his posthumously completed album, The Shining, saw the light of day on BBE Records.
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As they prepare to release the project on 7″ for the first time, we’re extremely honoured to get our hands on a never-before-heard mixtape by the master himself. Made some time between mid-1999 and early 2000, it’s a fly-on-the-wall showing of what Jay Dee had blaring out of his speakers while on the sofa or by the MPC.
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Sink into your own couch and press play before ordering a copy of the re-release.