Yancey Boys – “Quicksand” ft. Common & Dezi Paige (Produced by J Dilla)
Sometimes with all of the media out there, we miss things we weren’t supposed to. Well, I missed this. Press play and cop over at iTunes.
Delicious Vinyl brings you Sunset Blvd, the new album from Yancey Boys, the group piloted by John āIlla Jā Yancey and Frank Nitt. The dynamic new collection is built around previously unheard tracks created by Illa Jās brother: the late, great J Dilla (James Yancey). With Frank Nittās standing as J Dilla Music Catalog Curator and the official approval of Yancey Media Group, all productions on Sunset Blvd originate from The Lost Scrolls ā the stunning cache of beats Dilla left behind.
With its rapturous single āQuicksandā featuring Common, Sunset Blvd also teams Yancey Boys with De La Soulās Posdnuos (āBeautifulā), The Pharcydeās SlimKid3 (āRock My Worldā), and T3 of Slum Village (āJeep Volumeā), making it clear that the Dilla legacy is being represented by those who knew and collaborated with Dilla in his lifetime. Additional guests on Sunset Blvd include DJs Rhettmatic, C-Minus, and JRocc (Beat Junkies) as well as rap roughneck Guilty Simpson and R&B strongman Eric Roberson. āWeāve created an album that would make Dilla proud,ā says Frank Nitt, who grew up with Dilla in Detroit. āBut this isnāt a nostalgia trip: Dillaās beats were so future-forward that theyāre right on time in 2013, and weāve assembled the best artists possible to represent that.ā