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 ā€œIlla Jā€ Yancey and Frank Nitt. The dynamic new collection is built around previously unheard tracks created by Illa J’s brother: the late, great J Dilla (James Yancey). With Frank Nitt’s 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 — the stunning cache of beats Dilla left behind.

With its rapturous single ā€œQuicksandā€ featuring Common, Sunset Blvd also teams Yancey Boys with De La Soul’s Posdnuos (ā€œBeautifulā€), The Pharcyde’s SlimKid3 (ā€œRock My Worldā€), and T3 of Slum Village (ā€œJeep 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. ā€œWe’ve created an album that would make Dilla proud,ā€ says Frank Nitt, who grew up with Dilla in Detroit. ā€œBut this isn’t a nostalgia trip: Dilla’s beats were so future-forward that they’re right on time in 2013, and we’ve assembled the best artists possible to represent that.ā€

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