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Dilla Time

The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

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Dilla Time

Auteur(s): Dan Charnas, Jeff Peretz - contributor
Narrateur(s): Dan Charnas
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This program contains examples of J Dilla's music performed in the story by drummer Nate Smith and is accompanied by a bonus PDF of maps, photos, guides, and more.

"This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius.” (QUESTLOVE)

Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music for the 21st century.

He wasn’t known to mainstream audiences, even though he worked with renowned acts like D’Angelo and Erykah Badu and influenced the music of superstars like Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. He died at the age of 32, and in his lifetime he never had a pop hit. Yet since his death, J Dilla has become a demigod: revered by jazz musicians and rap icons from Robert Glasper to Kendrick Lamar; memorialized in symphonies and taught at universities. And at the core of this adulation is innovation: a new kind of musical time-feel that he created on a drum machine, but one that changed the way “traditional” musicians play.

In Dilla Time, Dan Charnas chronicles the life of James DeWitt Yancey, from his gifted childhood in Detroit, to his rise as a Grammy-nominated hip-hop producer, to the rare blood disease that caused his premature death; and follows the people who kept him and his ideas alive. He also rewinds the histories of American rhythms: from the birth of soul in Dilla’s own “Motown,” to funk, techno, and disco. Here, music is a story of Black culture in America and of what happens when human and machine times are synthesized into something new. Dilla Time is a different kind of book about music, a visual experience with graphics that build those concepts step by step for fans and novices alike, teaching us to “see” and feel rhythm in a unique and enjoyable way.

Dilla’s beats, startling some people with their seeming “sloppiness,” were actually the work of a perfectionist almost spiritually devoted to his music. This is the story of the man and his machines, his family, friends, partners, and celebrity collaborators. Culled from more than 150 interviews about one of the most important and influential musical figures of the past hundred years, Dilla Time is a book as delightfully detail-oriented and unique as J Dilla’s music itself.

©2022 Dan Charnas and Jeff Peretz (P)2022 Macmillan Audio
Biographies et mémoires Musique Célébrité Musicien
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2022, New York Magazine Best Books of the Year, Long-listed

2023, PEN Literary Award - Winne, Winner

2022, Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, Long-listed

"[Dilla Time] do[es] what good music books should: send you back to the source material . . . Dilla Time is an important piece of music writing, affording its African-American subject the respect that the rock establishment has long accorded its white heroes."The Economist

“Educational without being overbearing, emotional without turning saccharine, Dilla Time is a must-read not only for fans of Yancey, but anyone with a deep love for hip-hop or Black music, full stop.”The Ringer

“It’s no ordinary book. . . equal parts biography, musical analysis and cultural history delving deep not only into Dilla’s history and music but also into the histories of rhythm and his hometown of Detroit.”Variety

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A mesmerizing book about a true icon

I laughed, I cried, I learned, and was totally immersed in this book.
I highly recommend this read to all Dilla fans, musicians, and frankly, anyone who wants to be touch by an inspiring life story!

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A Great Read

Along with the biography, this book gets into the aesthetic of hip-hop. As a classically trained musician, I had no idea of what to listen for in that music. Now that I have some awareness of it, I look for it elsewhere, especially in the music I know best: the Claasical and Romantic orchestal literature.

It is there more than I first thought.

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WOOOOOOOO😗!

I am a huge J Dilla fan been listening and following his career since I was 16. I hope they do a movie on him one day, not a documentary. Great read and it took me back to the Golden ERA. I'm craving donuts now lol. cheers.

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get this book

one of the best books on creativity and music i have ever read and i was not even a dilla fan before i read it. incredible story. highest
recommendation.

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DILLA

Loved it, what a great history lesson. Would recommend to any dilla, beat, hip-hop head!

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It’s Dilla time to listen to this

Im thankful to ams BlackGild Amsterdam who’s an avid J Dilla fan who opened up this world to me. I grew up with hip-hop, but lacked forthright to understand where the music and the beat stemmed from, so this book in biography of J Dilla‘s mindsets, and how he impacted and altered the course of some of our Music icons such as quest love common Madlib, Erykah Badu, and so many more. I also found myself discovering new musicians with their beats influenced by J Dilla to discover . I love that there are footnotes on some stories as it’s been told so that you have two sides of the story and you can use your own perception.

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Mostly a tribute to the artist, very little technical info

With the utmost respect to the author and team that assembled this book, I believe the marketing is misleading regarding the contents of this book. This book is mostly an exercise in deifying the artist, and contains very little about his musical methods and technique. What’s offered is rudimentary and incomplete, yet the marketing material suggests a thorough insight to the artists sampling technique and creative methods… that simply isn’t there.

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