PERSONALLY, WE NEED MORE MIXTAPES LIKE THIS TO WHERE J DILLA IS BEING PRAISED, CAUSE ON THE REAL… THERE’S STILL A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WHO STILL DON’T KNOW WHO THIS PRODUCER IS. AND EVIDENTLY, THE ALBUMS AND BEAT TAPES THAT HE HAS WORKED ON ISN’T ENOUGH… CAUSE THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT JAY DEE AND JD (JERMAINE DUPRI) ARE THE SAME PERSON, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH.

NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE TAKING J DILLA’S NAME IN VAIN AND MAKING MONEY OFF OF HIM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO DESERVE TO PAY HOMAGE TO DILLA ARE PEOPLE THAT KNOW DILLA, THEN THE WORD-OF-MOUTH OF DILLA WOULD NOT GO THAT FAR.

ON THE REAL, NOT EVERY RAPPER WHO WAS CLOSE TO DILLA WAS THAT DOPE WITHOUT DILLA’S PRODUCTION.

GUILTY SIMPSON IS OKAY, BUT “ODE TO THE GHETTO” WASN’T THAT GREAT OF AN ALBUM, ESPECIALLY WHEN DILLA ONLY PRODUCED ONE SONG. WITHOUT DILLA, GUILTY IS NOTHING BUT ANOTHER BEANIE SIGEL TO ME. PHAT KAT NEVER WAS INTERESTING TO ME, BUT THE ONLY REASONS WHY HIS ALBUMS ARE GOOD ARE BECAUSE OF THE BEATS. THE SAME GOES FOR FRANK N DANK, I’M SORRY BUT I CAN’T LISTEN TO THEM WITHOUT A DILLA BEAT… PERIOD. IT’S JUST LIKE HEARING GURU OR GROUP HOME WITHOUT DJ PREMIER ON THE BEATS… IT’S NOT THE SAME AT ALL.

EVEN THOUGH ELZHI IS DOPE, IT’S DEFINITELY EVIDENT THAT SLUM VILLAGE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT DILLA. BUT WHAT’S INTERESTING IS THAT THE MASSES NEVER HEARD OF SLUM VILLAGE UNTIL DILLA LEFT THE GROUP. AND NO DISRESPECT TO Q-TIP, BUT IT’S INTERESTING THAT HE WOULD CALL OUT ALL THOSE WHO SUPPOSEDLY USED DILLA IMPROPERLY, BUT HE WAS USING DILLA HIMSELF BY TAKING CREDITS FOR BEATS THAT DILLA MADE, AND SAYING THAT HE MADE THE BEATS BECAUSE HE ADDED A LITTLE EXTRA PRODUCTION ON IT.

THERE ARE ONLY A FEW POPULAR ARTISTS THAT HAVE WORKED WITH DILLA, THEREFORE, HE NEEDS TO BE HEARD FOR IN ANY AND EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION, DILLA WAS MORE THAN JUST DETROIT HIP HOP… HE REPRESENTED ALL OF UNDERGROUND HIP HOP. SPEAKING OF DETROIT, WHEN J DILLA WAS JAY DEE (BEFORE EMINEM), I ASKED MAD PEOPLE IN DETROIT IF THEY HAVE HEARD OF JAY DEE. AND GUESS WHAT… MOST PEOPLE THERE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHO HE WAS, OR THEY THOUGHT THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT JERMAINE DUPRI. IT’S JUST LIKE ASKING PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA IF MOST PEOPLE HEARD OF 9TH WONDER, AND 9 TIMES OUT OF 10, YOU WOULD STILL GET A NO.

SO IF ANYTHING, I WISHED THAT THERE WERE MORE J DILLA TRIBUTES LIKE THIS… AS LONG AS IT’S A TRIBUTE AND IT’S FREE TO THE PUBLIC. HE SHOULD BE HEARD ABOUT IN THE SAME WAY AS 2PAC (REMEMBER ALL THOSE MAKAVELI MIXTAPES). THE WAY 2PAC INFLUENCED MAINSTREAM HIP HOP CONCEPTS, J DILLA WAS THE SAME FOR UNDERGROUND HIP HOP.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS MY OPINION.

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