While Shake is having a meeting with his new best friends, I’ll try and play catch up. Here’s a tagless version of the bonus track off Blood On Chef’s Apron.

DOWNLOAD: Raekwon – R.I.P. f. B-Real | Mediafire

Damn, it’s really been 10 years since we lost Big L? Damn…

DOWNLOAD: Big L – ‘98 Freestyle
DOWNLOAD: Big L – Harlem’s Finest (A Freestyle History pt.1)
DOWNLOAD: Big L – Harlem’s Finest (A Freestyle History pt.2)

What we’re some of ya’ll favorite records? And while we’re at it… let’s jump back a few years to Meka’s Remembering Lamont “Big L” Coleman article over at the plantation.

Damn. This is getting ridiculous. Another legend is lost. Rest in Peace.

Damn. Heard the news this morning and couldn’t believe it. *tips hat to one of my personal favorites…

While packing up our booth after the mini-tornado hit SounSet ‘08 I heard some disheartening news. Aesop Rock announced that his friend and fellow Weathermen emcee Camu Tao had passed after a nearly a two year battle with lung cancer. I’ve been a up on dude’s music for quite sometime as I was huge MHz/Weathermen fan back in the day. So on behalf of 2DB, I’d like to send my condolences to his friends and family. Rest In Peace Mr. Smith.

“put em up, put em up, you lookin for some courage/ you should’a had Geico Insurance/
in Miami they shot your car, poor little bizitch/ I guess now you need the Geico Lizard”

Was it just me that fell out laughing when Pap dropped those lines? Dude IS the Geico Lizard, for real. Haha, all jokes aside though Papoose went in on this track! I’m not much of a fan of his music but shit… “RIP Stack Bundles, I’m sad you had to go/ Instead of you dying it should have been Fat Joe”. Woooow.

DOWNLOAD: Papoose – A Fair One (Fat Joe / DJ Khaled Diss)

So we finally added the third feature that Aliya Ewing did on Dilla over at the plantation. This time around she got family and friends closest to Jay Dee to speak about their favorite memories and tell their favorite stories. From Illa J (Dilla’s younger brother), Talib Kweli, Phat Kat, Mr. Porter (of D-12) and many more; this is something no Dilla fan should ignore. And with this post I will be leaving the internets for a few hours (Lakers, Pro Bowl, Grammy’s) but I feel that myself and Meka have left you with plenty of Dilla to pay homage. Rest In Peace James Yancey!

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DJ Parler presently has three Samplology Chapters under his belt, this being the first. He also the K. West Chapter and and A Gangster Chapter. Parler does just what we all love, mixes Dilla’s music with the samples he used. Again, sit back and enjoy…

DOWNLOAD: DJ Parler – Samplology: J. Dilla Chapter

As I said in the post below, today marks the day we lost one of the best producers to ever do it. And with that, I’m making mostly Dilla-related posts in his honor. Here are three fantastic podcast mixes of J. Dilla music. The most recent one was put on the Stones Throw site a few days back but I waited until this day to post all three. J. Rocc (Beat Junkies) did a fine job in showing tribute to the legendary producer. I didn’t include any tracklists, because there’s no need. Just sit back and enjoy…

DOWNLOAD: Thank You Jay Dee: Act 1 (Mixed by J. Rocc)
DOWNLOAD: Thank You Jay Dee: Act 2 (Mixed by J. Rocc)
DOWNLOAD: Thank You Jay Dee: Act 3 (Mixed by J. Rocc)

The lovely Aliya Ewing put together one hell of a editorial, over at HipHopDX, on the late great James Yancey. As we approach the second anniversay of Dilla’s untimeley passing, we celebrate the great body of music this man produced. Featuring commentary from the likes of Talib Kweli, Peanut Butter Wolf, Black Milk, Guilty Simpson, Busta Rhymes and more; speaking on their favorite J. Dilla tracks. She even got an extremely rare quote from Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk! Don’t miss out on this great tribute…

READ: Dilla Wafers: Remembering J. Dilla