J Dilla

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American musician DJ hip hop producer human rapper record producer songwriter

J Dilla was a highly influential American hip-hop producer and rapper renowned for his innovative, soulful, and off-kilter approach to beat-making.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
J Dilla canonical	77
Dilla	5
J Dilla discography	2

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American musician ⓘ DJ ⓘ hip hop producer ⓘ human ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jay Dee ⓘ surface form: J-Dee Jay Dee ⓘ
associatedAct	A Tribe Called Quest ⓘ Busta Rhymes ⓘ Common ⓘ D'Angelo ⓘ Erykah Badu ⓘ Madlib ⓘ Slum Village ⓘ The Pharcyde ⓘ
birthName	James Dewitt Yancey ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cardiac arrest ⓘ
collaboratedWith	A Tribe Called Quest ⓘ Common ⓘ Erykah Badu ⓘ Madlib ⓘ The Pharcyde ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1974-02-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2006-02-10 ⓘ
genre	hip hop ⓘ instrumental hip hop ⓘ jazz rap ⓘ neo soul ⓘ
hasInfluenced	9th Wonder ⓘ Flying Lotus ⓘ Kanye West ⓘ Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ surface form: Questlove
influenced	alternative hip hop artists ⓘ lo-fi hip hop producers ⓘ neo soul movement ⓘ
instrument	Akai MPC3000 ⓘ
legacy	considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time ⓘ
medicalCondition	lupus ⓘ
memberOf	Slum Village ⓘ
notableFor	innovative, off-kilter drum programming ⓘ soulful sample-based production ⓘ
notableWork	Donuts ⓘ Ruff Draft ⓘ Welcome 2 Detroit ⓘ
occupation	DJ ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
style	off-kilter drum patterns ⓘ soulful sample chopping ⓘ swing-heavy quantization ⓘ

Referenced by (84)

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Common → associatedAct → J Dilla ⓘ

Common Sense → associatedAct → J Dilla ⓘ

Be → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

The Light → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

Finding Forever → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

Electric Circus → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

Erykah Badu → associatedAct → J Dilla ⓘ

Common – Be → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

subject surface form: Be

Big Sean → hasInfluence → J Dilla ⓘ

Things Fall Apart → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

Phrenology → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

Common (musician) → associatedAct → J Dilla ⓘ

subject surface form: Common

Go! → hasProducer → J Dilla ⓘ

Robert Glasper → influencedBy → J Dilla ⓘ

Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter → associatedAct → J Dilla ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dilla

KAYTRANADA → influencedBy → J Dilla ⓘ

Soulquarians → member → J Dilla ⓘ

Bilal → collaboratedWith → J Dilla ⓘ

Karriem Riggins → associatedAct → J Dilla ⓘ

Coolaid → hasProducer → J Dilla ⓘ

follows the single "The 6th Sense" → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

subject surface form: The Light

follows the single "The 6th Sense" → writer → J Dilla ⓘ

subject surface form: The Light

follows the single "The 6th Sense" → hasProducer → J Dilla ⓘ

subject surface form: The Light

follows the single "The 6th Sense" → hasComposer → J Dilla ⓘ

subject surface form: The Light

So Far To Go → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

So Far To Go → composer → J Dilla ⓘ

So Far To Go → hasProducerRole → J Dilla ⓘ

So Far To Go → hasSongwriterRole → J Dilla ⓘ

Like Water for Chocolate → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

Madlib → collaboratedWith → J Dilla ⓘ

Mama’s Gun → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

I Am Music → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

I Am Music → performer → J Dilla ⓘ

Gravitas → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

The Pharcyde → associatedAct → J Dilla ⓘ

Slum Village → associatedAct → J Dilla ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dilla

Slum Village → hasFormerMember → J Dilla ⓘ

Slum Village → influencedBy → J Dilla ⓘ

Donuts → artist → J Dilla ⓘ

Donuts → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

Welcome 2 Detroit → artist → J Dilla ⓘ

Welcome 2 Detroit → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

Welcome 2 Detroit → chronology → J Dilla ⓘ

this entity surface form: J Dilla discography

Ruff Draft → artist → J Dilla ⓘ

Ruff Draft → producer → J Dilla ⓘ

Ruff Draft → partOf → J Dilla ⓘ

this entity surface form: J Dilla discography

Ruff Draft → alsoKnownAs → J Dilla ⓘ

subject surface form: James Yancey

Flying Lotus → influencedBy → J Dilla ⓘ

Jay Dee → alsoKnownAs → J Dilla ⓘ