J Dilla - Rough Draft (Black Vinyl)

J Dilla - Rough Draft (Black Vinyl)When Ruff Draft saw its initial release in 2003, J Dilla possessed production skills on par with anyone in hip hop technically and creatively. At the top of his game, says longtime friend and collaborator, Karriem Riggins. After years of building while modestly deferring to others of both greater and lesser notoriety, Dilla finally completed the first solo endeavor on his own label, entirely on his own terms. The significance of such an autonomous

the record is built on a foundation of elegant guitar grooves and knotty rhythms

The album sounds streamlined and intentional

and her parent's living room

with his vocals and the lyrics at the forefront

This outpouring of evocative emotion makes the band’s more traditional song structures read like a new breed of pop music in its purest form

Vice has heralded their music as “unpredictable and expansive

Never basic

'75' is a masterpiece of cosmic punk rock

the album subsequently won the inaugural Grammy award for “Best Dance / Electronic Album” and was nominated for the UK’s prestigious Mercury Prize

mixed emotions associated with building a new home while attempting to make sense of the one she had left behind

this is more than style over substance and definitely not horror core - it's hip hop in it's rawest form and what we really need right now

hoodlums or whatever they were called