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July 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jordan Ferguson: J Dilla’s Donuts (33 1/3)

J Dilla’s Donuts (33 1/3) Jordan Ferguson Bloomsbury Academic It’s sometimes worrying when a thoroughly modern album is approached as part of the 33 1/3 series. Maybe we’re more sympathetic with the passing of time, ready and open for nostalgia and of course, more simply, there’s more weight attached with the wait, the passing of […]
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July 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

J. Dilla: Rebirth of Detroit

J. Dilla Rebirth of Detroit Southbound The press release proclaims “J. Dilla’s mother, Mrs. Maureen ‘MaDukes’ Yauncey is pleased to announce a new album of unreleased material from her son”. What it doesn’t tell you – but I will, right now in fact – is that the reason she’s pleased is because it means, in […]
Posted in Back Catalogue · Tagged Hip-Hop, J Dilla, Jay Dee, Rebirth of Detroit ·

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