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J Dilla's vinyl collection

David Pescovitz at 9:10 am Thu, Mar 21, 2013

J Dilla (1974-2006) was a highly-influential music producer from Detroit who collaborated with the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Janet Jackson, Talib Kweli, and Erykah Badu. In this new half-hour documentary, Fuse looks at Dilla's life and digs into his record collection, currently in a Detroit storage locker.

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David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

TAGS: music vinyl

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http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns

It belongs in a museum!

http://p.twimg.com/AwJq9tbCEAAvUVl.jpg:large
http://twitter.com/peterbebergal Peter Bebergal

I haven’t seen anything quite as moving and just plain real as this in a long time. Watching those guys talk about his records and seeing how much they miss him is glorious.
vonbobo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ncSt5xC8Uk
noah django

whelp, that’ll hit you right in the gut, eh?

on the real, Spinna and JRocc big-up-ing you for digging and beats? I was trying to come up with a bunch of hyperbolic analogies but suffice it to say that’s bananas.

this whole series is really great, too. I’d seen the Muggs, Jazzy Jeff, and Cut joints already, so thanks for this.
http://marrickvillian.blogspot.com/ Al Corrupt

J Dilla changed my life.
RIP

Last Donut… http://youtu.be/Gh_DkwNguSY