Rappcats: J Dilla – Give Em What They Want

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J Dilla – Give Em What They Want Posted: 16 Apr 2014 09:27 AM PDT On sale – J DILLA – GIVE ‘EM WHAT THEY WANT Here’s the latest record from Dilla’s long-lost (and still tangled) album The Diary, “Give ‘Em What They Want,” 12-inch on clear vinyl with five tracks produced in 2002 by J Dilla and Supa Dave West. This will be released on May 6th on Pay Jay Productions.  Dilla set out in 2002 to record an album collaborating with his favorite producers, and Supa Dave West was among them. The first two vocal tracks on this record are built around the same lyrics – “Give ‘Em What They Want” produced by Dilla and “The Doe” produced by West are typical of how he would re-record a track, changing his delivery to fit another producer’s beat. The last vocal track “So Far,” also produced by Supa Dave West, will be familiar to some fans of MP3 bootlegs. On this record, it’s mastered for the first time by Dave Cooley, who worked on Donuts, The Shining and Ruff Draft. Thanks to James & Karla Murray for the cover photo, from their book Store Front (Ginko Press). The label illustration is by Denise Nestor, based on a photo by B+. Sleeve by Jeff Jank. This was produced for reissue by Eothen Alapatt, with coordination from House Shoes, Henoch Moore and J Rocc. Pay Jay Productions was founded by J Dilla (James Yancey). The Estate of James Yancey is administered by attorney Alex Borden and overseen by the Probate Court of the State of California on behalf of Yancey's four heirs – his mother, Maureen "Madukes" Yancey, his brother John "Illa J" Yancey and his two daughters, Ja'Mya Yancey and Ty-monae Whitlow. In the series – J DILLA – ANTHEM | J DILLA – DIAMONDS & ICE

Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting Posted: 16 Apr 2014 09:14 AM PDT Coming April 19 | Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting by Eilon Paz, chronicles 130 vinyl record collectors and their stacks. Photographer Eilon Paz began "Dust & Grooves" as a pet project — Paz would photograph a collector and post shots to a blog. After five years of shooting and meeting serious record collectors around the world, Paz parlayed the project into an outstanding book with quality photos, design, and printing standards. More details. A few pages below: Eothen "Egon" Alapatt in Los Angeles. The Bambaataa Collection: Johan Kugelberg alphabetized and organized Afrika Bambaataa's 43,000 record collection in preparation for a move to Cornell University's Hip-Hop History Archive, where it joins other hip-hop vinyl and artwork collections. (Cornell also hoped to archive the J Dilla record collection.) Joe Bussard, Frederick, MD: Joe Bussard sitting in his basement with some of the rarest 78s in existence. The brown paper record jackets behind him are all uniformly discolored in the middle as a result of Joe's hands sorting and searching through them for the past 60 years.