3Interview via instant message, December 4, 2012.
Chapter Six
1“Stussy—J Dilla Documentary Part 3 of 3.”
2James Yancey, interview by Gilles Peterson, Gilles Peterson’s World Wide, BBC Radio 1, February 15, 2001, https://soundcloud.com/92bpm/jay-dee-w-gilles-petersons
3Hogan, “The J Dilla Interview,” http://culturekingmedia.com/2010/02/07/j-dilla-interviewed-by-moonsatellite-for-rime-magazine-feature/
4Marley and Pete Rock both produced later entries of the series.
5Anslem Samuel, “J Dilla, The Lost Interview [circa 2004]. XXL, February 10, 2010, http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2010/02/j-dilla-the-lost-interview-circa-2004/
6Dean Van Nguyen, “Kindred Soul,” Wax Poetics, Issue 55, Summer 2013, 32.
7Peterson, Gilles Peterson’s World Wide.
8“J Dilla Still Shining (Part 2 of 4).”
9Reese, “Biography.”
10Aadel Haleem, “Jay Dee Exclusive,” Urbandetour.com, November 27, 2003, http://www.illmuzik.com/forums/threads/j-dilla-interview.3328/
11Reese, “Biography.”
12Ahmir Thompson, “Questlove ?uestlove’s Top 10 Life-Shaping Musical Moments (OG Version),” Okayplayer.com, October 27, 2011, http://www.okayplayer.com/stories/uestloves-top-10-life-shaping-musical-moments-og-version.html/10
13Reese, “Son of Detroit,” 107.
14Adam Fleischer, “Questlove on Why J Dilla Was the Best Rap Producer of All Time,” XXL, last modified February 11, 2012, http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2012/02/questlove-on-why-dilla-was-the-best-rap-producer-of-all-time/
15Blanco, Scratch Magazine.
16Samuel, “J Dilla, The Lost Interview.”
17Jon Caramnica, “Slum Village—Fantastic Volume II,” [sic], SPIN, June 2000, 158.
18Jason Birchmeier, “Slum Village—Fantastic, Vol. 2,” AllMusic Guide, June 13, 2000, http://www.allmusic.com/album/fantastic-vol-2-mw0000602592
19“J Dilla Still Shining (Part 2 of 4)”.
20Ronnie Reese, liner notes to Ruff Draft, Stones Throw Records, STH2153, CD, 2007.
21Haleem, “Jay Dee Exclusive.”
22“Inside Dilla’s Studio,” YouTube video, 5:30, posted by “AgentV,” April 26, 2006, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OxH8riGZl8
23Martin Turenne, “High Fidelity,” URB, Issue 114, http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2004/03/high-fidelity
24Ibid.
25“Stussy—J Dilla Documentary Part 1 of 3.”
26“Stussy—J Dilla Documentary Part 3 of 3,” video, 11:18, posted by “Stussy,” February 25, 2010, http://vimeo.com/9733848
27“Stussy—J Dilla Documentary Part 1 of 3.”
28“Stussy—J Dilla Documentary Part 2 of 3,” video, 8:12, posted by “Stussy,” February 27, 2010, http://vimeo.com/9788481
29Rhapsody, “In Memoriam—J Dilla The Rhapsody Interview,” November 2006, http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/j-dilla/album/in-memoriam-j-dilla-the-rhapsody-interview
30Reese, “Ruff Draft Liner Notes.”
31The cell fragment responsible for blood clotting.
32Common, One Day It’ll All Make Sense (New York: Atria Books, 2011), 249.
33“Stussy—J Dilla Documentary Part 2 of 3.”
34Rodrigo Bascuñán, Luke Fox, and Joe Galiwango, “Dilla: One of the Best Yet,” Pound, March 2006, http://www.poundmag.com/bullsh-t/dilla-one-of- the-best-yet/
35Haleem, “Jay Dee Exclusive.”
36“Stussy—J Dilla Documentary Part 2 of 3.”
37“Houseshoes—From Detroit to L.A.,” YouTube video, 10:09, posted by “ab0181,” May 24, 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJckmxSlcRY
38Stussy, “J Dilla Documentary Part 2 of 3.”
39Andre Torres, “Astral Traveler,” Wax Poetics, Issue 56, Fall 2013, 56.
40Reese, “Son of Detroit,” 109.
41Ibid.
42“J Dilla’s Vinyl Collection—Crate Diggers.”
Chapter Seven
1“Bling47 Dilla Breaks Edition: Rich Medina—History,” YouTube video, 2:52, posted by “Bling47music,” August 12, 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5s4OWinwzw
2“J Dilla’s Vinyl Collection—Crate Diggers.”
3“Stussy—J Dilla Documentary Part 3 of 3.”
4“Bling47 Dilla Breaks Edition: House Shoes—Ruff Draft Intro,” YouTube video, 4:01, posted by “Bling47music,” October 21, 2012, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7FPV0qVF_8
5“J Dilla’s Vinyl Collection—Crate Diggers.”
6Interview via instant message, December 4, 2012.
7Phone interview, January 18, 2013.
8Interview via instant message, December 4, 2012.
9Interview via instant message, December 4, 2012.
10Carter, “Jay Dee’s Last Days.”
11Ego Trip, “The Stories Behind 6 Iconic J Dilla Images with Photographer Brian B+ Cross,” last modified February 9, 2013, http://www.egotripland.com/gallery/j-dilla-brian-cross-photos/23600/
12For more on this see Andrew Gura “set wrap,” last modified October 23, 2008, http://www.flickr.com/photos/trype_williamz/2966729377/
13“Ruff Draft Interviews Part 4,” YouTube video, 3:12, posted by “stonesthrow,” March 28, 2007, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7lbBS0f86c
14“J Dilla Still Shining (Part 4 of 4),” YouTube video, 10:35, posted by Bryan “B.Kyle” Atkins, February 11, 2011, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzx_-sEd3v0
15Interview via instant message, December 4, 2012.
16Thompson, ?uestlove’s Top 10 Life-Shaping Musical Moments, 226.
17Carter, “Jay Dee’s Last Days.”
Chapter Eight
1Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Mo’ Meta Blues (New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2013), 230.
2Blanco, Scratch Magazine.
Chapter Nine
1Ivan Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (New York: Knopf, 2009), 107.
2Gordon Marino, “Introduction,” Basic Writings of Existentialism, ed. Gordon Marino (New York: The Modern Library, 2004), xiv.
3Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus, translated by Justin Long (London: Penguin, 2005), 2.
4Ibid., 117.
5Todd May, Death (Stocksfield: Acumen Publishing, 2009), 106.
6Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, On Death and Dying (New York: Scribner, 1969), 22.
7“Bling47 Dilla Breaks Edition: Rich Medina— History.”
8Kübler-Ross, On Death, 263.
9“Stussy—J Dilla Documentary Part 3 of 3.”
10Phone interview, January 18, 2013.
11Ryan Dombal, “5-10-15-20: ?uestlove,” Pitchfork, last modified June 24, 2010, http://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/8474-5-10-15-20-uestlove/
12“Stussy—J Dilla Documentary Part 3 of 3.”
13Fleischer, “Questlove on Why J Dilla Was the Best Rap Producer.”
14The break comes from the b-side of the project’s only release, a cover of The Incredible Bongo Band’s “Apache,” one of the foundational breaks of hip-hop, and perhaps what drew Dilla to pick up the record in the first place.
15Kübler-Ross, On Death, 63.
16Ibid., 97.
17Ibid., 124.
Chapter Ten
1John Updike, “Late Works,” The New Yorker, August 7, 2006, http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/08/07/060807crat_atlarge
2Edward W. Said, On Late Style: Music and Literature Against the Grain (New York: Vintage, 2006), 7.
3Ibid., 8.
4“Stussy—J Dilla Documentary 2 of 3.”
5Michael Wood, “Introduction,” On Late Style: Music and Literature Against the Grain by Edward W. Said (New York: Vintage, 2006), xiii.
6Straus, Joseph N., “Disability and ‘Late Style’ in Music,” The Journal of Musicology, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Winter 2008), 6.
7Ibid., 11.
8“Questlove on Dilla’s Inspirations,” Stones Throw Message Board, http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9VrxiWum
egsJ:www.stonesthrow.com/messageboard/index.php%253Fshowtopic%253D4357+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca
9Terry Teachout, “Facing the Final Curtain,” The Wall Street Journal, September 18, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204518504574418790035029918.html
Chapter Eleven
1“Dilla Day Detroit—Talib Kweli, DJ Spinna, House Shoes & J. Rocc,” YouTube video, 4:50, posted by “fuse,” February 19, 2013, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB5_TN4q80M
2Nate Patrin, “J Dilla—Donuts (45 Box Set),” last modified January 16, 2013, http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17510-donuts-45-box-set/
3“Kanye West Talks Dilla, God & Pornography,” Okayplayer, last modified June 25, 2013, http://www.okayplayer.com/news/kanye-west-dilla-god-pornography-w-magazine.html
4Kelly L. Carter, “Interview: Ma Dukes Speaks On Dilla’s Legacy—And What Really Happened With His Estate,” Complex, February 9, 2012, http://www.complexmag.ca/music/2012/02/interview-ma-dukes-speaks-on-dillas-legacy-and-what-really-happened-with-his-estate
5National Public Radio, “J Dilla’s Lost Scrolls,” Snap Judgment, July 17, 2013, archived at https://soundcloud.com/snapjudgment/j-dillas-lost-scrolls?in=snapjudgment/sets/the-reunion
6Ibid.
7Ibid.
8Ibid.
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Videos
“Bling47 Dilla Breaks Edition: Black Milk—Shake it Down,” YouTube video, 2:52. Posted by “Bling47music,” June 25, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfnWGKWiiLk
“Bling47 Dilla Breaks Edition: DJ Amir—Love,” YouTube video, 2:28. Posted by “Bling47music,” February 15, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39HVVG02Lvo
“Bling47 Dilla Breaks Edition: DJ Spinna—Get This Money,” YouTube video, 1:45. Posted by “Bling47music,” May 8, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1ytpeDMKAU
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“DJ Spinna, Waajeed discuss J Dilla’s Technique at BEI, part of BHF10,” YouTube video, 8:17. Posted by “justhunte,” July 13, 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM5J6AXv9_I
“Houseshoes—From Detroit to L.A.,” YouTube video, 10:09. Posted by “ab0181,” May 24, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJckmxSlcRY
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“J Dilla Interviews Pt 1,” YouTube video, 3:07. Posted by “stonesthrow,” March 6, 2007. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGZrjd6hMPc
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