James Yancey a.k.a. Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla produced 3 of my favorite hip hop albums- De La Soul’s Stakes Is High, Slum Village’s Fantastic Volume II, and Pharcyde’s Labcabincalifornia.  He passed away just a couple of years ago, but he was one of the best.  Too many people hadn’t heard of him until after he died.  Some of his music was sample-free, while some [...] Read More…