[In]SPIRED

1.] J-Dilla

Decided to begin the first step of a movement I hope reaches the masses. This little post on my blog will come so very often, maybe even a few times a week. I draw inspiration from many people and a wide variety of people as well. I think the key to expanding your mind is to broaden your horizons, and without doing that I feel as if you're depriving yourself of a truly happy life. With that being said, let me talk about my number one inspiration for most of everything I do, James Dewitt Yancey, better known as J-Dilla.

J Dilla was, and in my mind still is one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time. We worked with artists from the likes of Common, A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, Madlib, MF Doom, and Wu-Tang just to name a very small percentage. This man fused every type of instrument and sound you can think of into his music, and it takes a very open minded induvidual to truly understand his work. His most amazing work, released three days before his passing from lupus in 2006, The Donuts EP is by far his most genius work ever. Every instrumental included some of the most amazing samples, jazz-infused instrumentals and just an amazing plethora of musical ideas. But this is only a small section of his musical catelog. After his passing, his legend grew, and artists who had no idea who this Detroit producer/emcee was began sampling and using his music. It's a shame that it took this long for people to recognize his genius. Dilla is the sole reason I fell in love with hip hop. If it wasn't for A Tribe Called Quest's Scenario, I may not have found out about this man. To sum this up, J Dilla is the reason i'm into hip hop, the reason I wake up every morning and am blessed to have great health, and the reason I stay open minded to everything in this world. Thank You J-Dilla, i've never met you before, but i love you. J-Dilla truly changed my life..

Here are a few small samples of his work: