Dilla Time [electronic resource] : The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
Dan Charnas2022
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'This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of
unexplainable genius' - QUESTLOVE
Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles
the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of
popular music for the twenty-first century.
He wasn't known to mainstream audiences, and when he died at age thirty-two, he
had never had a pop hit. Yet since his death, J Dilla has become a demigod,
revered as one of the most important musical figures of the past hundred years.
At the core of this adulation is innovation: as the producer behind some of the
most influential rap and R&B acts of his day, Dilla created a new kind of
musical time-feel, an accomplishment on a par with the revolutions wrought by
Louis Armstrong and James Brown. Dilla and his drum machine reinvented the way
musicians play.
In Dilla Time, Dan Charnas chronicles the life of James DeWitt Yancey, from his
gifted Detroit childhood to h...
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Author:
Dan Charnas, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Swift Press, 2022
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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General/trade
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781800751750
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English
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438551
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