THE IVIES - SUNSHINE / COME ON (1958)

Ok, have something realy rare and realy special for you. J Dilla's father, Beverly Dewitt Yancey, he was probably the single most influential person in Dilla's musical development, had numerous musical groups over the years from their gospel group Positive Force, to their after church group they liked to call the Attitude Adjustment which included a 10 year old Dilla playing snare drum, to their Jazz and Gospel group The Larks, which they just sang with not two years ago. But Mr. Yancey's first group was a Doo Wop group called The Ivies. Vlada recently featured Ivies on Laid Back radio and people loved it. So we decided to give you this present. We would like to say BIG THANKS to Dana Bartle a documentary filmmaker based in New York City (soon interview with her on DVAN), for providing us with Ivies hit Sunshine. Of course, big shout out and best wishes from Global Grooves Collective to Yancey family. We are giving you this track for free, but you should go on amazon and buy CD like we do.

J Dilla's father
Beverly Dewitt Yancey

Tracklist:


1. The Ivies - Sunshine


free download here (approved by Yancey family. THANK YOU)

The Best of Ivy & Hanover Records buy here

THE ROOTS - DILLA JAWNS (2010)

When you see names THE ROOTS and DILLA on some project... you know it is perfect. So, here it is. We have to say big thanks to FROLAB on this one. You are just gonna love this, like we do.

Tracklisting:

01. Donuts Outro
02. Hot Shit (I’m Back!)
03. World Full Of Sadness
04. Upper Egypt
05. Stereolab
06. The Stars
07. Antiquity (feat. The Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Dillchestra)
08. She Said
09. Hall & Oates
10. Eve
11. Look Into Her Eyes
12. Make Em NV
13. Oh! O!
14. Wicked Ways

download from frolab.com

RARE FORM PRESENTS DONUTS ARE FOREVER 4

Rare Form presents Donuts are Forever 4, NYC's annual tribute to the late, great James "J Dilla" Yancey. DAF4 took place on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at The Bell House in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn. Music was provided by ?uestlove of The Roots along with DJs Brainchild, Parler, Low Key & Tara. $4400 was raised and donated to the J Dilla Foundation. Thanks to everyone who came through and showed their love and support. Here's a nice look into how dope of a night it was.

Rare Form Presents Donuts Are Forever 4 from Hot Mop on Vimeo.

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rareformnyc.com
jdillafoundation.org

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MA DUKES REACTION ON 2 WEEKS OF DILLA

As you all know 2 WEEKS OF DILLA special is on, and we have, a lot of great response, and on sunday when we started special, we got e-mail from JDilla mother Maureen Yancey a.k.a. MA DUKES, and we want to share that mail with you. Thank you MA DUKES for J Dilla, Illa J and everything that you do. And, now reaction from MA DUKES:

"THIS IS AWESOME!!! I REALLY ENJOYED THIS -TO WAKE UP AND SEE THIS IS RIDICULOUS!! THANK YOU,SO MUCH FOOTAGE AND KNOWLEDGE HERE I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS- (CAN YOU IMAGINE?). LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR CREW AND KEEP ME POSTED, MADUKES"

PEACE & LOVE

MAUREEN YANCEY/THE JDILLAFOUNDATION
CEO,CHAIR,SPOKESPERSON
E:MAUREEN@JDILLAFOUNDATION.ORG
P:313 355-8488

2 WEEKS OF DILLA SPECIAL

J DILLA CHANGED OUR LIVES. DEFINETLY. This is so true. As we announced few days ago, from today and for the next 2 weeks, The Global Grooves Collective and DVAN will celebrate the life and work of J Dilla.This Special will introduce everyone who doesn’t know who J Dilla was and to remind all of you who knows who Dilla was. We´ll also support Ma Dukes and J Dilla Foundation!!

MISSION OF THE J DILLA FOUNDATION

The J Dilla Foundation is a non-profit organization that serves to help fund inner-city music programs, and provide scholarship to students attending schools that have progressive music curriculum. The foundation was started by Maureen Yancey, mother of acclaimed producer James “Jay Dee aka J. Dilla” Yancey. J. Dilla was a Grammy award winning record producer and artist who emerged from the mid-1990s Underground Hip Hop scene in Detroit, Michigan. According to NPR.org, he was one of the music industry’s most influential Hip Hop artists, working for big-name acts such as Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes, Common and Janet Jackson. MORE DETAILS HERE.

There will not be free downloads of J Dilla albums. We don’t have the approval, and honestly we haven’t asked. The reason is that money from sales goes to foundation and work on lupus awareness. Here is the LINK for you to help and donate

By the end of the introduction you will see videos, photos, Dilla discography, and some free mixtapes and radio shows.

Visit and support www.jdillafoundation.org

STUSSY – J DILLA DOCUMENTARY

On Saturday Febuary 13th, 2010 Stussy celebrated the life of brilliant Hip Hop producer and rapper James "J. Dilla" Yancey, by releasing a limited edition t-shirt produced in conjunction with Stones Throw and the Dilla Estate. Visit stussy.com for more details.

Stussy - J Dilla Documentary Prt 1 (of 3) from Stussy on Vimeo.

Stussy - J Dilla Documentary Prt 2 (of 3) from Stussy on Vimeo.

Stussy - J Dilla Documentary Prt3 (of 3) from Stussy on Vimeo.

J DILLA COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY

OK!! Like we said before there will not be free downloads, so you need to support J Dilla family and buy the albums.

But if you don’t know what Dilla did here is the source. The Global Grooves Collective is thanking Stones Throw Records for this page.

J DILLA COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY

RAISE IT UP FOR MA DUKES BY DANA BARTLE

We´ll always support great projects, so support and donate Dana Bartle in her idea to create a feature length documentary RAISE IT UP FOR MA DUKES. On this page you will find how to help. RAISE IT UP.

free download video here

PICS

Something new on DVAN, Picture Galleries. We present you some galleries from J Dilla tributes events. Courtesy of iheartdilla.com . Thanks Jessica for the approval!! We heart Dilla too!!

J Dilla Tribute Weekend | Photographs by Nicole Wrona.
Check Rest of the gallery here

One Won’t Do | Photographs By Elizabeth Allen| Nobody Beats The Liz
Check Rest of the gallery here

Jay Dee Tribute Weekend
Check Rest of the gallery here

One Won’t Do | Photographs by Joann Gomez

Check Rest of the gallery here

Dj Rasta Root - The Rest of Dilla Vol. 1 (2009)

By the second time on DVAN Atlanta DJ RASTA ROOT presents The Rest Of Dilla Vol. 1. This mix is not one of many mixes that you can find on the internet. It is one of few that are remind us that Dilla legacy lives on and that Dilla still lives in our hearts. The greatest thing is that this mix is not just some random Dilla tracks in one mix. This one tells story about the greatest J. DILLA from beginning to the end. It takes you on a journey. Fantastic cover art is creative product of Eric9. If you are a J. DILLA fan, than you must grab this mix. Support http://jdillafoundation.org/. Thank you Rasta Root for the free download!!

Tracklist:

1. Jay Dilla ft. Lil Fame – Bloodsport
2. Jay Dilla ft. Guilty Simpson – Baby
3. Slum Village – Look of Love (Remix)
4. Jay Dilla ft. Common & D’Angelo – So Far To Go
5. Jay Dilla ft. Truth Hurts – Ghetto Love
6. Slum Village ft. Jazzy Jeff – I Don’t Know
7. Slum Village – Untitled (Fantastic)
8. De La Soul ft. Yummy Bingham– Much More
9. Jay Dilla ft. Phat Kat – Digi Dirt
10. Jay Dilla – Don’t Say A Word
11. Slum Village – Fall n Love
12. Slum Village – Fall n Love (Remix)
13. Slum Village – Players
14. Slum Village – What Love Is
15. Jay Dilla - Lalala
16. Slum Village – Yes Ya’ll Part 2
17. Jay Dilla – Won’t Do
18. Slum Village – Climax
19. Slum Village – Conant Gardens
20. Common ft. Slum Village – Thelonius
21. Jay Dilla ft. Ta’Raach – Say It!
22. Q-Tip – Let’s Ride
23. A Tribe Called Quest – Find a Way
24. Slum Village - Raise It Up
25. Slum Village ft. Q-Tip – Hold Tight
26. Phat Kat – Don’t Nobody Care About Us
27. Slum Village – 2U4U
28. Slum Village – Get Dis Money
29. Jay Dilla ft. Pharoah Monch – Love
30. Steve Spacek - Dollar$

free download here

Dj Rasta Root's The Rest of Dilla Vol. 1 : The Dillamentary

Dj Rasta Root's The Rest of Dilla Vol. 1 : The Dillamentary from Dj Rasta Root on Vimeo.

video courtesy of DJ Rasta Root

J DILLA TRIBUTE SHOW WITH TONY TOUCH, ?UESTLOVE, BLACK THOUGHT, Q-TIP & BUSTA RHYMES

Show that marks the 4th anniversary of the passing of the late great J. Dilla "To pay proper tribute to the legendary Dilla, some of his closest colleagues took to DJ Tony Touch's Toca Tuesdays last night. ?uestlove got on the wheels of steel and was joined by guests Black Thought, Q-Tip and a phone in from Busta Rhymes. As you can already guess i'm sure, this is a must listen!! Very rare tracks are played, and Black Thought goes in with two out of this world freestyles. Download the audio below, and expect the video soon. R.I.P. Dilla.

Free download here .
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