As mentioned in a TMG post last month, A Tribe Called Quest rapper Phife Dawg made a tribute single to the late producer and rapper J Dilla. Here we have Phife Dawg’s recently released music video for “Dear Dilla.” The music video was directed by Konee Rok, and the beat was done by DJ Rasta Root. The music video for “Dear Dilla” premiered on February sixth in Atlanta, and February seventh (Dilla Day) in Detroit. Enjoy, J Dilla forever! Phife …
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Here is the online stream of Finding The Funk, a documentary on funk music that aired recently on Vh1 as part of it’s Rock Doc series. The film is by Nelson George (Author, journalist, film maker, music and cultural critic) with narrations from The Root’s Questlove, featuring D’Angelo, George Clinton, Sly Stone, Bootsy Collins, Nile Rodgers, professor Michael Eric Dyson, and many more. This funk edutainment project was a 6-7 year labor of love, so enjoy and soak up the music knowledge below. …
50 years ago today February 9th, four guys from Liverpool crossed the Atlantic and landed in the U.S. to play on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Beatles’ performance on The Ed Sullivan Show ignited a new musical revolution, influencing future generations of musicians and song writers. Their performance on The Ed Sullivan Show was a watershed moment for many in the baby boom generation. It was a cultural moment you had to tune in on your TV sets, no DVR, no internet stream, it …
One of the great emcees of Hip-Hop passed on 14 years ago today February 7th. Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), whose name is mentioned along side other great emcees such as Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Tupac, and The Notorious B.I.G. A skilled emcee, known for his use of alliteration, internal and multi-syllabic rhyming schemes, who at the time of his passing had two albums out; Capital Punishment (1998) and Yeeeah Baby (2000). Pun passed away while his music career was just about to take off …
Sharing the same birthday as J Dilla today February 7th, is Japanese producer/DJ Nujabes. He too has passed on, from a tragic car accident in Tokyo, Japan on February 26, 2010. Nujabes’ sound is melodic, mellow, nostalgic and atmospheric. Nujabes also collaborated with many American Hip-Hop artists such CYNE, Cise Starr, Apani B, Five Deez, Substantial, CL Smooth, Fat Jon, Terry Callier as well as British rapper Funky DL. He was also part of the production duo Urbanforest with Nao T. Nujabes and fellow Japanese rapper/producer Shing02 collaborated on a popluar series …
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