J. Dilla‘s massively influential, crate-digging 2006 masterpiece, Donuts, is at the center of a new copyright infringement lawsuit alleging that the album included a sample of 10cc‘s “The Worst Band ...

Donuts was released three days before J Dilla passed in 2006. J Dilla is being sued in a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging that he sampled a rock band's song without their permission. Music ...

Splice, the music creation platform used by over 2 million musicians, announced the release of "The Fantastic Sounds of Jay Dee," a collection of sounds cut from the original recordings of Jay Dee aka ...

It’s been 11 years since the legendary rap producer James “J Dilla” Yancey passed away. Dilla was an absolute pioneer and master of his craft, but to talk about a Dilla record is to talk about the man ...

Dearest J Dilla disciples, this year we celebrate what would have been the late legend's 43rd birthday. It's a bittersweet one, no doubt, but it's vital we raise our glass to pioneers even after they ...

Blaaqgold is an architect in the manipulation of sounds and samples. Originally from Detroit, Blaaqgold grew up surrounded by the soulful sounds of The Temptations, The Stylistics, J Dilla, and more.

Over the past few years, long time J Dilla collaborator HouseShoes has been paying homage to the late producer’s creativity with a mix series called The King James Version, which collates samples ...

In our profile of British teenage dance sensations Disclosure, Guy Lawrence revealed that he learned to make beats by listening to American hip-hop by artists such as DJ Premier and Busta Rhymes. But ...

Earlier this week, Nas crashed a Run the Jewels listening party to play fans his latest single, “The Season.” Now the rapper has shared the smoothly soulful song online, making it available to stream ...

The late James Yancey, a.k.a. J Dilla, photographed in 2000 at the Key Club on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. (Gregory Bojorquez / Getty Images) The first time you hear an instrumental track ...