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J Dilla ft. Guilty Simpson & Madlib - “Baby”

“Turn it up,” says James Yancey, smooth and calm over his chopped-up strings and horns, before Guilty Simpson’s bass-rap comes in on top of the pitched-up samples.

Part of J Dilla’s genius was his ability to not only flip the emotion of whatever track he was sampling, but flip the very words the original artists used to create sounds and juxtapositions that pushed his music upwards into something completely new (see: Slum Village, “Players,” the chorus of which actually samples The Singers Unlimited’s “Claire.”)

In this case, it’s The Stylistics’ 1980 track “Maybe It’s Love This Time”. The original track is a traditional soul ballad of yearning and want (“Darling, maybe it’s love this time”) but Dilla flips the sounds and the word “maybe” so that each rapper finds himself spitting game to the fairer sex in the traditional way: calling her “baby.” It’s a boastful, up-front song with bravado and confidence, with not an ounce of weeping oh-girl-I-need-you-so to be found.

Originally featured on J Dilla’s The Shining, posthumously released in 2006, “Baby” can be found on Dillanthology 3: Dilla’s Production. This collection samples the producer’s solo albums as well has his noted noted work with Madlib under their Jaylib title. Dillanthology 3 is the final installment of the series and drops on October 13.

gregb posted this on Oct 5 2009 and it has 29 notes Tagged: #j dilla #madlib #guilty simpson

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    Obligatory re-blog
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    RIP Dilla. If you like...track, I highly recommend seeking out
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    yes, yes, andddd yes.
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    my top three dilla songs. guilty just MURDERSSSSS...mad ahhhhhh. 2amazing.ilu dilla
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    nonetheless. tuneage:
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