{"id":15408,"date":"2010-08-04T02:19:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T00:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=15408"},"modified":"2010-08-04T02:19:01","modified_gmt":"2010-08-04T00:19:01","slug":"got-til-its-gone-the-legacy-of-j-dilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/got-til-its-gone-the-legacy-of-j-dilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Got ‘Til It’s Gone: The Legacy of J Dilla"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pitchfork runs down its version of J Dilla\u2019s musical legacy complete compete with timeslines and musical examples.<\/p>\n

This inevitably brings us to a skeptical question: Why Dilla? Yancey\u2019s death during a peak period of creativity has led to a lot of attempts to extend a relatively slept-on legacy\u2013 an ironic development for an artist whose most high-profile remixing job was of Janet Jackson\u2019s \u201cGot \u2018Til It\u2019s Gone\u201d. His story has a lot of indie-lifestyle appeal, too: a fast rise defined more by sonic innovation than personality-cult gimmickry, a rule-breaking stylistic shift that mainstream fans and major labels rejected, and an artistic rebirth with a popular underground label.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Head over to Pitchfork<\/a> to check out the complete article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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