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Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time<\/em> chronicles the life and legacy of James \u201cJ Dilla\u201d Yancey<\/strong>, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music for the twenty-first century.<\/p>\n Dan Charnas<\/strong> (professor at NYU\/Tisch\u2019s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music) chronicles the life of Yancey<\/strong>, from his gifted childhood in Detroit, to his rise as \u201cthe producer\u2019s producer,\u201d to the rare blood disease that caused his premature death; and follows the people who kept him and his ideas alive. He also rewinds the histories of American rhythms: from the birth of soul in Dilla<\/strong>\u2019s own \u201cMotown,\u201d to funk, techno, and disco. Here, music is a story of Black culture in America and of what happens when human and machine times are synthesized into something new.<\/p>\n Dilla<\/strong>\u2019s beats, startling some people with their seeming \u201csloppiness,\u201d were actually the work of a perfectionist almost spiritually devoted to his music. This is the story of the man and his machines, his family, friends, partners, and celebrity collaborators. Culled from more than 150 interviews about one of the most important and influential musical figures of the past hundred years, Dilla Time<\/em> is a book as delightfully detail-oriented and unique as J Dilla<\/strong>\u2019s music itself.<\/p>\n