We’ve been keeping a watchful eye over the case involving the estate of Dilla. Now, it looks as if Ma Dukes & the family finally got a legal victory. Read the rest of this entry »

If Donuts changed your life then cop that Jay Stay Paid. We all know you can get the album for free, but Ms. Yancey, the executive producer of this album, doesn’t get paid that way. Yes, after I left the barbershop today, I went to the local Best Buy and made my purchase…in ready to expire Best Buy bucks, but still. That’s another notch on the sales register & another greenback for the cause.

And while I generally stay away from posting any Dilla audio (because the wolves come knockin’ @ my email door), here’s Read the rest of this entry »

OKP coming through today with the fruitful offerings.

“I know asking y’all to wait till June 2nd to hear some more of those Dilla Dilla Dilla beats beats beats is asking too much. So today we are premiering this promo sampler mix of J Dilla’s upcoming album Jay Stay Paid (exec. prod. Ma Dukes, mixed by Pete Rock) put together by the Beat Junkies. Now that you’ve got a sample of the brilliance that is J$P, follow me after the jump for the official tracklisting.”

Word up. Save up & set aside $10-$15 to support the cause June 2nd.

Hit the break for the goods. Read the rest of this entry »

The homie J.Kim passed this thru the inbox & it chock full of information, so much that I didn’t want to omit any of it. Therefore, found in the inbox… Read the rest of this entry »

If you happened to stumble across the latest Vibe with Kanye on the cover, you probably found the better story (at least to me) was the chronicles of Jay Dee’s estate. In a nutshell, legal wrangling has kept his family, the rightful beneficiaries from benefiting from Dilla’s work. His parents, brother & his children are having the toughest time gaining the right to even use his name, much less royalty checks. On top of that, his mother Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey has been stricken with Lupus, the same debilitating disease that took Dilla way.

So in a mild way, consider this a chance to pay your respects to the man. Parra teamed up with Stones Throw to produce this “Ma Dukes” tribute T-shirt with all proceeds going to Dilla’s mother.

Available via the Stones Throw site and other retailers, a list of which you can find after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »