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Montreal Mirror
Illa J of Detroit's Slum Village on the band's longevity and his big brother's ...
Montreal Mirror
“It's something that I've always been a part of,” says the 26-year-old Yancey, or “J Dilla's little brother who raps,” as some will invariably tag him. He's currently a member of his departed brother's band Slum Village, rebooted with original member ...

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HipHopDX
Pitchfork to air 'Detroit State of Mind," the Danny Brown documentary
MLive.com
Pitchfork TV and YouTube will air "Detroit State of Mind," a documentary about indie hip-hop artist Danny Brown, on May 14 for Pitchfork TV subscribers. The trailer opens with a shot of the Fillmore Detroit on Dilla Day, where Brown performed to a ...
J. Dilla "Rebirth Of Detroit" Cover Art, Album TrailerHipHopDX

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Prefixmag
Watch: Danny Brown's Pitchfork Doc, 'Detroit State Of Mind'
Prefixmag
In the resulting mini-doc, Detroit State of Mind, we're brought into Brown's life by way of family interviews, backstage arguments and a live performance at this year's Dilla Day. At one point, while smoking a blunt and checking his Twitter, ...

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SPIN (blog)
Rap Release of the Week: Skywlkr's 'Impressions'
SPIN (blog)
by Brandon Soderberg Detroit producer Skywlkr, best known for his contributions to Danny Brown's XXX, has been releasing beat-tapes — actual cassette tapes — before every blissed-out beatmaker jumped on the post-Clams Casino instrumental mixtape ...


 
J Dilla's tapes returned to his mom by Royal Oak record store owner
The Detroit News
Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey, Dilla's mother, contacted the store Thursday after a story about the sale of the records ran online in The Detroit News. She met with Bubeck later that day. While many online commenters cried foul about the sale of the ...

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The Smoking Section
Get Into A Detroit State Of Mind With New Danny Brown Documentary
The Smoking Section
TV camera crews following his every move, fans can see Brown battling over getting properly paid for his performance at Dilla Day to doing free studio sessions for the “love of hip-hop,” along with everything in between. Mix that contrasting sense of ...

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Paste Magazine (blog)
See Photos of J Dilla's Recently Discovered Record Collection
Paste Magazine (blog)
Dilla died in early 2006 from the autoimmune disease lupus when he was just 32. Bubeck, who co-owns UHF, found the boxes and tapes with Yancey's name on them in a storage locker outside Detroit. “Being an owner of the store, me and my partner are ...