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PublisherPicador

ISBN-101250862973

ISBN-139781250862976

eBay Product ID (ePID)14057248099

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Book TitleDilla Time : the Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicGenres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop, Individual Composer & Musician, Industries / Entertainment, Instruction & Study / Theory

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Business & Economics

AuthorDan Charnas

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight13.8 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal782.421649092

Table Of ContentGo: A Note from the Author 1. Wrong 2. Straight Time/Swing Time 3. Play Jay 4. Machine Time 5. Dee Jay 6. Sample Time 7. Jay Dee 8. Dilla Time 9. Partners 10. Pay Jay 11. Warp Time 12. J Dilla 13. Zealots 14. Micro Time 15. Descendants/Disciples 16. Fragments Reporter's Notes and Sources Selected Discography Thanks Index

SynopsisEqual parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music for the twenty-first century., WINNER OF THE PEN/ JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius." --QUESTLOVE Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music for the twenty-first century. He wasn't known to mainstream audiences, even though he worked with renowned acts like D'Angelo and Erykah Badu and influenced the music of superstars like Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. He died at the age of thirty-two, and in his lifetime he never had a pop hit. Yet since his death, J Dilla has become a demigod: revered by jazz musicians and rap icons from Robert Glasper to Kendrick Lamar; memorialized in symphonies and taught at universities. And at the core of this adulation is innovation: a new kind of musical time-feel that he created on a drum machine, but one that changed the way "traditional" musicians play. In Dilla Time , Dan Charnas chronicles the life of James DeWitt Yancey, from his gifted childhood in Detroit, to his rise as a Grammy-nominated hip-hop producer, 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's own "Motown," 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. Dilla Time is a different kind of book about music, a visual experience with graphics that build those concepts step by step for fans and novices alike, teaching us to "see" and feel rhythm in a unique and enjoyable way. Dilla's beats, startling some people with their seeming "sloppiness," 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 is a book as delightfully detail-oriented and unique as J Dilla's music itself.