 Genius Lyrics
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J Dilla – The $
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[Intro] / (Yo!) / ("I need the money") / McNasty Presents / ("For awesome amounts of dough") Yeah-yeah-yeah... / ("I need the money") / ("Awesome amounts of dough") / ("I need the
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J Dilla – Stop!
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[Produced by J Dilla] / [Jadakiss sample] / *Laugh* / It's dat real / [Dionne Warwick sample] / Mmm, you're gonna want me back in your arms / You're gonna need me, one day / Mmm
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J Dilla – The Diary
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[Intro: ?] / Yea, yea, what's the deal-y? / My nigga Dilla / For life, McNasty records, uh, yea / [Verse 1: J Dilla] / I come from a long line of pimps, hustlers, soldiers and
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J Dilla – One
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Oh, oh / And you say one love, uh, to SV / Flipmode, Frank-N-Dank / The Abstract, Waajeed / Roc-a-Fella, Hi-Tek / Chocolate City, Badu / Keep it on and / Keep it on and on and
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J Dilla – Two Can Win
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[Produced by J Dilla] / [Intro] / Only one can win / Ooh only / Only one can win / Only one can win / Ooh only / [Verse] / Can win, only one can win your love / Ohoo / One can win
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J Dilla – Waves
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J Dilla’s final message to his younger brother, John “Illa J” Yancey.
This is the second track on the album to feature extensive sampling from 10cc, following the previous song “
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J Dilla – Don't Cry
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In a 2012 XXL interview, Questlove, a close friend and collaborator of Dilla’s, said “Don’t Cry” was a message to his mother.
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J Dilla – Wild
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[Intro] / Anymore, alright / So c'mon, feel the noise (Ruff Draft) / Girls, grab the boys (Uh) / Get wild, wild, wild (Get wild) / Get wild, wild, wild (Get wild) / [Verse 1: J
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J Dilla (Ft. Bilal) – The Ex
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[Produced by Pete Rock] / [Intro] / Yes / Big Dilla / P R / Bilal / Here it is / Yeah, it's for you / [Verse 1: J Dilla] / Hey, Remember me? Take a look baby / Yes it's your ex- he
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J Dilla – Bye.
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Another message is getting across: he’s leaving.
While this doesn’t sound true and rather more disrespectful, it isn’t. Donuts is a deep album, even though it is a beat tape. In
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J Dilla (Ft. Common & D'Angelo) – So Far to Go
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[Produced by J Dilla] / [Intro: D'Angelo] / I wanna get closer to you baby / [Hook: D'Angelo] / You have come so far, you've got so far to go (yeah) / You have come so far, you've
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J Dilla (Ft. Pharoahe Monch) – Love
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Love ft. Pharaohe Monch is the fourth track on The Shining [2006], J Dilla’s second official studio album which was released after his death. It samples two separate tracks called
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J Dilla – Workinonit
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With one of the most memorable beats on the album, Dilla uses choppy samples to create a smooth sound scape at a perfect opening track to his last record created while alive
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J Dilla (Ft. Ta'Raach) – Say It
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[Intro] / ("Say It") / I don't know man / I don't know if they really wanna hear this shit / ("Come on") alright / ("Say it") / [Verse 1] / Welcome to the sacred, Dilla ok kid
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J Dilla – The New
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[Produced by J Dilla] / [Beastie Boys Sample] / And on the cool check in / Center stage on the mic / And we're puttin' it on wax / It's the new... / It's the new / It's the new
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J Dilla – Donuts (Outro)
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This track opens Donuts and already introduces the major thematic concern of the record: Dilla himself. Donuts is a highly autobiographical work, and a meditation on life itself as
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J Dilla – Mash
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The bulk of J Dilla’s “Mash” consists of two primary samples: a looped, tuned-down piano sample of Galt MacDermot’s “Golden Apple” and vocals from Frank Zappa’s “Dance Contest”. In
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J Dilla – Airworks
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[Produced by J Dilla] / I don't really care / I never never needed..
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J Dilla (Ft. Guilty Simpson & Madlib) – Baby
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“Baby” is the 5th song off of the posthumous J Dilla album “The Shining”.
In this song, Dilla riffs with Guilty Simpson and Madlib about life on the road, partying, love, and
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J Dilla (Ft. Common) – E=MC²
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As well as being on The Shining, “E=MC²” is featured on the 2k8 soundtrack along with two other J Dilla tracks.
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J Dilla – People
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[Produced by J Dilla] / People! / People, the time has come / Alright / Say it say it say it / My people...Hold on / My people / My people... Hold on / Say it say it say it / My
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J Dilla – Lightworks
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J Dilla’s “Lightworks” mainly samples a Raymond Scott track with the same name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWbzAa_c1VY
J Dilla’s rendition of the track was described by his
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J Dilla – Glazed
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One of the handful of tracks on the record that actually refer to donuts, “Glazed” is a dynamic instrumental track that is a companion piece of sorts to “Mash” in that both feature
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J Dilla (Ft. Dwele) – Think Twice
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Jay Dee’s cover of Donald Byrd’s “Think Twice.” Dilla handles the vocals while Dwele plays the keys and the trumpet.
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J Dilla – So Far
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From Pay Jay, Vinyl LP (Unofficial Release)
The song is also known as “No One’s Home” because that’s what the sample says.
The sample is Kansas – Nobody’s Home, from the 1977
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J Dilla – Welcome to the Show
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On some editions this track is titled “Donuts (Intro).” In both that case and when it is called “Welcome to the Show,” the irony of its title and purpose is immediately apparent
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J Dilla – Won't Do
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[Produced by J Dilla] / [Chorus] / For me, no.. / One won't do it, two is not enough for me,no / One won't do, two is not enough for me, no / One won't do it, two is not enough for
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J Dilla – The Diff'rence
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[Produced by J Dilla] / The fruit man / The fruit man / The fruit man / The fruit man / You will see the diff'rence / The diff'rence / Come on / The diff'rence / The diff'rence
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J Dilla (Ft. Kenny Ray) – The Shining Pt. 1 (Diamonds)
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[Verse 1] / Bling, bling / Keep me on shine while I make the ching ching / You so precious, like a burst of joy / I heard your boy Jacob got the best shit / You so hot you make me
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J Dilla – Gobstopper
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The instrumental basically speaks for itself. The two things that can be noted here is that Nas and Jay Electronica used this instrumental.
Nas – The Season
Jay Electronica
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J Dilla – U-Love
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Just because I really love you / Just because I really love you / Love you / Love you / I love you / I love you / I love you / I love you / I love you / I love you, baby / Really
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J Dilla – Time: The Donut of the Heart
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Timeless track from the late great J Dilla.
Black Thought used this beat for the track “Can’t Stop This,” a tribute song to James Yancey on The Roots’ album Game Theory (Def Jam
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J Dilla – Here We Go (Instrumental)
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[Intro] / ("Here we go again") / ("Here we go, here we go, here we go, we go, here we go, here we go, here, here we go again") / ("Can't move, can't move, can't move, can't, can't
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J Dilla – Hi.
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[Produced by J Dilla] / ...Standing at the bus stop and I hear a voice behind me say / "Hi, baby" / Aw, I just fell all apart inside / Because I hadn't heard that voice in such a
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J Dilla – One Eleven
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This song clocks in at 1:11 in length, hence the name One Eleven.
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J Dilla – Shake It Down
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[Intro] / Ah, here we go / Shake it down, uh / Yeah / [Chorus] / Look at you, look at me / Look at you, look at me / Look at you (I'm seeing you), look at me (You looking good
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J Dilla (Ft. MF DOOM) – Sniper Elite
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Another Dilla beat released posthumously
J-Dilla on the beat. Doom on the mic.
The song is basically a story of DOOM rising to the top of the rap game. In the beginning he knows
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J Dilla – The Factory
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[Produced by J Dilla] / ..This ungodly hour? / ...Is a factory / It can hurt / It can hurt / Hold your hand out / Give a shout / ...Free
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J Dilla – Welcome 2 Detroit
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The intro to Jay Dee/J Dilla’s first album features a Turkish rock sample and is a brief intro to the project, representing Detroit.
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J Dilla – Nothing Like This
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[Produced by J Dilla] / [Hook: J Dilla] / All I need in my life is / There is nothing like this / I never felt quite like this / All I need in my life is / There is nothing like
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J Dilla – Yesterday
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[Instrumental]
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J Dilla (Ft. Guilty Simpson) – Take Notice
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This track was recorded in 2003, but was released only as a snippet on the original single LP version of Ruff Draft because of time constraints. When Stones Throw reissued Ruff
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J Dilla – Light My Fire
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[Produced by J. Dilla] / [Intro] / Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea / [Chorus] / Come on baby, light my fire / (Light my fire now baby) / Come on baby, light my fire / (Light my fire baby
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J Dilla (Ft. eLZhi) – Come Get It
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Sample taken from ground breaking jazz group Weather Report’s “Orange Lady”. http://rapgenius.com/J-dilla-welcome-2-detroit-lyrics
Introduces the world to “Detroit’s Best Kept
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