 Genius Meanings
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J Dilla – Somethin' That Means Somethin'
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I gotta kick somethin' that means somethin' / Somethin' that means somethin' / Somethin' that means somethin' / I gotta kick somethin' that means somethin' / Wasn't a black prophet
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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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XXXTentacion’s “Hate will never win” Samples Donald Trump’s Charlottesville Speech & J Dilla Production
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His political message seems more self-centered than revolutionary.
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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 (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 – 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 – Airworks
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[Produced by J Dilla] / I don't really care / I never never needed..
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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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A Tribe Called Quest – Find a Way
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Tribe’s main single off their fifth The Love Movement (1998), produced by the brilliant J-Dilla alongside Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad.
Tip and Phife are complaining about girls
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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 – 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 – Anti-American Graffiti
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My family tree, my family, it's my history, my family / My family tree, my family, it's my history / Ah! Ah! / What's up... he-hey baby! / Have mercy, have mercy, you bet your life
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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 – 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 – 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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Common – The Light
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“The Light” is the second single from Common’s 2000 album Like Water For Chocolate. The song is a love letter devoted to his then-girlfriend Erykah Badu, whom he parted ways with
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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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Slum Village – Climax (Girl Shit)
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“The concept is [a] menage a trois really, a guy’s fantasy. We’re trying to break the monotony and relax the stiffness of sexuality because it’s so suppressed. We’re trying to tell
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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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Slum Village – Fall in Love
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Samples: Gap Mangione’s Diana in the Autumn Wind (melody) and Iron Butterfly’s Soldier in Our Town (drums).
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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 – The Twister (Huh, What)
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[Produced by J Dilla] / Would you join me please in welcoming / The Tempt... / Long before I knew / Someone warm like you / Huh, what / Huh, what
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J Dilla (Ft. Busta Rhymes) – Geek Down
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[Produced by J Dilla] / [Intro: Busta Rhymes] / Ayyo / Ayyo / [Spoken: Busta Rhymes] / This shit is a fuckin' emergency / Evacuate the fuckin' premises, bitch / There’s a fuckin
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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 – Drop
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[Bootie Brown:] / Let me freak the funk / Obsolete is the punk that talk more junk than Sanford sells / I jet propel at a rate that complice their mental state / As I invade their
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J Dilla – Love Jones
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[Instrumental]
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MF DOOM (Ft. J Dilla) – Gazzillion Ear
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4 minutes of classic unbridled DOOM fire, with a plethora of topics ranging from the LHC to ambiguous T.S. Eliot references, this song kicked off DOOM’s 2009 album Born Like This
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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 (Ft. Blu) – Smoke
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[Verse: Blu] / Ay.. yeah, ha / Uh, it's Friday, why should I stay sober huh? / Huh? Ay / Perfect day to blaze another pound of dope / With "Donuts" in a row but oh / Turn it up
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Erykah Badu – Didn't Cha Know
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Erykah Badu and producer J. Dilla come together on “Didn’t Cha Know”, the second single from Mama’s Gun. The song samples Tarika Blue’s 1977 song “Dreamflower”, which was
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J. Cole – Change
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On “Change,” Cole reflects on the maturation of his understanding of the cycle of violence and crime in struggling black communities and details the murder of his friend James
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Joey Bada$$ (Ft. T’nah) – Snakes
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[Produced by J Dilla] / [Intro] / Free Max B / Owww! (Owww!) / Uh uh (Uh uh) / Uh uh (Uh uh) / Uh uh (Uh uh) / It's like (It's like) / [Verse 1: Joey Bada$$] / Sometimes I feel
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De La Soul – Stakes Is High
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The climactic point of De La Soul’s “Stakes is High” album serves as a criticism to the state of the world in 1996, along with a declaration that the Native Tongues are back in
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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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