Don't it always seem to go...

…that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. If Q-Tip were here, he would undoubtedly tell us that Joni Mitchell never lies. But when Jay Dee produced “Got Till it’s Gone” for Janet Jackson, no one could’ve known that the line would resonate with the entire hip hop world following his untimely death. The sheer number of “J Dilla Changed My Life” t-shirts that are now seen is a testament to the impact he had. It seems, not to sound clichéd, that nobody really appreciated the masterful skills of Jay Dee until it was too late. Fortunate enough for his fans, however, is the fact that BBE has promised us two new records from the late-great James Yancey. The first to see the light of day is The Shinning, which is said to have been 90% complete at the time Dilla passed. It’s classic Jay Dee beats woven together with samples from the Stanley Kubrick flick of the same name. Standout tracks include EMC-2 (with Common), Love (featuring Pharoahe Monch), and Baby (with Madlib and Guilty Simpson). This is another one to purchase when it hits the shelves.



The Shinning (Advance)