Kanye West has proven the late J Dilla a ton of affection all through his profession, nevertheless it isn’t broadly identified that the hip-hop manufacturing icons had the possibility to truly meet in particular person earlier than Dilla’s loss of life.
Widespread pulled as much as Scorching 97 on Wednesday (Jan. 24) and recalled a time within the early 2000s when he and Dilla lived collectively, and Kanye got here via to their crib one Mom’s Day, and the Detroit native gave West a few of his signature drums.
“Kanye would pattern a few of Dilla’s drums off his beat tapes,” Widespread started. “Anyway, Ye came to visit and it was Mom’s Day. We had been going to Mom’s Day brunch along with his mom and my mom. Dilla was on the crib and Ye got here in and Dilla was speaking to him and so they was simply bonding.”
“Then Dilla gave Ye these drums on a report. He’s like, ‘Take these drums.’ I promise you Ye was like, it was just like the golden chalice. We went to the studio later that day and Ye was telling G and all them, ‘Yo, Dilla gave me these drums.’ I forgot what track it ended up being, however as quickly as we acquired there, he was engaged on these drums.”
Scorching 97 co-host Peter Rosenberg briefly interjected to verify he heard the “Trustworthy” rapper proper when it got here to Kanye and the Slum Village member hanging out collectively in Los Angeles.
“It was in our entrance room,” Widespread confirmed. “It was love. Dilla had lots of love for Ye, and Ye had love for Dilla. It was nice to see any individual who’s nice as Ye simply be like, ‘D–n, Dilla gave me these drums.’ The reference and love.”
J Dilla — born James Yancey — handed away in February 2006 as a result of a mixture of TTP and lupus.
Kanye has beforehand mirrored on assembly J Dilla in an unearthed 2013 interview from a part of the Stones Throw documentary Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton and in contrast him to Quincy Jones.
“I met J Dilla at Widespread’s crib simply down the road right here in L.A.,” West mentioned. “They had been staying collectively, and I simply bear in mind taking a look at that MPC. And people drums got here out of that MPC, arguably one of the best drums in hip-hop historical past. I simply bear in mind vibing with him and having a lot respect, and simply desirous to work with him extra.”
“He had the natural really feel, however nonetheless, the sonics had been breakthrough, and he might offer you a heat sound that also reduce via audio system. It’s like he was making Quincy Jones manufacturing periods inside his MPC.”
Watch Widespread recall the Ye-Dilla meetup on the 19:30 mark beneath:
