The Electronic Age of J Dilla: "Dillatronic #34" Lifted from Dil Withers' Latest Electro-leaning Posthumous Release, Dillatronic (Vintage Vibez)

"Now, the vocal album – that is something that I know [J Dilla] had a desire to see out, as he did Ruff Draft and, oddly enough, an album he'd made of noodling improvised keyboard lines over drum breaks (one of those made it to The Shining album)," Now-Again Records founder and former Stones Throw General Manager Eothen "Egon" Alapatt revealed when asked about Dilla's planned post-Donuts releases; to the best of my knowledge, Vintage Vibez Music Group's sprawling 41-track Dillamatic album isn't in fact said "improvised noodling keyboard lines over drum breaks album." It is however, being billed as The Electronic Age of J Dilla, which was seemingly preceded by his "hard-edged, synth-heavy tracks crafted fro Busta Rhymes, Jaylib [with Madlib], Oh No, and Phat Kat." Detroit's finest neck-snapping rapper-producer James "J Dilla" Yancey aka Jay Dee is still somehow releasing mass amounts of posthumous music from beyond the grave. During his all-too-brief Lupus-stricken lifetime, the Soulquarians affiliate worked alongside the likes of The Roots, stand-up comic Mos Def, D'Angelo, Guilty Simpson, Frank N Dank, Jay Electronica, Ghostface Killah, Janet Jackson, A Tribe Called Quest, and his own Detroit-bred group, Slum Village. "J Dilla's music was impacted by the diverse musical history of Detroit – the birthplace of Techno and one of the most important cities in the history of Electronic music," reads a fragmented chunk of Vintage Vibez's Dillatronic-promoting press release.

"You can hear it in songs like "Raise It Up" for Slum Village or "Make It Hurt" for Busta Rhymes... The Detroit influence is part of what gave him and edge in his production," says Young RJ (Dilla's protégé and a member of Slum Village). Ma Dukes & Dilla's Estate unleashed a second orchestral-leaning preview of Dillatronic, following "Dillatronic #7," simply titled "Dillatronic #34," which was previously used by enigmatic emcee Jay Elecrtonica on his leaked War with The Dragon loosie "B*tches & Drugs." Electronica's sampled and looped root track "And I Wanna Escape" seems to come from J Dilla's heavily shared three-volume Beat CD '05, which single-handedly manages to in turn sample, 1960's girl group The Cake, Whodini, Mantronix, and Daniel Vangarde. Dilla's love for Electronic music even manages to shine through on his German-released Ruff Draft EP/Chrome Children single, "Nothing Like This," which boasts its own unique Hip-Hop and Detroit Techno-blending drum-laden stomp. Dillatronic is currently available for your streaming pleasure ahead of its soon forthcoming October 30th world-wide unveiling; in preparation of Dilla's latest posthumous release, Vintage Vibez have readied "three different deluxe packages [including] limited-edition Glow-In-The-Dark packaging and colored vinyl, while supplies last. Deluxe items include a cassette, T-shirt, poster, record bag, and Moog Mini Voyager USB flash drive."

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Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel

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