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Up all night, Mark Broyer

It’s that time of year again for the annual ritual, folks. Today (as well as the entire month of February), hip hop heads worldwide respectively celebrate Dilla Day and Dilla Month in remembrance of highly influential and prolific hip hop production genius J Dilla, also known as Jay Dee; He would have turned 44 today. On this same day 12 years ago (and just three days before Dilla’s untimely death), the Detroit beat wizard’s magnum opus, Donuts, was released. A beat tape of short hip hop instrumentals that perfectly demonstrate the Detroit beatsmith’s sampling and crafting skills, Dilla flips tons of old soul, funk and jazz samples, chopped to perfection and layered beautifully with an array of drum sounds and other effects. Happy Dilla Day/Month and Rest In Beats James DeWitt “J Dilla” Yancey (1974-2006) ……