Jaylib

Like indie duo the Postal Assistance or transatlantic hip-hoppers Danger Doom, Jaylib was a cooperation by two geographically distant but musically simpatico folks, as a result of trading tapes and CDs backwards and forwards through the email. The collaboration started in 2000 when California turntablist J-Rocc (Jason Jackson) provided a disc of unreleased beats by manufacturer/DJ J Dilla (Adam DeWitt Yancey) to manufacturer and multi-instrumentalist Madlib (Otis Jackson, Jr.), whose reworking of 1 track later made an appearance on the mixtape. Carrying on the cross-country cooperation on an informal basis between various other projects — such as for example J Dilla’s creation of Common’s Electric powered Circus record and Madlib’s jazz instrumental task Yesterdays New Quintet — the set finally finished and released Champ Audio in 2003. Unfortunately, J Dilla’s wellness begun to deteriorate quickly thereafter, as well as the DJ and manufacturer died of problems from lupus on Feb 10, 2006. Madlib continued to collaborate with MF Doom for the higher-profile task Madvillain. Soon after J Dilla’s loss of life, Stones Toss released Outtakes, the initial official release from the pair’s preliminary collaborations from 2000.