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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 …

Regularly and rightly put into exactly the same context mainly because DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and Kanye Western, J Dilla (aka Jay Dee) built and sustained a higher standing like a producer’s producer while maintaining a minimal profile. When Pharrell Williams made an appearance on BET’s 106 & Recreation area …

Explaining himself as “a DJ first, producer further, and MC last,” Madlib is among the many aliases of Otis Jackson, Jr., who is becoming probably one of the most celebrated, prolific, and eclectic performers in hip-hop since rising on the picture in the first ’90s. Also called Defeat Konducta, Quasimoto, …