J Dilla is the greatest producer of all time no question. the fact that 29 of the 31 tracks on Donuts was produced in the hospital with an SP-100 is just unbelievable to even imagine. That seals it for me.

@vertical_parallel

6 ай бұрын

greatest of all time no doubt. so very sad we lost him so soon

@gabeeskridge8291

5 ай бұрын

​@@vertical_parallelIt's not very sad , we were blessed with his gift for as long as we could AND MANY TREASURES HE LEFT US. It's obvious he was born on a MISSION 😊.

@jmorrisey79

3 ай бұрын

​@@gabeeskridge8291 Nice spin on the story bro but yea It's still sad. Dude was 32 years old and was monster of creativity and dedication... as well as just an all around good dude. He had waaaay more to grow sonically and bless the world with his gifts.

@Neilious

Ай бұрын

Madlib.

I love this channel, I found it a couple weeks ago, but my music appreciation has vastly grown

@diggingthegreats

Жыл бұрын

So happy to hear this!

@makengo2671

Жыл бұрын

Same

@seanjones-diosdetechno6927

Жыл бұрын

totally @diggingthegreats, it's interesting and informative even if I know a lot of the background. You have a knack for putting into context, keeping it fresh, thanks dude! All the best from Morocco, Sean - www.youtube.com/@ketama047

As a fellow hip-hop channel owner and as a fan, I have to give you much respect on the content you make. The humor, the stories, the research. It's all super dialed in. Your success is well earned!

LABCABINCALIFORNIA album by The Pharcyde is criminally underrated. One of my favorite Hiphop albums ever recorded

@andyboi8283

9 ай бұрын

Same, my #1 pick personally

@phonymex3340

6 ай бұрын

​@andyboi8283 Must not listen to alot of Hip-Hop. The emcees spitting bars are subpar. Two things come with a good Hip-Hop song. The Beat & The Rapper. Pharcyde lacks good Dope Rhyme Sayers. Nothing too amazing. You should try listening to Nas, Mos Def, Big Pun, or André 3000 (Outkast)

@Anouyz

6 ай бұрын

I think its a little wack to hate on them cause you can't catch the vibe of the flow. I'm also from out east and vibe a lot harder with cold winter energy. I'll sum it up with a line form the legend BIG JUS, "Straight up, for niggas that don't understand. Obviously, this wasn't made for you, so fuck you, but jus company flow lune tns and i'm out."@@phonymex3340

@gabeeskridge8291

5 ай бұрын

​@@phonymex3340Very interesting your words. As knowledgeable as you are , you should know hip-hop has lanes in its artistry. You're stating the obvious , they have a unique feel. THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT THEY NATURALLY CREATED.

@phonymex3340

5 ай бұрын

@gabeeskridge8291 oh yeah the vibe itself and melodies are carried out by the producer. JD does a very good job of doing that. But still, the lyricism is not your typical East Coast wordplay

Great storytelling as always! Sidenote: was suprised to read in Dilla Time that T3 was the one who "discovered" the Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa loop used in "Runnin". Definitely deserves some credit for that! 🙌

I've been digging into hip-hop history for a while now, but you're contextualizing it in a way that's accessible and engaging. I appreciate you man. Keep it up!!

This channel is insane. I can't even wrap my mind around making a video like this. The work that goes into this is just incredible.

just got recommended this video.... used to hear runnin as a kid but i couldnt find it for almost 2 decades, and now not only have I found it but ive also found it dilla made yet another song I absolutely love

I've used KZread as my primary entertainment platform for something like 8 years, have subscribed to well over 100 channels. Yours is the first that made me think "Let me hit that notification bell. I'd hate to miss even _one_ upload"

I’m so glad we have someone technically breaking down Dillas work in such a professional series. I’m just now finishing his entire production discog, and I can’t wait to start trying to reprod some of these. Hope there’s many more to come!

Quickly becoming my favourite channel. Came across one of your videos a few months back and have been looking forward to new drops ever since. Keep up the great work. Big fan here in Dublin, Ireland.

My guy, this is great content. Your soulquarians video got me to subscribe but every video is mind blowing to me. I have a lot of respect for what you do here. Thanks for it.

@diggingthegreats

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

gosh you're such an amazing scriptwriter and storyteller, always a treat to tune in to your stuff

this channel is just a gem. its incredible how much information, love and style you put into this videos. thank you very much for this, every video is just a banger

Dude…….so glad I found you. ❤ Loving your content so far, like your story telling style. Man, much love to Dilla. ❤

This channel is so dope 💯🔥 I love hearing the behind the scenes stories of what takes place during production.

This channel is special and your videos are only getting better. Thank you

It's amazing what a simple and even standard idea it is to turn off quantization and play in drums by hand, the way music had ALWAYS been made, but JD is the first guy to buck the trend of an entire genre and do it on a major release. That's not to take away from his brilliance, but it just takes one guy to go, "I I think I'd rather do it this way" for everyone to see the possibilities. You're doing a great job on this channel. I'm duly impressed.

@boomboombaby9140

Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid my cousin died and left us his equipment, we had a Korg keyboard workstation but the loop didn’t work it was a malfunction. We had to play the drums and every sound for like 3 minutes, we had to count bars in our heads for the chorus 😂😂😂😂

Dude - I've only watched a few of your videos do far, but your channel is so dope 👌🏻. Thank you & big respect from the UK.

Recently came across this channel and wow I love it. The guy knows his stuff and presents it very well. Amazing ♥️

Thank you so much for the history rundown - I've been listening to this track a ton after I discovered it for the first time around 3 years ago, but never knew the story behind the crew. It's one of my top songs of all time and means a lot to me, so listening to it now will be wild knowing the story behind everything

God bless you, sir. I just can't overstate how much I love this era of music and how much I love you talking about it

Dude, these videos are absolutely incredible. I discovered your channel about 4 hours ago and have just been flying through your content since. Extensively researched, authoritatively presented, and edited in a way that makes the pieces flow beautifully, this really is a goldmine of musical knowledge. You clearly know the subject inside out, and it shows in your confident yet comfortable demeanour. Might I also add, when you chuck in a bit of DJing, such as the Beegees mix in the James Brown video... sheeeeeesh! Keep at it man, you've got a new sub here for sure!

Another awesome episode Brandon! Love learning more about Dilla. Keep it up.🤙

I love the videos man! My new favourite channel!

Your channel is so great dude, glad your sub count is growing. More people need to see your content!

Fire dude straight fire. Looking forward to some more vids on bass lines.

Now! I must admit you are my new favorite new homie! I knew you had knowledge about music but you knock it out the park. Coming from Detroit and thank you for bring J Dilla and slum village. Awesomeness ❤🔥🔥🔥🔥

I discovered your channel a few days ago and just love the deep dive you go into when it comes to sampling

@Smerzone

Жыл бұрын

Yup

High quality video as always. Thanks for sharing your knowledge !

Bro Love your content!! Keep it going!!

Just found yohr channel and already subscribed. Love the content, taking me down memory lane with this one. This album was the first true hip hop album I bought and it introduced me to the legend Dilla!

Well, this earned an instant subscribe from me. Great channel, can’t wait to dive deeper with it.

I can't understate how much I love this song literally why got into producing. Amazing video thank you for sharing your knowledge and making great content 🙏

Just got into this channel and it is getting binged for the foreseeable

the way my music production has grown from your videos as well as my ear is crazy, appreciate you man

I was JUST listening to this on the J Dilla Book last night at work!! Thank you for making this!!

The story telling and video editing here is fire! Dude is cracking me up. Sub'd

I love it!! keep up the good work, we need this

beautiful work as always

This is a great video. Nice work

Man your the best ! I love your video formar and how you tell stories, really good job, keep up !

Keep up the great work man! Your channel is so 🔥

@diggingthegreats

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad to have you here!

Man, your channel BLEW the fuck UP. Really happy to see!

So glad I stumbled across this channel. So entertaining and well presented. Subscribed. Looking forward to checking out more.

This is fantastic! Ha! Made me smile. This one is one of my favourites from JD. Cheers from Brasil!

Incredible breakdown! Loved this beat, and the rerecording for Mya's Fallen

Yes so keen for this!! Love dilla and Pharcyde!

Great storytelling. Awesome channel

I luv your site. Good job!

Somebody here said it best. Since discovering this channel my APPRECIATION for incredible music made by incredible people edited so smoothly by an incredible man has grown massively

@WuntaykTimmy1

Жыл бұрын

Can't even lie. I was spitting with this one.

Sent chills, amazing content

dude u were talking about how runnin was to the soulquarians what rogue one was to a new hope while u simultaneously made a statement that lead straight into your soulquarians video just like the previous analogies. you’re a god tier youtuber and i love your channel.

Unreal content. Been hooked since your first video. I think you’re the algorithm’s wet dream, because the channel is blowing up. No doubt you’ll have 2M subscribers in a year.

@Milan-vi1bq

Жыл бұрын

fax

I love this channel so much

Once again a sweeeet video man! Your channel is great.

@diggingthegreats

Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

Love the videos!

grew up on dilla. did a lot of drunk kicks n snares live played on my albums Stillface by Baphonym and a few on Dolphin Derby by DJ Moodlighting

So much Dilla Time material ;) but damn if you don’t a fantastic job presenting it, easily one of the best things on KZread about hip hop.

Great story!! The Star Wars Rogue One analogy was the chef's kiss!! 🤌🏽

Great video, you can feel your passion.

Great video bro, these are the history lessons that anyone who loves music needs 🔥🔥🔥

I see 200k subs pretty soon, man 👌🙏♥️👍😯😎💪🎵🎼🎹🥁🎛. Your content is top-tier!! Love from South Africa🇿🇦

@diggingthegreats

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha! We'll get there eventually. Just enjoying the ride and the music along the way!

amazing story. love these so much!!!

Thanks for the videos I really like all of them

love your channel

I was hoping you were going to do a video on runnin and you never disappoint

Your videos are my most amazing find of channels. Not only do you work through my life of music interest. Fillin the gaps I’ve never understood. And the editing quality is world class. Then when you bring the bass out and plays phat beats. You just slam it. It makes you the authority of modern soul historian.

Thanks for this. Ever since this track came out I always felt something was "off" but couldn't figure out what. It wasn't off, it was just the Dilla swing! 🔥

Once again sir. Job well done. Love the video and since oh humor.

@diggingthegreats

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you so much for this content. I'm so into it.

Runnin’ is my top song of all time❤️ thank you for this video!

I've been trying to cover this song on drums and that kick pattern is not easy! It's awesome to see it mapped out like this. I also didn't know this was a Dilla Beat, but wow, to me this thing solidifies him as a legend even more. The drums on this beat are crazy.

you're so god damn funny dog, usually i find humor in similar videos a little forced but nah i kept giggling my ass off. not to mention how good the info in these are. please never stop :)

Man, hell yeah, I'm glad someone is gassing up this track for the here and now. I haven't even watched yet but lowkey I thought you meant how the drum kicks swing has that thump that just sounds like it's trading back and forth, didn't know that there was a real fight on it tho! 👀

Love the vid had no idea about the story behind this track. Keep up the good work, love it

@engliships2126

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree man also mandadory sf reference CHESTO

I love your channel! I love this song and I was waiting for you to make a video about it

@diggingthegreats

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This song is incredible!

Very impressive video🤙

Amazing commentary with historical rhythm!

Bruh I love your videos especially when you cover my style hip hop producers. Keep it up bruh

Another great video.

these videos are the highest quality a video can get, everything is just perfect

Nice vid man

Please do more j dilla videos he’s one of the greats ❤

Your content is gold 🪙 Never pressed that KZread bell so fast in my life. Could I make a request for a future episode. Del The Funky Homosapiens crew The hieroglyphics which members led to an iconic song with Souls of Mischief - 93'till infinity. I believe you could do them justice, since they are highly influential yet there isn't much found on them regarding their overal story. I know you have a smorgasbord to choose from, so I won't hold my breath, but would be so interesting to hear more about them through your highly educational format. Peace

A classic album and a classic song! I didn't know this history tho! Thanks for the lesson 💯 RIP Dilla!!

I subbed when you only had below 1000 subscribers. Nah man the content is too good he's going to blow up give it a couple of weeks I said to myself. Here we are 100k !! Concrats well deserved & great content as always

@diggingthegreats

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hopefully someday you also cover the whole 90s Atlanta scene with the Dungeon Family, Goodie Mob, Outkast etc. Love this channel, thanks for the hard work that goes into each vid🙏

Love it. I read this part in the book and wish someone can explain it and you delivered ❤

This fight was documented in the book Dilla Time. Great book.

Yo shoutout u for making great content!

Amazing video, you should do one covering Black Star's Little Brother. The microchops in that record are something out of this world and proves that J Dilla is the greatest to ever do it.

Great stuff, you spend more time analyzing these tracks than J Dilla and the other producers even put into making them :)

Great video

i love your videos so much

Great channel

I love the Pharcyde. Could you do a video breaking down all the borrowed clips they've used and all the other artists that borrowed the Pharcyde's style?! That would be awesome!

Yo very good story with some serious gems!

Love this!

Damn bro, dilla startin fights cause his beats are THAT GOOD?! i didnt think my opinion of him could get any better, man was i wrong. Thanks for the awesome video man!