Greetings Soul on Ice fans! I'm back with another episode of the Soul On Ice Radio Show. As you know, February is Black History Month in my corner of the Earth. I'll be doing a couple of mixes to celebrate BHM and this show will feature the first. If you weren't from Detroit, a deep hip-hop head or a serious modern Black music nerd, you didn't recognize the importance of James Yancey until after his passing.
If you were lucky, you knew he was the producer behind a pretty good rap album (Fantastic Vol 2) but most likely you just thought of him as some upstart rapper who everyone in your clique claimed should just stick to making beats. None of us saw him as the leader of a musical movement.
Then he went away and the discography list started came out and we all started realizing that this man know as Jay Dee was actually on his way to becoming the Teddy Riley of this hip-hop generation. That was before Lupus robbed him of that destiny. He was actually an originator, a creator of a new sound. A sound that most heads shunned at first but eventually gave in to and embraced as being the future sound of hip-hop.
I know why you all wear white tees bearing his image. Why you get your Rick Ross from Limewire but cop your Donuts from Play De Record. It's because we all realize that we didn't show this kat enough love while he was still walking amongst us. We discussed Timbo, Blaze, Skateboard P and Storch ad nauseum and never even gave a thought to throwing Dilla's name in the hat. We were wrong and we've been trying to redeem ourselves ever since. My mix is just another step on my journey to redemption. R.I.P. Dilla.
Playlist:
Jazmine Sullivan - Lion, Tigers and Bears
Brandy - Bring It Back
Omar - Get It Together
Eric Roberson - Open Your Eyes
Jef Kearns f Chris Rouse - On The Level [CAN]
E3 - Do What U Gotta Do [CAN]
Lorraine Reid - No Coming Back [CAN]
Erykah Badu - The Cell
Ali Shaheed Muhhamed f Sy Smith - Part Of The Night
Adreena Mills f Saukrates - You and Tomorrow [CAN]
Incognito - Freedom To Love (Yam Who? rmx)
Opolopo f Sacha Williamson - Take It Slow [CAN]
Dennis Ferrer f Brooks Sr - Change The World
J Dilla Tribute Mix
D'Angelo - The Line
Dilla - Stop
Dilla - Dimepiece f Dwele
Dilla - Body Movin' f J. Rocc & Karriem Riggins
Dilla - Baby f Guilty Simpson and Madlib
Dilla - So Far To Go f D'Angelo and Common
Janet Jackson - Got 'Til It's Gone f Q-Tip
Common - Nag Champa
Dilla - Over The Breaks
Dilla - Give It Up
A Tribe Called Quest - Stressed Out
De La Soul - Stakes Is High
Exile - Time Has Come f Slum Village
Dilla - Time (Donut of The Heart)
Common - Dooinit
Jaylib - The Red
DJ Spinna - Dillagence f Phonte
Yam Who? - Here We Go
The Politik - Saturn
Podcast Link: www.djseansax.podomatic.com
R.I.P. James. I know economic times are tough all over the world but if you can please make a donation in honour of Jay here:
http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=s23067
That's it for this week. Next show will feature a tribute mix to the one and only Robert Nesta Marley, the man who put his island of Jamaica and the entire West Indies on the international music map.
Soul On Ice Baby!
