According to Questlove, Erick Sermon's Rockafella remix was the final ingredient to Dilla's sound

[FunkDoc1112]

He said in his latest book that beat was mindblowing to a ton of producers and J Dilla speficially. Dilla was a Pete Rock clone in the beginning but after he heard that beat he started shifting to that laid back, bass heavy jazzy style

It's funny, I always thought Erick Sermon's mid-90s stuff was Dilla influenced but it turned out it was thebother way around

(Another revelation from the book: Questlove's parents made the song that Nuthin But a G Thang samples on the hook)

 

[Piff Perkins]

This is interesting

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Crazy. Never knew this

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Art Barr]

This is not true. Dilla already had beats like that in all varieties. When i first heard born unknown, e's demo in 1994. More roots trying to make it like everybody bites. When the Roots bit the entire midwest guys who were signed. From jd to common. fukk outta here breh.

Dilla was already jd when I heard him in 1994. Before running.
At msu on the first demo and material I ever heard.
Born unknown demo was better than the Roots first album, production wise. It is the beat shytbi ever heard on one medium in my life.



fukk outta here.


Man post this passage.


Tired of the biters and bandwagon goofie sellout. Trying to make it like they influenced dilla. Or jd was rego before we fukked with him.

Jd was better than the whole industry in 1994 on born unknowns mixtape.


Stop the cap.


Art Barr