This is by no means official, but whoever made this “found footage” film of J. Dilla’s Donuts deserves an oscar. Or at least a job at Stones Throw.

Check out the new J. Dilla vinyl figure from RappCats.

Rappcats: “The Figure was conceived and rendered by Detroit artist Sintex, designed and sculpted by Seoul-based toy artist P2PL. It was manufactured by Blitzway on behalf of Pay Jay. It is a collaborative release with Stussy, whose logo is officially licensed.

Limited edition of 2000. There will be no further production of this limited edition version of the figure.
Shipping weight: 2.4 lbs. Rappcats ships worldwide. Please direct any questions about this order to paypal@rappcats.com”

Anthony Cruz is next to take Dilla’s “Gobstopper” instrumental from Donuts, lending an unofficial remix to Nas’ recent “The Season.” We’re hearing the Nas album is called The Season of Nasir, by the way.

A classic Dilla donut gets blessed by Nasir Jones.

Common speaks with Urban Grind TV about his track “Rewind That” from Nobody’s Smiling.

“I’m going to be dropping a rap song every Monday until I don’t feel like it anymore.” — Jonwayne, July 21, 2014

Beat produced by J Dilla.

At the 2014 DC Loves Dilla Tribute Concert, the DC Smithsonian announced that late legendary hip hop producer, J. Dilla, will have his beat equipment added to the Smithsonian’s new museum of African American History & Culture.

From the upcoming MagnifIAm project. Dilla produced “The Shining” for Lawless Element(Mag’s former group) in 2003. He later rapped on a Magnif-produced L.E. track titled “Love”. Look out for “MagnifIAm” later this year as well as a full-length album with Queens, NY producer, Ayatollah.

New Dilla produced goodness from SV, from their new 5-song vinyl EP, Vintage.

Jay Dee a.k.a. J Dilla is widely regarded as one of the greatest producers in hip hop history. The King of Beats Ma Dukes Yancey Collector’s Edition is manufactured in the image and likeness of the exact SP-1200 which produced Jay Dee’s signature sound. The box casing is hand crafted from custom wood with chrome hinges. (Dimensions: 46 cm. x 38.5 cm. x 20 cm. (Approx. 7 7/8 in. x 18 7/64 in. x 15 5/32 in.) Weight: 4 kg. (Approx. 10lbs.)) Available for the first time, The King of Beats Box Set feature’s (40) tracks from Jay Dee’s groundbreaking ‘Batches’ on vinyl. The E-Mu Systems SP-1200 drum machine and sampler was the first electronic instrument Jay Dee worked with while crafting the incomparable styles and sounds which defined the early stages of his legendary production. The SP-1200 was his primary tool of choice at the inception of his career. During this period, he created classics for early Slum Village, The Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes, among many others. After careful study and curation this one of a kind collection compiles the well-deserved documentation of Jay Dee’s early musical masterpieces. Ma Dukes assembled a team of industry family who spent nine months working daily to bring this project to J Dilla fans everywhere. Included inside of ‘The King of Beats’ Box Set Ma Dukes Collector’s Edition: – (4) 10 inch Vinyl Records featuring music from Jay Dee’s ‘Batches’ – (1) Special Edition Cassette containing (4) unreleased tracks. Check out the previously unreleased track, “Filth”, from the set, below.

From Dilla’s new-old Give ‘Em What They Want EP, with six tracks produced in 2001-2002 by J Dilla and Supa Dave West, available now.

The Yancey Boys’ album Sunset Blvd is in stores now via Delicious Vinyl. The album, entirely produced by the late J. Dilla, also featured close collaborators Common, De La Soul’s Posdnuos, T3 of Slum Village, Guilty Simpson, Talib Kweli, J. Rocc and others. “Sunset Blvd” was built around previously unheard tracks from J. Dilla and was compiled by Illa J, Dilla’s brother and close friend, Frank Nitt. Although “Sunset Blvd” was released in October, 2013 here is the brand new video today for the song “Lovin U” featuring Eric Roberson.

“We are happy to announce the release of the limited edition vinyl of “Smell The Da.I.S.Y.” in-stores 4/18. The vinyl will be a all instrumental version of the “Smell The Da.I.S.Y.” project. It contains 12 tracks that include all 11 of the “Smell The Da.I.S.Y.” instrumentals plus one exclusive never heard before J Dilla beat.

We decided to release a all instrumental version of “Smell The Da.I.S.Y.” to give people the experience of a J Dilla beat tape that we were so lucky to receive. These beat tapes were the springboard that generated creation and generated inspiration for us.

The vinyl release is very, very limited, only 100 copies will be released to stores, to resemble the limited amount of beat tapes that Dilla would send out to artists like Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Common, Mos Def, Busta, and De La.

Dilla was a heavy crate digger that scoured the earth digging for exclusive vinyl to sample, and if you want this vinyl project you’ll have to dig the same. We are not releasing the record store information so if you would like to find a copy go to http://www.wearedelasoul.comc for clues and also our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook pages for the vinyl whereabouts. Happy digging!”

“Give ‘Em What They Want,” 12-inch on clear vinyl with six tracks produced in 2002 by J Dilla and Supa Dave West. This will be released on May 6th on Pay Jay Productions.

Produced by J Dilla. Directed by Ryan Lightbourn.