NEW RELEASE. J Dilla. The Diary Of...

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Etichete: J Dilla, Pay Jay, The Diary Of

Artist: J Dilla

Title: The Diary Of...

Label: Pay Jay

Release Date: 16 April 2016

Format: Vinyl LP + 7" single

IN-STORE-ONLY RECORD STORE DAY VINYL

PAYJAY PRODUCTIONS AND TRAFFIC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE RECORD STORE DAY VINYL EDITION OF J DILLA UNRELEASED 2002 VOCAL ALBUM “THE DIARY”

INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOK AND BONUS 7-INCH (“THE EX,” PRODUCED BY PETE ROCK)

Production on album by Dilla, Madlib, Pete Rock, Nottz, House Shoes, Karriem Riggins and more. Exclusive LP + 7-Inch Record Store Day edition available in-stores-only on April 16.

As you are likely already aware, there is a new, 13-track J Dilla vocal album coming out in mid-April via PayJay Productions. Traffic Entertainment Group is offering a special, limited edition Record Store Day vinyl album bundle, which will be available in-stores-only on Saturday, April 16. For a list of participating stores, visit: http://recordstoreday.co.uk/participating-stores/.

PayJay Productions, Inc. was the company James Dewitt “J Dilla” Yancey founded in 2001 to house his production and publishing company. The Estate of James Yancey has revived PayJay as a functioning imprint, and announced the release of J Dilla’s long lost vocal album, The Diary.

The tracks come straight from multi-track masters found on 2-inch tape shortly after Dilla’s passing in 2006. Many were mixed by Dilla himself.

Those that weren't have been mixed by engineer Dave Cooley, who worked extensively with Dilla during his years in Los Angeles. Using Dilla’s original demo mixes as his guide, Cooley attempted to finalize Dilla’s vision for these tracks, while keeping all of the elements that Dilla had in place in his original demos.

The Diary is an album of vocal performances recorded between in the early 2000s over production by the likes of Dilla, Madlib, Pete Rock, Nottz, House Shoes, Karriem Riggins and others. Aside from a 12-page book featuring information and images pertaining to the album, the Record Store Day vinyl issue of The Diary includes an exclusive 7-Inch of “The Ex,” produced by Pete Rock and featuring Bilal.