The cult of J Dilla

Since his sudden death in 2006, the impact of hip-hop producer J Dilla has grown ever bigger, with an entire wave of music influenced by his legacy. But what made him special?Record stores are dying in my neighbourhood, the East Village of New York. The only ones that are hanging in there, even prospering, belong to a particular type: boutiques that offer a tidied-up version of the crate-digging experience, without the dust and the graft, the knees-bent flicking through musty cardboard boxes in ...

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