James Dewitt Yancey would have been 52 years old this month. In 1997 the Detroit producer, who died on Feb. 10, 2006, made a choice that would change the course of hip hop and modern jazz: taking his drum machine off-beat. The small tweak rippled through three decades of music to push organic and mechanical […]
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Tampa producers to honor J Dilla on the 20th anniversary of his death
Heads pay homage this Sunday at an open aux event.