Comments on: Dear James, With Love, Orsi

By: Dilla’s anniversary | undomondo

Dilla’s anniversary | undomondo — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:22:10 +0000

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By: Walrii

Walrii — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:30:52 +0000

nice letter! i feel much the same about his music.

the thing with dilla is that his beats had a sound in and of themselves. unquantized techno/soul/hiphop which incorporated a legacy of detroit music into a classical, efforless soundlikenoother.

it took his death for the hiphop/beathead community to understand this, and through his passing sprouted a generation of post-dilla beatcats mining the bottomless sound Jay came to create.

he revolutionised the entire electronic music world when he stood up to the MPC2000 in the early ninties and switched the quantize off.

the wake of his death brought about a synergy between hiphop and electronic music which in turn has pushed electronic sounds into the future much faster than anyone expected.

love walrus.

By: BigTimeCharlie

BigTimeCharlie — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:37:25 +0000

Wow. Well that beats the snot out of the average dedication you read!

Beautiful words. More powah to ya!

And RIP Jay Dee. You’re missed bro.

Peace…

By: Karl G

Karl G — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:44:20 +0000

Orsi, that was a lovely and very fitting dedication. Thank you for writing it. Karl

By: kidk

kidk — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:39:58 +0000

a heartfelt dedication right there! respect! peace, kidk