mainstream singles produced or co-produced by J Dilla, 1995-2001

haha true

got to say 'runnin', but to be really real,

A Tribe Called Quest - "1nce Again"
A Tribe Called Quest f/ Faith Evans - "Stressed Out"
De La Soul - "Stakes Is High"
Janet Jackson f/ Q Tip - "Got 'Til It's Gone"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Find A Way"
Q-Tip - "Let's Ride"
Common - "The Light"
Erykah Badu - "Didn't Cha Know?"
Erykah Badu - "Cleva"

would all feature on my ipod playlist of fucking sublime awesome stuffz

went for "vivrant thing" cuz i liked it so much then and it's stuck w me since, but this is an insanely great series of tracks.

moka OTM abt everything: "gone til it's gone" is astonishing, at least close to my favorite jj single (great video, too). and "breathe and stop" and "didn't cha know" (and "got ya money" and "stakes is high"). and nobody's mentioned it, but pharcyde's "runnin", too, no thanks to people who aren't fatlip. umm, and "1nce again" (RIGHT?). such a thick, fucked up, fogged out sound, killer hooks almost every time. jeezis. come on. fuck.

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I mentioned it, too!

voted vivrant thing

damn, rev went ham upthread

That's as heated as I've seen Rev! Vivrant thing is controversial!

eh al was just trolling, i dont think theres anything really shocking abt liking vivrant thing as much / more than tribe stuff, nor is liking 'got your money.'

i thought it was in fact a myth that he produced "got til it's gone". still, that.

wow, mind utterly blown anyone could have a strong opinion on vivrant thing let alone a nuclear one

lots of o_O here

Yeah, obv I overreacted and all but ¯\(°_o)/¯

al relentlessly otm in thiz thread

i voted "vivrant thing"

i dunno how "this" became "this" except that my phone is set to 2001

"Breathe and Stop" is the weakest single from that album.

― these goons were made for waka (The Reverend),

On an album with lots of dull shit -- the dullest of his career.

Went with "Vivrant Thing" over "Didn't Cha Know"

Stressed Out holds really strong memories of meeting my wife, so has to be that. Otherwise Running.

'stakes is high' imo

uhm love Tribe's Stressed Out

"breathe & stop" is great, just on the track alone, steamrolls the (sometimes) weak rapping, just need to ~listen~

Stop the nonsense. We're voting for J Dilla, there's no wrong answer.

Stakes Is High.

Love the reggae echo and just about everything else about "Find a Way," so many great lines. I always felt like "Runnin'" never lived up to its chorus and sound, but that's not Dilla's fault. "Stakes Is High" is so funky for being that sour. "Vivrant Thing" never did a thing for me.

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Rev otm like a motherfucker itt. Voting Cleva just over Vivrant Thing and Didn't Cha Know

al relentlessly otm in thiz thread

i voted "vivrant thing"

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those seem like 2 contradictory statements though? or anyway i'm just mad at votes for vivrant thiz

All of that first Tip album is garbage. Utter shite.

Vivrant Thing is awesome! Totes voted for both that and Got Your Money in the rap-tracks poll

(Sorry al)

::shakes fist::

the love movement's production is really underrated. some of the best stuff dilla ever did imo. didnt hurt that tribe put their normal engineering stamp on it either.

I despise The Love Movement so much. I tried to go back and listen to it with fresh ears last month but after a fantastic opening track I just feel like the entire rest of the album is ATCQ shitting in my ears; primarily using flat beats with no syncopation was really not my bag at all.

Pulled the trigger on "Vivrant Thing." May be the only time I've ever not voted for Erykah when she's on the ballot.

i could go for most of these really but i'm voting "got til it's gone" because the weather achieved in that track is something special, i think.

like every element of the song seems transmitted from a distance? janet's voice, the sample, the bass. the only thing immediate and intimate is the rhodes which is basically predicting voodoo

I dunno, I'd say Janet's voice sounds very intimate (but not immediate) on that song, like she's telling you a secret.

Listening to the last two minutes of "Drop" and wondering how I didn't vote that.

i have a hard time thinking of "Drop" as anything but an annoying sample with a schticky video

tbf music video never gets to the song's denouement.

So many good choices, but in the end nothing else hits me quite like Didn't Cha Know.

and I think Let's Ride may be the best of those 1st wave of Tip solo singles. As great as the other 2 are, I don't think that big mainstream club bangerz were really the best look for a Q-Tip.

I heart the "Drop" video--that's beautiful schtick.

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Fine by me.

they're all awesome awesome songs

the beatminerz remix of drop is better than the original