According to Questlove, J Dilla’s ‘Don’t Cry’ was made for his mom shortly before he passed away from Lupus

(If I recall correctly. Someone correct me if I’m wrong)

I have more but I can’t think of any right now

He’s easily one of my fav producers of recent years, f*** it, of all time tbh. Mgmt congratulations, 7 by beach house, his work with panda bear, other albums i cant remember off the top of my head. His solo work is super cool too

You know the last Spacemen 3 album is two different albums in one?

Rumour has it the guys were beefing so hard that the first half is all Jason and the second half all Peter

Done shed real tears to this song man

Yeah its a split album. From what i understand Kember was in the throes of a heroin addiction and there was creative friction too

Theres a book by one of their bassists that i want to read one day. Called something like “playing the bass with three left hands”

The Deadwood Divine was an acoustic emo project active in the mid 90s, consisting of Tom LoMacchio.

The Deadwood Divne’s last EP would release in 1998, with an eerily titled A side ‘To Wander and To Fade’

2 years later, Tom LoMacchio would release a split with Rob and The Pinhole Stars. ‘Farewell’ would oddly enough be the last ever track he would release, until he returned in 2014 with further Deadwood Divine music.

Not a song, but the liner notes of Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s 2003 album Yanqui U.X.O. features a page linking all major record labels to the military-industrial complex, indirectly linking them to the various conflicts in the Middle East

Mike Shinoda rewrote the verses dozens of times since the band kept rejecting each version he wrote. Eventually, the frustrations of writing informed the content of the song and that’s why the first line is “Here we go for the hundredth time”

An example of an older version of the song with different verses

When that piano comes in

Give the whole album another spin. Always felt like the s*** was over hated

In 2011, Lil Wayne would reach out to Lil B during the recording of Sorry 4 The Wait.

What followed would be an all time classic:

Don’t u dare

He was getting slopped off in the booth you can hear it if you listen closely

Um yeah he can't listen

He died

Billie Eilish saying Stuck in the Mud by Isaiah Rashad was an inspiration for the beat switch towards the end of Bad Guy

I have No idea what I’m reading here

Travis wouldn’t have said “twerk Miley Miley twerk”

2pac "hit em up" is about biggie smalls

Where does he stack up on an all time list? Next to Mutt Lange?

Idk thats ur opinion to make

In the song Dance nas implies there is a god

Originally Steady Mobbin was supposed to to Have 2chainz on it

youtube.com/shorts/VydXbUO94no?si=V9Sl5Xfum1rcA4y9

He also wouldn’t have said “when I was talking instagram, last thing you wanted was your picture snapped”

This was supposed to be SZA