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The Upful LIFE Podcast ep.062: DAN CHARNAS [author/journalist – Dilla Time book, NYU professor]

November 30, 2022 B.Getz dan charnas, dilla, dilla book, Dilla TIme book, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm, dlla time, j dilla, james yancey, jay dee

Welcome DAN CHARNAS! His latest book – Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, The Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm is a New York Times Bestseller.

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DILLA TIME: Inside The Expansive New J Dilla Biography By NYU’s Dan Charnas [B.Getz on L4LM]

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 B.Getz dan charnas, dilla, dilla book, dilla time, j dilla, j dilla book, james yancey, mcd books, music journalism

Sixteen years on from his tragic death due to a rare blood disorder at thirty-two years young, the late J Dilla still feels somewhat misunderstood.

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Lettuce Knows How to ‘Cook’

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When I want to taste some funk, I listen to Lettuce ‘Cook’! That’s the latest album the preminent funk torchbearers, Lettuce. Cook is, in my view, one of the top funk albums of th...
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