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Solillaquists of Sound, J-Live and Chali 2Na Release a Tribute Song to J Dilla, Inspired By My LA Weekly Article/Follow-Up Interview With Dilla's Mom, Ms. Maureen Yancey

Sep 15, 2008, 4:12am The Passion of the Weiss
Solillaquists of Sound, J-Live and Chali 2Na Release a Tribute Song to J Dilla, Inspired By My LA Weekly Article/Follow-Up Interview With Dilla's Mom, Ms. Maureen Yancey Still a little stunned by this one. I suppose we can chalk this up as some minor triumph to the power of the media, at a time when the Fourth Estate isn't exactly going through its finest moment. I'm not in the habit of running press releases in full, but I'll make the exception after the jump. If you're too lazy to click through, basically, Anti/Epitaph signed rappers, Solillaquists of Sound recruited J-Live and Chali 2Na to cut a tribute record in honor of Dilla after reading my article in the LA Weekly and the subsequent [...]
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