Phife Dawg formally of Tribe Called Quest tributes his new track “#dearDilla” to legendary producer/rapper J Dilla. J Dilla produced various tracks for Tribe Called Quest in the 1990s.
Phife states he didn’t know how sick J Dilla was, as they were both trying to connect with each other at various times on the phone, but it never happened.
“Phife says that “#dearDilla” fulfills his desire to have that talk with Dilla. “I felt like this song is that conversation,” Dilla says. “I’ve been wanting to record a dedication to J Dilla for the longest. It just seemed to finally be the right time to do it. It was very therapeutic for me to do this. There are a lot of people dealing with renal failure and I wanted to make this a conduit, a way for people to put their health issues out there.
The video for “#dearDilla” will be realised on February 6th
Check out the track: https://soundcloud.com/djrastaroot/deardilla
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