We’ve always heard about hip hop being inspired by jazz. Guru of Gangstarr made a whole series of albums as an ode to jazz music (with another on the way).
Robert Glasper, one of modern jazz’s bright young talents has paid tribute to J Dilla and hip hop music on his recent album In My Element.
Says Christopher Porter of Express (Washington Post):
On “J Dillalude” he gives a musical shout-out to hip-hop producer J Dilla, who died Feb. 10, 2006. The song begins with a phone message from rapper Q-Tip telling Glasper to “play some Dilla joints, like, trio style,” but the song is composed of snippets of live jams by Glasper and his triomates, drummer Damion Reid and bassist Vincente Archer, smoothly segued together into a cut-and-paste tapestry.
“You’d rarely heard JD beats on the radio because he was so dope and gutter with his [stuff],” said Glasper, who also produces hip-hop under a pseudonym he won’t reveal and can often be found performing with rapper Mos Def and avant-R&B singer Bilal.
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