J Dilla: Last Donut of the Night

Tinariwen stateside, Phantogram's Bill Murray, a tribute to J Dilla and more in the music we tweeted this week

This week marks the eight year anniversary of James Dewitt Yancey’s untimely death, and his birthday. Yancey—better known as J Dilla—was arguably the most influential hip-hop producer ever and his legacy is still evident; so strong, in fact that each year on the late producer’s birthday, fans around the world celebrate Dilla Day on 7 February. This year we couldn’t stop listening to “Last Donut …

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Mahotella Queens, Banks + Shlomo, Habibi and more in the music we tweeted this week

Big Boi feat. Phantogram and Sade: CPU 2.0 2014 may well be the year of OutKast. The “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik”-bumping duo is set to headline over 40 music festivals throughout the year, including Coachella and Governor’s Ball, plus both Big Boi and André 3000 are slated to release solo albums (we can only hope for another Outkast record too). In anticipation of his new release, Big Boi …

Big Boi feat. Phantogram and Sade: CPU 2.0

Mahotella Queens, Banks + Shlomo, Habibi and more in the music we tweeted this week

2014 may well be the year of OutKast. The “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik”-bumping duo is set to headline over 40 music festivals throughout the year, including Coachella and Governor’s Ball, plus both Big Boi and André 3000 are slated to release solo albums (we can only hope for another Outkast record too). In anticipation of his new release, Big Boi is dropping re-imaginations of tracks from his previous …