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Earl drops his dizzying new record Some Rap Songs, on which he beautifully channels the legends Lord Quas and DOOM, conjures the spirit of Dilla's living, breathing Donuts-era beats, and even elicits vibes of Mica Levi's flickering and soulful but sometimes mournful loops that glowed up the brilliant new Tirzah record, all in under 25 minutes. Plus he shouts out Ish Butler in the first 20 seconds

40+ rare instrumentals from the legend, out this week. Pre-order Dillatronic here.

Stones Throw is releasing one of the best albums of the past decade as a 45 box set in January, featuring Dilla's "seminal beat album on seven 7-inch singles ... plus one extra." Listen to "The Diff'rence," complete with attached "Donuts Outro/Intro" which "dates back to the first, original sequence of the album," and pre-order the box here...

Another track from Madlib's latest Medicine Show joint: this one's a collab with Dilla from the duo's "never-realized second album" as Jaylib. From Stones Throw: "Madlib and Dilla collaborated primarily through the exchange of beat tapes, occasionally reworking each others material, or chopping the same beat in a kind of recorded call-and-response...

Stones Throw recently collaborated with Serato on new J Dilla release Donut Shop, featuring 3 unreleased Donuts-era beats, and 3 instrumentals that you might recognize from recent records by Mos Def + Q-Tip. You can grab the the whole thing as a free download by signing up for the Stones Throw newsletter: mp3: In related news, check this piece on the legacy of J Dilla...

Following on the heels of his Donuts-esque Dil Cosby Suite comes the latest installment in Madlib's Beat Konducta series, and the second part of his fitting tribute to the legendary J Dilla: Beat Konducta Vol. 6: Dil Withers Suite. This one is excellent in its own right, but play it in its entirety back-to-back with Vol... Read More ...

madlib's dil cosby suite Stones Throw keeps quietly dropping dope shit via their new webstore, with the latest gem being an advance digital release of the 5th installment of Madlib's esteemed Beat Konducta series. This one -- the awesomely titled Dil Cosby Suite -- is Madlib + J Rocc's tribute to the late, great J Dilla...