In this exclusive excerpt from hip-hop historian Dan Charnas’ excellent new book, Dilla Time, we get the inside story of how iconic beatmaker J Dilla and an elite group of musicians, including D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, and Questlove, changed the shape of rap and R&B forever
How J Dilla Reinvented Rhythm
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