I catch a lot of slack for this but “The Love Movement” has always been my favorite Tribe album. Don’t get me wrong, “People’s Instinctive Travels…” and “Beats Rhymes and Life” are VERY close behind. Love Movement just has this smooth, consistent style about it that sets it two or three notches above their other projects in my mind. For me, the sound of the short-lived production team “The Ummah” IS this album which is why this is such a staple Tribe album.
On a seemingly unrelated note, the other day I stumbled on to this joint called: Love, Sex, and The Zodiac by Cannonball Adderley. Read More
WTF! Dilla’s Manager: “STOP POCKETING MONEY IN HIS NAME…
I try to stay away from jacking content from other sites but I think this one deserves to break that rule. It sounds like a ton of these Dilla Tribute functions aren’t always legit and some of the promoters are pocketing the $. Makes me sick to my stomach but luckily one of Dilla’s former managers, Jonathan Dworkin is taking a stand using ad space. Peep the complete post and a write up of the ad over at Nodfactor.com.
To this day, I still feel like its backwards how so many people love Dilla’s music with out Dilla becoming a household name like Dre, Timbo, Primo, etc. My feeling is that it sadly yet simply comes down to numbers and sheer sales. Most of Dilla’s fame has come from people who have heard his music LOVED it but never made it to the store to actually pick it up — which SUCKS. After hearing Fantastic Vol. 2 there was no way I wasn’t owning every piece of work he was associated with. Maybe it’s just timing; his music really started to pop off around the early Napster days back when Like Water For Chocolate and Amplified we’re dropping. So maybe the internet is to blame? I don’t know…Anyways, peep what Dilla’s manager has to say about it…I agree with home completely.