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Charnas, Dan,

Dilla time : the life and afterlife of J Dilla, the hip-hop producer who reinvented rhythm / Life and afterlife of J Dilla, the hip-hop producer who reinvented rhythm Dan Charnas ; with musical analysis by Jeff Peretz. - First edition. - xvi, 458 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [401]-422), discography, and index.

Wrong -- Straight Time / Swing Time -- Play Jay -- Machine Time -- Dee Jay -- Sample Time -- Jay Dee -- Dilla Time -- Partners -- Pay Jay -- Warp Time -- J Dilla -- Zealots -- Micro Time -- Descendants / Disciples -- Fragments.

"Equal parts musicology, biography, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the invention of a new kind of beat by the most underappreciated musical genius of our time"--

ISBN: 9780374139940 0374139946

LCCN: 2021042472

Subjects--Personal Names:
J Dilla, 1974-2006.
J Dilla, 1974-2006 --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sound recording executives and producers--United States--Biography.
Rap (Music)--Production and direction--History.
Rap (Music)--History and criticism.
Musical meter and rhythm.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
Music criticism and reviews.