Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm

by Dan Charnas

There were the pilgrims, the folks who came seeking J Dilla’s MPC. When they spied it, boom!… they made a beeline for the case. Mos Def had been like that. When he arrived, he told Burnside: I only have time to see Dilla. Where is he?