The following list is a discography of production by J Dilla (also credited as Jay Dee), an American hip hop record producer and recording artist from Detroit, Michigan. It includes a list of songs produced, co-produced and remixed by year, artist, album and title.
Contents: | Singles produced – Albums produced – '93 -'94 – '95 – '96 – '97- '98 – '99 – '00 – '01 – '02 – '03 – '04 – '05 – '06 – '07 – '08 – '09 – '10 – '11 – '12 – '13 – '15 – '16 – '17 – '19 – '20 – '22 – '23 Notes - References |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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"Runnin'" (The Pharcyde) | 1995 | 55 | 35 | 6 | 59 | 36 | Labcabincalifornia |
"Stakes Is High" | 1996 | — | 53 | — | — | 55 | Stakes Is High |
"1nce Again" | — | 38 | — | 70 | 34 | Beats, Rhymes and Life | |
"Stressed Out" (A Tribe Called Quest featuring Faith Evans) | 108 | 56 | 15 | 81 | 33 | ||
"Find A Way" (A Tribe Called Quest) | 1998 | 71 | 29 | 18 | 75 | 41 | The Love Movement |
"Get Dis Money" [1] (Slum Village) | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | Fantastic, Vol. 2 |
"Bend Ova" | — | — | — | — | — | Ventilation: Da LP | |
"Vivrant Thing" (Q-Tip) | 26 | 7 | 10 | — | 39 | Amplified | |
"Breathe and Stop" (Q-Tip) | 2000 | 71 | 21 | — | — | 12 | |
"Let's Ride" [2] (Q-Tip) | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"The Light" (Common) | 44 | 12 | 13 | — | 56 | Like Water for Chocolate | |
"I Don't Know / Eyes Up" [3] (Slum Village) | — | — | — | — | — | Fantastic, Vol. 2 | |
"Didn't Cha Know?" | 2001 | 113 | 28 | — | — | — | Mama's Gun |
"Thru Ya City" [4] (De La Soul featuring D.V. Alias Khrist) | — | — | — | — | — | Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump | |
"Fuck the Police" (Jay Dee) | — | — | — | — | — | The Diary | |
"The Red" [5] (Jaylib) | 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | Champion Sound |
"Shoomp" (De La Soul featuring Sean Paul) | — | — | — | — | 85 | The Grind Date | |
"Move" (Q-Tip) | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | The Renaissance |
"House of Flying Daggers" [6] (Raekwon featuring GZA, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, and Ghostface Killah) | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II |
"Gazzillion Ear" (MF Doom) | — | — | — | — | — | Born Like This | |
"HER Love" [7] (Common featuring Daniel Caesar) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Let Love |
"Nutshell Pt. 2" [8] (Phife Dawg featuring Busta Rhymes and Redman) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Forever |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) | 1997 [a] | Slum Village |
Amplified | 1999 | Q-Tip |
Fantastic, Vol. 2 | 2000 | Slum Village |
Welcome 2 Detroit | 2001 | J Dilla |
48 Hours [9] | 2003 [b] | Frank n Dank |
Donuts | 2006 | J Dilla |
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