J Dilla production discography

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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

Contents: Singles produced - Albums produced - '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

Singles produced

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US US R&B US Rap SCO UK
"Runnin'"

(The Pharcyde)

1995553565936 Labcabincalifornia
"Stakes Is High"

(De La Soul)

19965355 Stakes Is High
"1nce Again"

(A Tribe Called Quest)

387034 Beats, Rhymes and Life
"Stressed Out"

(A Tribe Called Quest featuring Faith Evans)

10856158133
"Find A Way"

(A Tribe Called Quest)

19987129187541 The Love Movement
"Get Dis Money" [1]

(Slum Village)

1999 Fantastic, Vol. 2
"Bend Ova"

(Phife Dawg)

Ventilation: Da LP
"Vivrant Thing"

(Q-Tip)

2671039 Amplified
"Breathe and Stop"

(Q-Tip)

2000712112
"Let's Ride" [2]

(Q-Tip)

"The Light"

(Common)

44121356 Like Water for Chocolate
"I Don't Know / Eyes Up" [3]

(Slum Village)

Fantastic, Vol. 2
"Didn't Cha Know?"

(Erykah Badu)

200111328 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.

Albums produced

Albums entirely produced or co-produced by J Dilla
AlbumYearArtist
Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) 1997 [lower-alpha 1] Slum Village
Amplified 1999 Q-Tip
Fantastic, Vol. 2 2000Slum Village
Welcome 2 Detroit 2001J Dilla
48 Hours [9] 2003 [lower-alpha 2] Frank n Dank
Donuts 2006J Dilla

1994

Da Enna C - Throw Ya Hands in the Air VLS

Da Enna C - True To Rap EP [11]

1995

Poe - Hello

The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia

The Pharcyde - Drop (VLS)

1st Down - A Day wit the Homiez (VLS)

Little Indian - One Little Indian (VLS)

1996

Proof - Anywhere EP

Mad Skillz - From Where???

Busta Rhymes - The Coming

Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check (VLS)

Busta Rhymes - It's a Party (VLS)

De La Soul - Stakes Is High

De La Soul - Itzsoweezee (Hot) (VLS)

The Pharcyde - She Said (VLS)

A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes and Life

(produced with The Ummah)

Various Artists - Get on the Bus: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture

Various Artists - NFL Jams

Keith Murray - Enigma

5-Elementz - Yester Years

1997

The Brand New Heavies - Sometimes CDS

Slum Village - Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1)

Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes...

Janet Jackson - Got 'til It's Gone CDS

A Tribe Called Quest - The Jam EP

Somethin' for the People - All I Do (VLS)

Consequence - Niggaz Get the Money EP

Consequence - It's Yours / The Consequences (VLS)

Crustation - Purple (CDS)

1998

Mood - Snake Backs VLS

Funkmaster Flex - The Mix Tape, Vol. III

Bizarre - Attack of the Weirdos

A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement

5-Elementz - The Album Time Forgot

N'Dea Davenport - Bullshittin' (VLS)

1999

The Roots - Things Fall Apart

The Roots - You Got Me (CDS)

Heavy D - Heavy

Q-Tip - Amplified

(produced with Q-Tip)

Phife Dawg - Bend Ova (VLS)

5 Ela - 5-E Pt. 3

Phat Kat - Dedication to the Suckers (VLS)

Nine Yards - Always Find a Way (VLS)

2000

Various Artists - The Hurricane soundtrack

D12 - The Underground E.P.

Common - Like Water for Chocolate

Slum Village - Fantastic, Vol. 2

Busta Rhymes - Anarchy

J-88 - Best Kept Secret

De La Soul - Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump

Phife Dawg - Ventilation: Da LP

Guru - Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul

Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun

Various Artists - Lyricist Lounge 2

The Brand New Heavies - Saturday Night (Jay Dee Remix) (VLS)

2001

Bilal - 1st Born Second

Chino XL - I Told You So

Busta Rhymes - Genesis

De La Soul - AOI: Bionix

2002

Slum Village - Trinity (Past, Present and Future)

Talib Kweli - Quality

Busta Rhymes - It Ain't Safe No More

Common - Electric Circus

2003

Jay Dee - Vol. 2: Vintage

Jay Dee - Ruff Draft

Royce da 5'9'' - Build & Destroy: The Lost Sessions Part 1

Frank n Dank - 48 Hrs

Jaylib - Champion Sound

Daft Punk - Daft Club

2004

DJ Cam - Liquid Hip Hop

Proof - I Miss the Hip Hop Shop

Phat Kat - The Undeniable LP

Elzhi - Witness My Growth: The Mixtape '97-'04 [16]

Amp Fiddler - Waltz of a Ghetto Fly [17]

Slum Village - Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)

Oh No - The Disrupt

De La Soul - The Grind Date

2005

M.E.D. - Push Comes to Shove [18]

Common - Be

Slum Village - Prequel to a Classic [19]

Lawless Element - Soundvision: In Stereo

Dwele - Some Kinda...

Steve Spacek - Space Shift

Talib Kweli - Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD

2006

Bilal - Love for Sale

J Dilla - Donuts

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale

Papoose - The Boyz in the Hood

Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang

Dabrye - Two/Three

J Dilla - The Shining

The Roots - Game Theory

Four Tet - Remixes

Stones Throw Records - Chrome Children

The Visionaries - We Are the Ones (We Have Been Waiting For)

A.G. - Get Dirty Radio

2007

Ghostface Killah - Hidden Darts: Special Edition

Phat Kat - Carte Blanche

Skyzoo - Corner Store Classic

Common - Finding Forever

Guilty Simpson - Stray Bullets [23]

Busta Rhymes - Dilla-gence

2008

Akrobatik - Absolute Value

Guilty Simpson - Ode to the Ghetto

Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing

J Dilla, Ghostface Killah, MF DOOM - Sniperlite CDS

Q-Tip - The Renaissance

Illa J - Yancey Boys

2009

DOOM - Born Like This

Wiz Khalifa - Flight School

Skyzoo - The Power of Words: The Mixtape

Mos Def - The Ecstatic

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II

2010

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)

Slum Village - Villa Manifesto

2011

Fashawn - Higher Learning Vol. 2

2012

Lil B - The Basedprint II

Joey Badass - 1999

Smoke DZA - K.O.N.Y.

2013

Yancey Boys - Sunset Blvd.

Talib Kweli - Gravitas

2015

Joey Badass - B4.Da.$$

MK Asante - Buck: Original Book Soundtrack

Slum Village - Yes!

Esham - Dichotomy

Lupe Fiasco - Pharaoh Height 2/30

Dreamville - Revenge of the Dreamers II

2016

Freeway - Fear of a Free Planet

J Dilla - The Diary

Snoop Dogg - Coolaid

Slum Village - Slum Village, Vol. 0

2017

XXXTentacion - A Ghetto Christmas Carol

2019

Common - Let Love

2020

Busta Rhymes - Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God

2022

Phife Dawg - Forever

2023

Diddy - The Love Album: Off the Grid

Notes

  1. Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) was completed and subsequently bootlegged in February 1997.
  2. 48 Hours was set for release in 2003, but was later shelved by MCA Records.

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