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 producedAlbums 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

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 [a] Slum Village
Amplified 1999 Q-Tip
Fantastic, Vol. 2 2000Slum Village
Welcome 2 Detroit 2001J Dilla
48 Hours [9] 2003 [b] Frank n Dank
Donuts 2006J Dilla

1993

T.H.I.Q.U.E. – Sweet One (VLS)

[10]

1994

Da Enna C – Throw Ya Hands in the Air (VLS)

Da Enna C – True To Rap (EP)

1995

Poe – Hello

The Pharcyde – Labcabincalifornia

The Pharcyde – Drop (VLS)

Little Indian – One Little Indian (VLS)

1st Down – A Day wit the Homiez (VLS)

Natives From Da Unda'ground - Watcha' Gonna Do For Me (EP)

1996

Brian Alexander Morgan and Joyce Martin – Do What You Gotta Do (VLS)

A1. "Do What You Gotta Do" (produced with Brian Alexander Morgan)

ProofAnywhere EP

Detroit Hip Hop Volume One

The Pharcyde – She Said (VLS)

Mad Skillz – From Where???

Busta Rhymes – The Coming

– Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check (VLS)

– It's a Party (VLS)

De La Soul – Stakes Is High

– Itzsoweezee (Hot) (VLS)

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

A Tribe Called Quest – Beats, Rhymes and Life

(produced with The Ummah)

Various Artists – NFL Jams

Keith Murray – Enigma

5-Elementz – Yester Years

The Katz- Come Fly with Me (VLS)

Trüz – True Dawgs (VLS)

1997

Janet Jackson – Got 'Til It's Gone (VLS)

Brand New Heavies – Sometimes (VLS)

Slum Village – Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1)

A Tribe Called Quest – The Jam EP

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

Crustation – Purple (CDS)

Busta Rhymes – When Disaster Strikes...

1998

Mood – Snake Backs VLS

Funkmaster Flex – The Mix Tape, Vol. III

A Tribe Called Quest – The Love Movement

(produced with The Ummah)

5-Elementz – The Album Time Forgot

Bizarre – Attack of the Weirdos

DJ Q and Philpot – Heartbreak Hotel

N'Dea Davenport – Bullshittin' (VLS)

1999

Que D – Quite Delicious

Macy Gray – I Try (VLS)

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)

The Roots – Things Fall Apart

Nine Yards – Always Find a Way (VLS)

2000

D'Angelo – Voodoo

Various Artists – The Hurricane (soundtrack)

The Brand New Heavies – Saturday Night (VLS)

J-88 – Best Kept Secret

Common – Like Water for Chocolate

Slum Village – Fantastic, Vol. 2

Busta Rhymes – Anarchy

De La Soul – Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump

Phife Dawg – Ventilation: Da LP

Erykah Badu – Mama's Gun

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

Various Artists – Lyricist Lounge 2

Spacek – Eve (VLS)

2001

Jay Dee – Welcome 2 Detroit

Jay Dee – Fuck the Police (VLS)

Bilal – 1st Born Second

Chino XL – I Told You So

Busta Rhymes – Genesis

De La Soul – AOI: Bionix

Que D – In Yo' Face (VLS)

2002

DJ Cam – Liquid Hip Hop

Slum Village – Trinity (Past, Present and Future)

Talib Kweli – Quality

Busta Rhymes – It Ain't Safe No More

Cherokee – Soul Parade

Common – Electric Circus

DJ Jazzy Jeff – The Magnificent EP

2003

Jay Dee - Vol. 2: Vintage

Ruff Draft (EP)

ASD – Wer Hätte Das Gedacht

Hey Du (Nimm Dir Zeit) (EP)

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

Jaylib – Champion Sound

Vivian Green – Fanatic (VLS)

Four Tet – As Serious (VLS)

T-Love – Long Way Back

2004

Proof – I Miss the Hip Hop Shop

Phat Kat – The Undeniable LP

Brother Jack McGruff – Obligheto (VLS)

Slum Village – Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)

ElzhiWitness My Growth: The Mixtape '97–'04 [17]

Amp Fiddler – Waltz of a Ghetto Fly

Dabrye – Two/Three

Oh No – The Disrupt

De La Soul – The Grind Date

2005

M.E.D.Push Comes to Shove

Common – Be

Dwele – Some Kinda...

Steve Spacek – Space Shift

Slum Village – Prequel to a Classic

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

Lawless Element – Soundvision: In Stereo

Dwight Trible and The Life Force Trio – Love Is the Answer

2006

J Dilla – Donuts

Ghostface Killah – Fishscale

Busta Rhymes – The Big Bang

A.G. – Get Dirty Radio

J Dilla – The Shining

The Roots – Game Theory

Stones Throw Records – Chrome Children

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

2007

Ghostface Killah – Hidden Darts: Special Edition

Phat Kat – Carte Blanche

Common – Finding Forever

J Dilla – Jay Love Japan

Peanut Butter Wolf – 2K8 B Ball Zombie War

Skyzoo – Corner Store Classic

Guilty SimpsonStray Bullets

Busta Rhymes – Dilla-gence

2008

Guilty Simpson – Ode to the Ghetto

Q-Tip – The Renaissance

Kid Cudi – A Kid Named Cudi

Wale – The Mixtape About Nothing

Akrobatik – Absolute Value

J Dilla, Ghostface Killah, MF DOOM – Sniperlite CDS

Illa J – Yancey Boys

2009

DOOM – Born Like This

J Dilla – Jay Stay Paid

Mos Def – The Ecstatic

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

Skyzoo – The Power of Words: The Mixtape

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.

Frank n Dank – 48 Hrs

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

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

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.

References

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  2. Q-Tip – Let's Ride / Higher , retrieved September 23, 2022
  3. Slum Village – I Don't Know / Eyes Up , retrieved October 14, 2022
  4. De La Soul – Thru Ya City , retrieved September 23, 2022
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  6. "Raekwon's "House of Flying Daggers"". Pitchfork. September 4, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  7. Kreps, Daniel (June 14, 2019). "Hear Common's Homage to Hip-Hop History on New Song 'HER Love'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  8. Kreps, Daniel (February 12, 2021). "Hear Phife Dawg's 'Nutshell Part 2' With Busta Rhymes, Redman". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
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  12. Proof – Anywhere! / Lois Lane / Vibe Session / Why?, 1996, retrieved October 14, 2022
  13. Mood – SnakeBacks / Secrets Of The Sand, 1999, retrieved October 14, 2022
  14. DJ Cam – Liquid Hip Hop, February 27, 2004, retrieved October 14, 2022
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