His beats are conducive to "off the top of the head"-style flows that are equally dull. However, I'll stay open minded. If you know of a beat that J Dilla did that you consider great, please post a link.
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How can you say Dilla's beats are boring... especially considering the current state of Hip-Hop where everyone is using the same three or four producers?
Some of my favorite Dilla beats:
The Pharcyde - "Drop"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4QZ89VCrIs
Common - "It's Your Wold"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsrxvoWkLyM
Slum Village - "Fall In Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s732BigTxZk
Erykah Badu - "Didn't Cha Know"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rte5N6mF9ic
"I rope-a-dope the evil with righteous bobbin' and weavin'..."
I don't like all Dilla beats, but those that I do like, pretty much blow me away. The clicks and the claps; the sample and keyboard blends; the unmistakable Dilla sound that evolved into another unmistakable Dilla sound. His sample chopping, his Moog-created bass, and his original beats all fascinate me, to be honest.
Some favourites...[intended to list about 10 tracks, but that kinda blew out]
J Dilla - Over the Breaks (The Shining)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSn--s4Bj_M
J Dilla - So Far To Go (The Shining)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdZK0HeYkwM
J Dilla - E=MC² (The Shining)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hizl_SEn9dM
A.G. - Hip Hop Quotables (Get Dirty Radio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGv0D5F5yUM
Phat Kat - Dedication 2004 (The Undeniable)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SuvC0F_IQE
Jaylib - Starz (Champion Sound)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By61yDOqNlc
J Dilla - Take Notice (Ruff Draft)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjWtTmLY4OU
Slum Village - Get Dis Money (Fantastic Vol 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKHqpQUmMWA&index=12&list=PL2vTz844_jfGGyOnQ6WlaF9tucK6m2MX0
Slum Village - What's It All About (Fantastic Vol 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4XSG8NFTV4
J88 - Stupid Lies (Best Kept Secret)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_v-Yp7cXAU
J88 - Look Of Love (Best Kept Secret)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a9_O1M4slA
Guru - Certified (Jazzmatazz Vol 3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ1hYETTgGw
Erykah Badu - My Life (Mama's Gun)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTsPgxmOopI
D'angelo - Feel like Making Love (Voodoo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcQ83tOZ4Wk
Common - Dooinit (Like Water For Chocolate)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU6MwPtBZvg
Common - The Light (Like Water For Chocolate)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_-qRcHAhzk
A Tribe Called Quest - Steppin' It Up (The Love Movement)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNavH_58PFk
Slum Village - Forth and Back (Fantastic Vol 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znQxLCp-Rsk
The Pharcyde - Drop (Labcabincalifornia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co3qMdkucM0
The only song that remotely does anything for me is "Drop" but J-Swift completely annihilates that beat with any of the songs he did for Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride album.
I mean if we're talking jazzy tracks, the samples, programming, and vocal arrangements in songs like "4 Better or 4 Worse", "Otha Fish", "Soul Flower" and the remarkable, Hendrix-sampling "Passin' Me By" downright embarrasses anything J Dilla has done.
Not only is J-Swift better at it, so is Prince Paul, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and The Beatnuts. Price Paul can't even be pegged as a jazzy hip-hop producer. That dude is a conceptual artist. A Prince Among Thieves, Gravediggaz, Handsome Boy, and to be specific, a beat like "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" practically leaps out of my speakers because it's so full of energy and flavor.
J Dilla to me is hip hop muzak. 💤