Sample Breakdown: J Dilla - Workinonit

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[dolphinlaugh]

J Dilla's production is still mind blowing and unforgivingly brilliant to this day.

[shun]

This is insane. Even with it all laid out i can barely comprehend if i could even come close to replicating it, nonetheless create something in a similar vain.

[AidanBaidan]

this man did this by ear in a hospital bed while he was chronically ill. he didn’t have any high quality waveform displays. he still managed to make masterpieces. he was inhuman in the best way possible.

[beowulf]

Honestly a whole series on Dilla would be amazing, his sampling is unparalleled

[lilacswimmer]

leave it to the best producer in the world to find gold in the worst band in the world. top notch breakdown as usual, yall

[DaSleepiest]

There's a reason this man's SP is in the Smithsonian. He was a monster, and one of the best to do it.

[LeBeautiful]

He made something so experimental sound great.

[aligotelli]

the craziest thing about this is despite how randomly the samples seem to be placed it all lines up into SUCH a catchy beat

[sinetwo]

Straight fire Tracklib. I'm hoping we see a lot more Dilla content. RIP 😔

[jennyneon]

More Donuts samples please! J Dilla is the G.O.A.T Producer, everything he produced sounds beautiful.

[baenbo]

How do you even sample 5 songs and make them sound so good? Dilla is an absolute genius

[genzu]

When you see it visualized you notice all the imperfections and variations to his loops.

Brilliant. Like a picasso of the mpc, it sounds so simple but the more you hear the more intricate it is.

[morlordca]

The snare reverse was such a satisfying touch

[soroushai]

J Dilla is so unique. So creative he latterly changed the sampling forever.
Donuts is one of the only instrumental albums i can listen to over and over again

[VonPea]

Also important to remember Dilla didnt have the technology to speed up a sample without affecting the pitch. It was 2005, he found a way to do it manually! Crazy.

[theceej.]

Anything by J Dilla blows my mind everytime.

[GoodxJ]

I have this 10cc album on vinyl! I didn't even know that's where Jay got the sample from then all of a sudden one day I played it and recognized it immediately and got all excited because I love this beat! haha 👍🏼

Love Donuts so classic, still bump this all the time. 

Rest in beats JD!

[bronkoyotte]

What an absolute beast. The greatest to ever do it. May James rest in peace.

[energygaming]

Some of Dilla’s stuff still sounds like a hip hop future that hasn’t been met yet. Way ahead of his time.

[shayaanrk]

I love how normal breakdown videos have like 2-3 layers of sample cuts at max.

And then you see 7 layers and 17 different colors in Dilla's breakdowns.

This guy was different ❤️