The Legacy of J Dilla with Dan Charnas, Opinions on Big Thief & Sarah Shook & the Disarmers

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🗓️ 18 February 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The music world lost legendary hip hop producer and artist J Dilla far too soon, and for many people, he's still relatively unknown. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with author Dan Charnas about his book on J Dilla's rhythmic innovation, artistry and close relationships with Common, Questlove, D'Angelo and more. Plus, the hosts review new albums from Big Thief and Sarah Shook & the Disarmers.

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Featured Songs:

Slum Village, "Fall In Love," Fantastic, Vol. 2, GoodVibe, 2000

Big Thief, "Change," Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, 4AD, 2022

Big Thief, "Red Moon," Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, 4AD, 2022

Big Thief, "Spud Infinity," Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, 4AD, 2022

Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, "No Mistakes," Nightroamer, Thirty Tigers, 2022

Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, "I Got This," Nightroamer, Thirty Tigers, 2022

Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, "Please Be A Stranger," Nightroamer, Thirty Tigers, 2022

Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, "Believer," Nightroamer, Thirty Tigers, 2022

Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, "Talkin' To Myself," Nightroamer, Thirty Tigers, 2022

J Dilla, "Workinonit," Donuts, Stones Throw, 2006

D'Angelo, "Untitled (How Does It Feel)," Voodoo, Virgin, 2000

J Dilla, "So Far to Go (feat. Common & D'Angelo)," The Shining, BBE, 2006

Common, "The Light," Like Water For Chocolate, Geffen, 2000

D'Angelo, "Devil's Pie," Voodoo, Virgin, 2000

Common, "I Am Music (feat. Jill Scott)," Electric Circus, MCA, 2002

The Pharcyde, "Runnin'," Labcabincalifornia, Delicious Vinyl, 1995

Spelling, "Little Deer," The Turning Wheel, Sacred Bones, 2021

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0:00.0	Hey there if you're listening to this and you support us on Patreon you can hear it via the
0:05.2	Patreon page and free. Oh! Oh, You're listening to sound opinions and this week we're exploring the music and
0:39.4	the legacy of the hip-hop artist and producer Jay Dilla.
0:43.0	I'm Greg Kott.
0:44.1	And I'm Jim De Regattis.
0:45.6	But first, we'll review some new music
0:47.8	by Big Thief and Sarah Shook and The Disarmers.
0:51.6	Change. and the disarmers. Change like the new big thief record Dragon New Warm Mountain
1:10.2	I Believe in You.
1:12.2	That's a mouthful. Fifth album. That's a
1:15.0	Toyota Apple album title. Exactly. I mean you're waiting for the ellipsies for
1:19.4	the rest of it in the back cover. Fifth album since 2016, you know, if you've been paying attention to the indie music media out there,
1:30.0	this is the second coming, you know, it is like the one of the most anticipated albums of the new year and also one of those bands that just seems to be in its moment.
1:41.0	A Quartet out of Brooklyn, led by one Adrian Linker. She is a prolific songwriter who is also released a number of solo records in addition to the Big Thief Records.
1:54.2	As I said, five albums since 2016.
1:56.8	The first album called Masterpiece followed the formation of the band.
2:01.3	All four of these band members went to the Berkeley College of Music
2:06.0	then decided hey we're going to do this band together and they've just been soaring ever since
2:12.1	they signed to 4 a.D. in 2019 released two albums that year
2:17.7	and got a handful of Grammy nominations spinning off those releases.
2:24.5	COVID did not stop them from,
2:27.2	let's get out there and make some more music.
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