I’m sorry if it seems like I’m banging on about this like I have an axe to grind with the man – I honestly don’t. (Its actually a circular saw, but I digress.) I felt though that another attempt to deify Dilla in the latest issue of Scratch (The Roots cover) couldn’t go without a mention. By the way, there’s a beautiful interview with Dilla’s mother on the opposite page to the one where the quotes below appear, which really is quite emotional to read. (See I’m not a heartless bastard at all. At least not all the time.)
Anyway…
Fusion Unlimited (who?) proclaims Dilla Dawg as “the best to have ever done it”.
Hmmmm… obviously I just imagined the existence of these three then…
And Molly Moll meanwhile never did shit for Hiphop apparently…
9th Wonder meanwhile tells us that “if you ever use the handclap in a beat its because you listened to Dilla, man.”
Well tickle my rear with a Humpty nose (no homo)! I wonder what these bright young fellows might have to say about that claim…
Stop the madness, please.
I love Dilla and think that the dude strongly influenced me, but I’d agree that this tendency to overstate things in the wake of death should stop. It’s corny.