Crustation – Purple (J Dilla Remix)

Ok ok ok…so after my last post i’m feeling a little like it looks that I was hating on J Dilla. That definitely wasn’t the case…the man Jay Dee had some seriously grimy beats going on, and his influence is VERY apparent in most of the hip hop beats of today (at least in the shit that is worth listening to).

So to make up for it, here is my personal favourite Dilla beat…we were going to post it on Cold Crush for our Genius of J Dilla post, but we opted with E=MC² since it used a dope classic Moroder instrumental.

This is actually a remix of a very famous trip hop track, Crustation’s Purple, and this remix keeps that trip hop edge but also adds that trademark J Dilla boom bap sound. The remix was originally credited to A Tribe Called Quest, probably since they were a much bigger name at the time, though it was technically produced by Ummah, an arabic word meaning ‘community’ or ‘nation’, and also the name of a production crew that Dilla was involved with in the mid to late 90s, along with Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad from A Tribe Called Quest.

It’s a very dope track, with laid back but super fat beat, and Bronagh Slevin’s vocals are nothing short of soul soothing. Check out her album Bloom recorded with Crusation.

Ps, Dilla fans should check out my homeboys the Well Dressed Vandals — All proceeds from their Just Dilla tees goes to support Dilla’s mother, Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey.

Crustation – Purple (J Dilla Remix)