Jay Stay Paid 2009

This February marked three years since J Dilla’s passing, three years which could have been his most productive, coming up as he was at the time of his death. In the absence of his dedicated and prolific work methods, the world has seen a few posthumous releases - legitimately or not, people have scoured Dilla’s hard drives for fully formed and casual ideas alike. Ultimately, releases done with the right intentions have been welcomed warmly, The Shining and Ruff Draft among them, and now Jay Stay Paid, a 25 track collection of beats executive produced by none other than “Ma Dukes” a.k.a. Dilla’s mother, who was extremely close to her son during his final moments and during the recording of the classic Donuts. If that isn’t cred enough, Jay Stay Paid was culled under the musical supervision of acclaimed producer Pete Rock, who was high up in Jay Dee’s mind when it came to beat production.

Mixed and arranged by Pete Rock, the album is mostly instrumental, but features a few familiar voices such as Black Thought and MF Doom (who has recently added his voice to one or two other Dilla beats in various contexts). It comes out June 2 on the Natural Sounds label.

Tracklist:
01. Kjay FM Dedication
02. King
03. I Told Yall
04. Lazer Gunne Funk
05. In the Night/While You Slept (I Crept)
06. Smoke feat. Blu
07. Blood Sport feat. Lil’ Fame Of M.O.P.
08. Cadillac
09. Expensive Whip
10. Kaklow (Jump on It)
11. Digi Dirt feat. Phat Kat
12. Dilla Bot vs. The Hybrid feat. Danny Brown
13. Milk Money
14. Spacecowboy vs. Bobble Head
15. Reality TV feat. Black Thought
16. In Stilts
17. Fire Wood Drumstix feat. Doom
18. Glamour Sho75 (09)
19. 10, 000 Watts
20. 9th Caller
21. Make It Fast Unadultered Mix feat. Diz Gibran
22. 24K Rap (feat. Havoc Of Mobb Depp & Raekwon
23. Big City
24. Pay Day feat. Frank Nitty Of Frank N’ Dank
25. See That Boy Fly feat. Illa J & Cue D
26. Coming Back
27. Mythsysizer
28. Kjay and We Out