{"product_id":"dilla-time-the-life-and-afterlife-of-j-dilla-the-hiphop-producer-who-reinvented-rhythm-9780374139940","title":"Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla  the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE PEN\/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius. QUESTLOVE  Equal parts biography  musicology  and cultural history  Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla  a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music for the twenty-first century.  He wasnt known to mainstream audiences  even though he worked with renowned acts like DAngelo and Erykah Badu and influenced the music of superstars like Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. He died at the age of thirty-two  and in his lifetime he never had a pop hit. Yet since his death  J Dilla has become a demigod: revered by jazz musicians and rap icons from Robert Glasper to Kendrick Lamar; memorialized in symphonies and taught at universities. And at the core of this adulation is innovation: a new kind of musical time-feel that he created on a drum machine  but one that changed the way traditional musicians play.  In Dilla Time  Dan Charnas chronicles the life of James DeWitt Yancey  from his gifted childhood in Detroit  to his rise as a Grammy-nominated hip-hop producer  to the rare blood disease that caused his premature death; and follows the people who kept him and his ideas alive. He also rewinds the histories of American rhythms: from the birth of soul in Dillas own Motown  to funk  techno  and disco. Here  music is a story of Black culture in America and of what happens when human and machine times are synthesized into something new. Dilla Time is a different kind of book about music  a visual experience with graphics that build those concepts step by step for fans and novices alike  teaching us to see and feel rhythm in a unique and enjoyable way.  Dillas beats  startling some people with their seeming sloppiness  were actually the work of a perfectionist almost spiritually devoted to his music. This is the story of the man and his machines  his family  friends  partners  and celebrity collaborators. Culled from more than 150 interviews about one of the most important and influential musical figures of the past hundred years  Dilla Time is a book as delightfully detail-oriented and unique as J Dillas music itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646882111541,"sku":"ByrdShop_0374139946","price":50.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780374139940.jpg?v=1781679782","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/dilla-time-the-life-and-afterlife-of-j-dilla-the-hiphop-producer-who-reinvented-rhythm-9780374139940","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}