J Dilla production discography explained
The following list is a discography of production by J Dilla (also credited as Jay Dee), an American hip hop record producer and recording artist from Detroit, Michigan. It includes a list of songs produced, co-produced and remixed by year, artist, album and title. See also The Ummah: much of his early production was credited to this group. This page avoids unnecessary duplication.
| Singles produced - Albums produced - '93 -'94 - '95 - '96 - '97- '98 - '99 - '00 - '01 - '02 - '03 - '04 - '05 - '06 - '07 - '08 - '09 - '10 - '11 - '12 - '13 - '15 - '16 - '17 - '19 - '20 - '22 - '23 Notes - References | |
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Singles produced
Albums produced
1993
T.H.I.Q.U.E. - Sweet One (VLS)[6]
(produced with Adé)
- "Sweet One (R&B Version)"
- "Sweet One (Jazzy Sax Mix)"
- "Sweet One (Rap Version)"
1994
Da Enna C - Throw Ya Hands in the Air (VLS)
- "Now (Freestyle Session)"
Da Enna C - True To Rap (EP)[7]
- "True To Rap" Remix (produced with DJ Dez)
- "Pack Da House" (performed by Natives from Da' Unda'Ground)
1995
- 1. "Bullshit"
- 4. "Runnin'"
- 6. "Splattitorium"
- 7. "Somethin' That Means Somethin'"
- 9. "Drop"
- 11. "Y?" (produced with Bootie Brown)
The Pharcyde - Drop (VLS)
- B1. "Runnin' (Jay Dee Remix)"
- B2. "Y? (Be Like That) (Jay Dee Remix)"
The Pharcyde - She Said (VLS)
1st Down - A Day wit the Homiez (VLS)
- A2. "A Day wit the Homiez (Main Version)"
- B2. "Front Street (Main Version)"
Little Indian - One Little Indian (VLS)
- A3. "One Little Indian (Jaydee's *hit Remix)"
1996
Natives from Da' Unda'Ground - Watcha' Gonna Do For Me? (VLS)
- A2. "Pack Da House" (produced with Omar Crumsey, Crystal Allen and George Taggert)
- B1. "Brotha's Juss Don't Know" (produced with Omar Crumsey, George Taggert and Robert Poe)
Proof - Anywhere EP
- B2. "Vibe Session (Part 1)"
Various Artists - Detroit Hip Hop Volume One
- 2. "It's Goin' Down"
- 11. "The Jam"
- B1. "Stakes Is High (Remix)" (featuring Mos Def and Truth Enola)
(produced with The Ummah)
5-Elementz - Yester Years
- 1. "Searchin'"
- 2. "Feed Back"
- 3. "Janet Jacme"
- 4. "Don't Stop"
- 5. "Sun Flower"
The Katz-Come Fly With Me
- A2. "Funny"
- A3. "I Dream For You"
- A5. "Happy Dayz"
Trüz - True Dawgs (VLS)
- 1. "True Dawgs (Radio Edit)"
- 2. "True Dawgs (Street)"
- 3. "Routes to Hell"
1997
A Tribe Called Quest - The Jam EP
- 2. Get a Hold
- 3. "Mardi Gras at Midnight" (featuring Rah Digga)
Consequence - Niggaz Get the Money EP
Consequence - It's Yours / The Consequences (VLS)
- B1. "The Consequences" (featuring Q-Tip)
1998
Mood - Snake Backs VLS
- Secrets of the Sand (Remix)"
- 1. "Start It Up"
- 2. "Find a Way"
- 3. "Da Booty"
- 4. "Steppin' It Up" (featuring Busta Rhymes & Redman)
- 7. "4 Moms" (featuring Spanky)
- 8. "His Name Is Mutty Ranks"
- 11. "Busta's Lament"
- 13. "Against the World"
5-Elementz - The Album Time Forgot
- 2. "Whutchawant"
- 3. "Feed Back"
- 4. "Rockshows"
- 7. "Party Groove"
- 8. "Janet Jacme"
- 11. "E.G.O."
- 12. "Don't Stop"
- 14. "Searchin'"
- A1. "Bullshittin' (Remix)" [featuring Mos Def]
1999
- 6. "Dynamite!" (featuring Rehani Sayeed)
- 3. "New Year's @ Jay Dee"
(produced with Q-Tip)
- 1. "Wait Up"
- 2. "Higher"
- 3. "Breathe and Stop" (produced by J Dilla)
- 4. "Moving with U"
- 5. "Let's Ride"
- 6. "Things U Do"
- 7. "All In"
- 8. "Go Hard"
- 10. "Vivrant Thing" (produced by Q-Tip)
- 12. "End of Time" (featuring Korn)
- 13. "Do It, See It, Be It"
ZOOCO - Grow-Mellow-Flow
- 1. "Butterfly" (featuring T3)
5 Ela - 5-E Pt. 3
- 4. "You Ain't Fresh"
- 6. "Ain't No Love (Dirty Love Mix)"
Phat Kat - Dedication to the Suckers (VLS)
- A1. "Dedication to the Suckers"
- A3. "Don't Nobody Care About Us"
- B1. "Microphone Master"
Nine Yards - Always Find a Way (VLS)
- B1. "Always Find a Way (Jay Dee Remix)"
Macy Gray - I Try (VLS)
- B1. "I Try" (Jaydee Remix)
2000
D'Angelo - Voodoo
- 10. "Feel Like Makin' Love" (produced with D'Angelo, uncredited)
Que D - Quite Delicious
D12 - The Underground E.P.
- 1. "Time Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela)" (featuring Vinia Mojica, Roy Hargrove and Femi Kuti) (produced with D'Angelo, Questlove, and James Poyser)
- 2. "Heat"
- 4. "Dooinit"
- 5. "The Light"
- 6. "Funky for You" (featuring Bilal and Jill Scott) (produced with James Poyser)
- 7. "The Questions" (featuring Mos Def) (produced with James Poyser)
- 8. "Time Travelin' (Reprise)" (produced with D'Angelo, Questlove, and James Poyser)
- 10. "A Film Called (Pimp)" (featuring Bilal and MC Lyte)
- 11. "Nag Champa (Afrodisiac for the World)"
- 12. "Thelonius" (featuring Slum Village)
- 13. "Payback Is a Grandmother"
- All tracks
- 7. "Tell Me" (featuring D'Angelo) (produced with D'Angelo)
- 15. "Once Upon a Time" (featuring Pete Rock) (produced with Pete Rock)
Busta Rhymes - Anarchy
- 3. "Enjoy da Ride"
- 7. "Live It Up"
- 10. "Show Me What You Got"
De La Soul -
- 5. "Thru Ya City" (featuring D.V. Alias Khrist)
Phife Dawg -
- 8. "Bend Ova"
- 11. "4 Horsemen (192 N' It)" (featuring Know Naim)
- 5. "Certified" (featuring Bilal)
- 2. "Didn't Cha Know?" (produced with Erykah Badu)
- 3. "My Life" (produced with Erykah Badu and James Poyser)
- 5. "Cleva" (featuring Roy Ayers) (produced with Erykah Badu and James Poyser)
- 7. "Booty" (produced with Erykah Badu and James Poyser)
- 8. "Kiss Me on My Neck (Hesi)" (produced with Erykah Badu and James Poyser)
- 6. "Let's Grow" (performed by Royce da 5'9")
- 2. Eve (JayDee Mix) (featuring Frank'n'Dank)
Various Artists - Definition of Ill
2001
- All tracks
- 4. "The Clapper" (featuring Blu) (produced with Karriem Riggins)
Que D - Still Bangin
- 17. "Don't Say a Word"
- 23. "How It Goes" (featuring Saafir)
Busta Rhymes - Genesis
- 5. "Genesis"
- 15. "Make It Hurt"
De La Soul -
- 16. "Peer Pressure" (featuring B-Real and J Dilla)
2002
- 10. "One"
- 11. "Hoes"
- 15. "Let's"
- 2. "It Ain't Safe No More..." (featuring Meka)
- 6. "What Up"
- 7. "Turn Me Up Some"
Cherokee - Soul Parade
- 2. "Soul Power" (produced with Questlove and James Poyser)
- 3. "Aquarius" (featuring Bilal) (produced with Questlove, James Poyser, and Pino Palladino)
- 4. "Electric Wire Hustler Flower" (featuring Sonny Sandoval) (produced with James Poyser)
- 7. "New Wave" (featuring Lætitia Sadier) (produced with Questlove and James Poyser)
- 8. "Star *69 (PS With Love)" (featuring Bilal) (produced with Questlove and James Poyser)
- 10. "Between Me, You and Liberation" (featuring Cee Lo Green) (produced with Questlove, James Poyser, and Pino Palladino)
- 11. "I Am Music" (featuring Jill Scott) (produced with Questlove, James Poyser, Pino Palladino, and Jeff Lee Johnson)
- 12. "Jimi Was a Rock Star" (featuring Erykah Badu) (produced with Questlove, James Poyser, Pino Palladino, and Jeff Lee Johnson)
2003
Jay Dee -
ASD - Wer Hätte Das Gedacht
ASD - Wer hätte das gedacht? (Afrob & Sammy Deluxe)
- 25. "Wenn ihr fület.. - Jay Dee Remix"
Royce da 5'9''] - Build & Destroy: The Lost Sessions Part 1
- 1. "L.A. to Detroit" (produced with Madlib)
- 3. "Nowadayz"
- 5. "The Red"
- 7. "Raw Shit" (featuring Talib Kweli)
- 9. "The Heist"
- 11. "React" (featuring Quasimoto)
- 13. "Strip Club" (featuring Quasimoto)
- 14. "The Exclusive" (featuring Percee P)
- 16. "Starz"
- 18. "Raw Addict"
- 20. "Pillz"
T-Love - Long Way Back
- 3. "When You're Older"
- 6. "Who Smoked Sunshine?"
- 11. "Chiquita"
- 12. "Long Way Back"
ASD - Hey Du (Nimm Dir Zeit) (EP)
- 10. "Aerodynamic (Slum Village Remix)"
- B1. "Fanatic (Dilla's Remix)"
2004
DJ Cam - Liquid Hip Hop
- 10. "Love Junkee" (J Dilla Remix) (featuring Cameo)
- 16. "Bring It 2 Me" (featuring Killa Khann)
- 3. "Dedication 2004"
- 9. "Destiny" (featuring Melanie Rutherford)
- 11. "Big Booties"
Elzhi - Witness My Growth: The Mixtape '97-'04
- 4. "Days and Nights"
- 18. "Concrete Eyes"
- 19. "Love It Here"
- 24. "Look at my Friends"
DJ Whoo Kid & Busta Rhymes - Surrender
- 5. "Modern Day Gangsters" (featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Labba)
- 12. "My Bitch" (performed by M. Dollars) (produced with The Ummah)
Amp Fiddler - Waltz of a Ghetto Fly
- 1. "Intro"
- 7. "You Play Me" (produced with Amp Fiddler)
- 13. "Waltz of a Ghetto Fly" (featuring George Clinton)
- 3. "Move" (featuring Roc C)
2005
M.E.D. - Push Comes to Shove
- 5. "Push" (featuring J Dilla)
- 12. "So Real"
Common - Be
- 6. "Love Is…"
- 11. "It's Your World (Part 1 & 2)" (produced with James Poyser and Karriem Riggins)
Slum Village - Prequel to a Classic
- 7. "It'z Your World" (featuring J Dilla and Kurupt)
- 13. "Who Are We"
- 3. "The Shining" (produced with Young RJ)
- 11. "Keep On" (featuring Slum Village)
Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - Love is the Answer
Talib Kweli -
Prozack Turner - Death, Taxes, And Prozack
2006
- 7. "Beauty Jackson"
- 12. "Whip You with a Strap"
Papoose - The Boyz in the Hood
- 14. "Psycho" (featuring Busta Rhymes and Cassidy)[8]
- 20. "Game Over" (featuring J Dilla and Phat Kat)
- All tracks but
- 5. "Baby" (featuring Madlib and Guilty Simpson) [<small>produced with Madlib]
- 8. "Over the Breaks" (produced with Karriem Riggins)
- 9. "Body Movin'" (featuring J. Rocc and Karriem Riggins) [<sub>produced with Karriem Riggins and J. Rocc]
- 1. "Dillatastic Vol Won(derful)"
- 13. "Can't Stop This" (produced with The Roots and The Randy Watson Experience)
- 14. "As Serious As Your Life" (Jay Dee remix)
- 2. "Clap Your Hands" (performed by Guilty Simpson)
- 3. "Take It Back" (performed by Madlib)
- 5. "Nothing Like This" (performed by J Dilla)
The Visionaries - We Are the Ones (We Have Been Waiting For)
2007
Ghostface Killah -
- 1. "Nasty Ain't It?"
- 3. "My Old Label"
- 4. Cold Steel" (featuring Elzhi)
- 9. "Game Time"
- 14. "Don't Nobody Care About Us"
- 15. "World Premier"
- 16. "It Don't Get No Liver Than This" (featuring La Peace)
Skyzoo - Corner Store Classic
- 18. "They Don't Want It" (featuring Torae, Yatta Barz, and Zeqway)
- 9. "So Far to Go" (featuring D'Angelo)
- 16. "La La"
- 23. "Man's World"
Busta Rhymes - Dilla-gence
2008
- "Sniper Elite" (featuring MF Doom)
- "Murda Goons" (featuring Ghostface Killah)
2009
Skyzoo - The Power of Words: The Mixtape
2010
- 7. "Love" (produced with Erykah Badu and Mike Chav)
- 2. "Lock It Down"
- 13. "We'll Show You" (featuring AB) (produced with Young RJ)
2011
2012
Lil B - The Basedprint II
- 4. "Dress for the Occasion"
- 11. "Snakes" (featuring T'Nah Apex)
- 14. "Where It's At" (featuring Kirk Knight)
- 7. "G.otham F.uckin C.ity" (featuring Joey Badass)[11]
2013
2015
- 10. "My Victory" (featuring Maya Angelou)
Slum Village - Yes!
- 1. "Intro"
- 2. "Fantastic/Love Is" (featuring Bilal and Illa J)
- 3. "Tear It Down" (featuring Jon Connor)
- 4. "Bonafide" (produced with Young RJ)
- 5. "Expressive" (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid, Illa J and Rosewood 2055)
- 7. "Windows" (featuring J. Ivy)
- 8. "Yes Yes (Remix)" (produced with Young RJ)
- 9. "Right Back" (featuring De La Soul) (produced with Young RJ)
- 11. "Too Much" (featuring Keely) (produced with Young RJ)
- 12. "What We Have" (featuring Kam Corvet and Illa J)
Esham - Dichotomy
- 8. "Still Slummin'" (performed by Lute)
2016
Freeway - Fear of a Free Planet
- 1. "The Introduction" (produced with House Shoes)
- 2. "The Anthem" (featuring Frank n Dank)
- 6. "Trucks"
- 9. "Give Them What They Want"
- 13. "Fuck the Police"
2017
2019
2020
Busta Rhymes -
- 3. "Strap Yourself Down" (produced with Pete Rock)
2022
- 4. "Nutshell Pt. 2" (featuring Busta Rhymes and Redman)
2023
Diddy -
Notes and References
- Web site: The Red & The Official Stones Throw Records . 2022-09-23 . www.stonesthrow.com . en-US.
- Web site: Raekwon's "House of Flying Daggers" . 2022-09-23 . Pitchfork . 4 September 2009 . en.
- Kreps . Daniel . 2019-06-14 . Hear Common's Homage to Hip-Hop History on New Song 'HER Love' . 2022-09-23 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
- Kreps . Daniel . 2021-02-12 . Hear Phife Dawg's 'Nutshell Part 2' With Busta Rhymes, Redman . 2022-09-23 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
- Web site: Frank n Dank: 48 Hours (J. Dilla) LP . 2022-10-14 . TurntableLab.com . en.
- Web site: T.H.I.Q.U.E – Sweet One (1993, Vinyl) – Discogs .
- Web site: Daenna C / Natives From Da UndaGround - True To Rap EP Hipnotech (HR-018) . 2022-10-14 . Sound Metaphors . en.
- Web site: The boyz in the hood Mixtape by Papoose Hosted by DJ Kayslay . 2022-10-14 . DatPiff.
- Web site: Guilty Simpson – Stray Bullets (Mixed BY DJ Rhettmatic) Soul Jazz Records . 2022-10-14 . soundsoftheuniverse.com . en.
- Web site: Shake . Busta Rhymes + J Dilla – Dillagence (Mixtape) . 2022-10-14 . 2DOPEBOYZ . en-US.
- Web site: Serrano . Mark . MixtapeMonkey Smoke DZA - K.O.N.Y. . 2022-10-14 . mixtapemonkey.com . en.
- Web site: 2015-09-03 . Lupe Fiasco - Pharaoh Height 2/30 . 2022-09-23 . HipHopDX.
- Web site: Ivey . Justin. Stream Freeway's New Mixtape 'Fear of a Free Planet' - XXL . 2022-09-23 . XXL Mag . 5 January 2016 . en.