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

Singles produced

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
USUS R&BUS RapSCOUK
"Runnin'"(The Pharcyde)1995553565936Labcabincalifornia
"Stakes Is High"(De La Soul)19965355Stakes Is High
"1nce Again"(A Tribe Called Quest)387034Beats, Rhymes and Life
"Stressed Out"(A Tribe Called Quest featuring Faith Evans) 10856158133
"Find A Way"(A Tribe Called Quest)19987129187541The Love Movement
"Get Dis Money" (Slum Village)1999Fantastic, Vol. 2
"Bend Ova"(Phife Dawg)
"Vivrant Thing" (Q-Tip)2671039Amplified
"Breathe and Stop"(Q-Tip)2000712112
"Let's Ride"(Q-Tip)
"The Light"(Common)44121356Like Water for Chocolate
"I Don't Know / Eyes Up"(Slum Village)Fantastic, Vol. 2
"Didn't Cha Know?"(Erykah Badu)200111328Mama's Gun
"Thru Ya City"(De La Soul featuring D.V. Alias Khrist)
"Fuck the Police" (Jay Dee)The Diary
"The Red"[1] (Jaylib)2003Champion Sound
"Shoomp"(De La Soul featuring Sean Paul)85The Grind Date
"Move"(Q-Tip)2008The Renaissance
"House of Flying Daggers"[2] (Raekwon featuring GZA, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, and Ghostface Killah)2009Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II
"Gazzillion Ear"(MF Doom)Born Like This
"HER Love"[3] (Common featuring Daniel Caesar)2019Let Love
"Nutshell Pt. 2"[4] (Phife Dawg featuring Busta Rhymes and Redman)2021Forever
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Albums produced

Albums entirely produced or co-produced by J Dilla!Album!Year!Artist
Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1)1997Slum Village
Amplified1999Q-Tip
Fantastic, Vol. 22000Slum Village
Welcome 2 Detroit2001J Dilla
48 Hours[5] 2003Frank n Dank
Donuts2006J Dilla

1993

T.H.I.Q.U.E. - Sweet One (VLS)[6]

(produced with Adé)

1994

Da Enna C - Throw Ya Hands in the Air (VLS)

Da Enna C - True To Rap (EP)[7]

1995

Poe - Hello

The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia

The Pharcyde - Drop (VLS)

The Pharcyde - She Said (VLS)

1st Down - A Day wit the Homiez (VLS)

Little Indian - One Little Indian (VLS)

1996

Natives from Da' Unda'Ground - Watcha' Gonna Do For Me? (VLS)

Proof - Anywhere EP

Various Artists - Detroit Hip Hop Volume One

Mad Skillz - From Where???

De La Soul - Stakes Is High

De La Soul - Itzsoweezee (Hot) (VLS)

A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes and Life

(produced with The Ummah)

5-Elementz - Yester Years

The Katz-Come Fly With Me

Trüz - True Dawgs (VLS)

1997

Slum Village - Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1)

A Tribe Called Quest - The Jam EP

Consequence - Niggaz Get the Money EP

Consequence - It's Yours / The Consequences (VLS)

1998

Mood - Snake Backs VLS

Bizarre - Attack of the Weirdos

A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement

5-Elementz - The Album Time Forgot

N'Dea Davenport - Bullshittin (VLS)

1999

The Roots - You Got Me (CDS)/ Things Fall Apart (Deluxe Reissue)

Q-Tip - Amplified

(produced with Q-Tip)

ZOOCO - Grow-Mellow-Flow

Phife Dawg - Bend Ova (VLS)

5 Ela - 5-E Pt. 3

Phat Kat - Dedication to the Suckers (VLS)

Nine Yards - Always Find a Way (VLS)

Macy Gray - I Try (VLS)

2000

D'Angelo - Voodoo

Que D - Quite Delicious

D12 - The Underground E.P.

Common - Like Water for Chocolate

Slum Village - Fantastic, Vol. 2

Busta Rhymes - Anarchy

J-88 - Best Kept Secret

De La Soul -

Phife Dawg -

Guru -

Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun

Various Artists - Lyricist Lounge 2

Spacek - Eve (VLS)

Various Artists - Definition of Ill

2001

Jay Dee - Welcome 2 Detroit

Jay Dee - Fuck the Police (VLS)

Que D - Still Bangin

Bilal - 1st Born Second

Chino XL - I Told You So

Busta Rhymes - Genesis

De La Soul -

2002

Slum Village - Trinity (Past, Present and Future)

Talib Kweli - Quality

Busta Rhymes - It Ain't Safe No More

Cherokee - Soul Parade

Common - Electric Circus

2003

Jay Dee -

Jay Dee - Ruff Draft

ASD - Wer Hätte Das Gedacht

ASD - Wer hätte das gedacht? (Afrob & Sammy Deluxe)

Royce da 5'9''] - Build & Destroy: The Lost Sessions Part 1

Frank n Dank - 48 Hrs

Jaylib - Champion Sound

T-Love - Long Way Back

ASD - Hey Du (Nimm Dir Zeit) (EP)

Daft Punk - Daft Club

Vivian Green - Fanatic (VLS)

2004

DJ Cam - Liquid Hip Hop

Proof - I Miss the Hip Hop Shop

Phat Kat - The Undeniable LP

Elzhi - Witness My Growth: The Mixtape '97-'04

DJ Whoo Kid & Busta Rhymes - Surrender

Amp Fiddler - Waltz of a Ghetto Fly

Slum Village - Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)

Oh No - The Disrupt

De La Soul - The Grind Date

2005

M.E.D. - Push Comes to Shove

Common - Be

Slum Village - Prequel to a Classic

Lawless Element -

Dwele - Some Kinda...

Steve Spacek - Space Shift

Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio - Love is the Answer

Talib Kweli -

Prozack Turner - Death, Taxes, And Prozack

2006

J Dilla - Donuts

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale

Papoose - The Boyz in the Hood

Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang

Dabrye - Two/Three

J Dilla - The Shining

The Roots - Game Theory

Four Tet - Remixes

Stones Throw Records - Chrome Children

The Visionaries - We Are the Ones (We Have Been Waiting For)

A.G. - Get Dirty Radio

2007

Ghostface Killah -

Phat Kat - Carte Blanche

J Dilla - Jay Love Japan

Peanut Butter Wolf - 2K8 B Ball Zombie War

Skyzoo - Corner Store Classic

Common - Finding Forever

Guilty Simpson - Stray Bullets [9]

Busta Rhymes - Dilla-gence

2008

Akrobatik - Absolute Value

Guilty Simpson - Ode to the Ghetto

Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing

J Dilla, Ghostface Killah, MF DOOM - Sniperlite CDS

Q-Tip - The Renaissance

Illa J - Yancey Boys

2009

DOOM - Born Like This

Wiz Khalifa - Flight School

J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid

Skyzoo - The Power of Words: The Mixtape

Mos Def - The Ecstatic

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II

2010

Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)

Slum Village - Villa Manifesto

2011

Fashawn - Higher Learning Vol. 2

2012

Lil B - The Basedprint II

Joey Badass - 1999

Smoke DZA - K.O.N.Y.

2013

Yancey Boys - Sunset Blvd.

Talib Kweli - Gravitas

2015

Joey Badass - B4.Da.$$

MK Asante -

Slum Village - Yes!

Esham - Dichotomy

Lupe Fiasco - Pharaoh Height 2/30

Dreamville - Revenge of the Dreamers II

2016

Freeway - Fear of a Free Planet

J Dilla - The Diary

Snoop Dogg - Coolaid

2017

XXXTentacion - A Ghetto Christmas Carol

2019

Common - Let Love

2020

Busta Rhymes -

2022

Phife Dawg - Forever

2023

Diddy -

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Red & The Official Stones Throw Records . 2022-09-23 . www.stonesthrow.com . en-US.
  2. Web site: Raekwon's "House of Flying Daggers" . 2022-09-23 . Pitchfork . 4 September 2009 . en.
  3. 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.
  4. Kreps . Daniel . 2021-02-12 . Hear Phife Dawg's 'Nutshell Part 2' With Busta Rhymes, Redman . 2022-09-23 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
  5. Web site: Frank n Dank: 48 Hours (J. Dilla) LP . 2022-10-14 . TurntableLab.com . en.
  6. Web site: T.H.I.Q.U.E – Sweet One (1993, Vinyl) – Discogs .
  7. Web site: Daenna C / Natives From Da UndaGround - True To Rap EP Hipnotech (HR-018) . 2022-10-14 . Sound Metaphors . en.
  8. Web site: The boyz in the hood Mixtape by Papoose Hosted by DJ Kayslay . 2022-10-14 . DatPiff.
  9. Web site: Guilty Simpson – Stray Bullets (Mixed BY DJ Rhettmatic) Soul Jazz Records . 2022-10-14 . soundsoftheuniverse.com . en.
  10. Web site: Shake . Busta Rhymes + J Dilla – Dillagence (Mixtape) . 2022-10-14 . 2DOPEBOYZ . en-US.
  11. Web site: Serrano . Mark . MixtapeMonkey Smoke DZA - K.O.N.Y. . 2022-10-14 . mixtapemonkey.com . en.
  12. Web site: 2015-09-03 . Lupe Fiasco - Pharaoh Height 2/30 . 2022-09-23 . HipHopDX.
  13. Web site: Ivey . Justin. Stream Freeway's New Mixtape 'Fear of a Free Planet' - XXL . 2022-09-23 . XXL Mag . 5 January 2016 . en.