Jay Stay Paid is a Hip-Hop album by J Dilla, originally released in 2009. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked.
About
"Jay Stay Paid" is the fifth studio album by album by American hip-hop producer and rapper J Dilla. It was released as a posthumous album on June 2, 2009, by Nature Sound. Despite the fact that the album has contributing vocals from several artist, it is roughly classified as an instrumental hip-hop album. The album is a 28-track collection of unreleased Dilla beats mixed and arranged by Pete Rock. Although "Jay Stay Paid" is mostly instrumental, it includes guests vocals from several artists that Dilla worked with or admired, such as Black Thought, Havoc, Raekwon, MF DOOM, and M.O.P. It was executive produced by Dilla's mother Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey along with the musical supervision of Dilla's musical idol, Pete Rock. In regard to the album's feel and direction Ma Dukes stated: "It wasn’t rushed and it wasn’t haphazard. This album combines what he did in the beginning of his career, what he did in some of our early hospital stay, which was very deep, and some stuff pulled from old floppy disks & DAT. It's mind blowing... this is like the missing links to Dilla’s legacy." Art Direction and illustrations for Jay Stay Paid were contributed by world-renowned graphic artist Mike Orduna (Fatoe) for Fatoe.com. In promotion for the album, the Beat Junkies released a free sampler of the album. The format of the album plays like a radio show with Pete Rock as the program director. With regards to Pete's involvement, M. Yancey gets very excited, “Dilla wanted to pattern himself behind Pete. His dream was to become as close as possible to what Pete stood for. Pete meant everything to him. Dilla would have just been flabbergasted! ” Pete's sentiments were the same toward Dilla, “Dude was amazing. He just kinda came outta nowhere and the more you heard his beats the better they got. He may not be here with u, but it’s all good we’re going to keep his music alive and well.” The album debuted at the No. 96 on the Billboard charts with a total of 5,400 copies sold in its first week. .
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Tracklist
- 1KJay FM Dedication0:56
- 2King1:27
- 3I Told Yall2:48
- 4Lazer Gunne Funke1:21
- 5In The Night / While You Slept (I Crept)1:59
- 6Smoke (feat. Blu)2:08
- 7Blood Sport (feat. Lil Fame)2:57
- 8caDILLAc2:00
- 9Expensive Whip1:25
- 10Kaklow (Jump On It)0:55
- 11Digi Dirt (feat. Phat Kat)0:54
- 12Dilla Bot Vs. The Hybrid (feat. Danny Brown)2:24
- 13Milk Money1:27
- 14Spacecowboy Vs. Bobble Head2:37
- 15Reality Check (feat. Black Thought)2:40
- 16On Stilts1:26
- 17Fire Wood Drumstix (feat. MF DOOM)1:31
- 18Glamour Sho75 (09)3:01
- 1910,000 Watts1:41
- 209th Caller1:52
- 21Make It Fast (feat. Diz Gibran) [Unadulterated Mix]5:00
- 2224K Rap (feat. Havoc & Raekwon)4:21
- 23Big City1:01
- 24Pay Day (feat. Frank Nitty)1:25
- 25See That Boy Fly (feat. Illa J & Que.D)3:43
- 26Coming Back1:12
- 27Mythsysizer1:44
- 28KJay And We Out1:57
Sound DNA
- Hip-Hop
- Instrumental Hip-Hop
- gritty
- swaggering
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Black ThoughtFEATURING
- BluFEATURING
- Danny BrownFEATURING
- Diz GibranFEATURING
- Frank NittFEATURING
- HavocFEATURING
- Illa JFEATURING
- Lil' FameFEATURING
- MF DoomFEATURING
- Phat KatFEATURING
- Que DFEATURING
- RaekwonFEATURING
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