{"id":4624,"date":"2014-01-23T12:46:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T19:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/?p=4624"},"modified":"2014-01-23T12:46:05","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T19:46:05","slug":"phife-from-atcq-dear-dilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/?p=4624","title":{"rendered":"Phife from ATCQ &#8211; Dear Dilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Phife-Dear-Dilla-single-art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4625\" alt=\"Phife-Dear-Dilla-single-art\" src=\"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Phife-Dear-Dilla-single-art.jpg\" width=\"572\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Phife-Dear-Dilla-single-art.jpg 715w, https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Phife-Dear-Dilla-single-art-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Phife-Dear-Dilla-single-art-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/129766781&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=true\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Phife from A Tribe Called Quest pens a musical letter to Dilla:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cBefore J Dilla passed, he and I were playing phone tag, I didn\u2019t even know he was that sick until it was too late,\u201d Phife said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t realize we were both going through a lot with our health and never got to sit and talk about it together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I felt like this song is that conversation. \u201cI\u2019ve been wanting to record a dedication to J Dilla for the longest, it just seemed to finally be the right time to do it,\u201d said Phife from his home in Oakland, CA. \u201cIt was very therapeutic for me to do this. There are a lot of people dealing with renal failure and I wanted to make this a conduit, a way for people to put their health issues out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">#dearDilla combines the drum loop that Dilla used for Slum Village\u2019s \u201cHold Tight\u201d layered with Dilla\u2019s distinct ad-libs sprinkled through out the track. Rasta Root enlisted the help of the DMV\u2019s own V.Rich for the beautiful keys that make up the song\u2019s hypnotic melody and a warm bassline by Atl\u2019s own \u201cDETOXXX\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThe song organically came together piece by piece. Originally I looped it up to just have a new way of mixing in that song. Then it snowballed in to what you hear today. I wanted fans of Dilla and Phife to feel right at home with this track. I am very proud of Phife for opening up like this and giving the world this musical gem.\u201d said Rasta Root from his Atlanta home studio.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">#dearDilla also has an amazing visual directed by Chicago\u2019s own Konee Rok. They shot the video over three days in Chicago and Detroit. \u2018This is the most heartfelt project I\u2019ve ever been blessed to be a part of.\u2019 said Konee. \u2018and represents the return of honest Hip Hop.\u2019 Of the song, Konee also adds, \u2018This is not just another rap song, but meaningful music. Art. If this was my last video, I would die happy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The visual for #deardilla will have a premier in Atlanta on Feb. 6th at the Midtown Art Cinema (7:30-9:30pm) with a Q &amp; A. Then also premiere at Dilla Day in Detroit on Feb. 7th.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.okayplayer.com\/news\/phife-a-tribe-called-quest-new-single-dear-dilla-mp3.html#.UuFtV_vTk0M\">Okayplayer<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">@<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/iamthephifer\">iamthephifer<\/a> @<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/djrastaroot\">djrastaroot<\/a> @<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/smokinshells\">smokinshells<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phife from A Tribe Called Quest pens a musical letter to Dilla: \u201cBefore J Dilla passed, he and I were playing phone tag, I didn\u2019t even know he was that sick until it was too late,\u201d Phife said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t realize we were both going through a lot with our health and never got to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2921],"tags":[1025,3277,3278,3276],"class_list":["post-4624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-music","tag-a-tribe-called-quest","tag-dear-dilla","tag-dj-rasta-root","tag-phife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4626,"href":"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4624\/revisions\/4626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegiantpeachnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}