Jay Dee - Welcome 2 Detroit 2LP

The classic debut solo offering from pioneering hip hop producer J Dilla, Welcome 2 Detroit was originally released in 2001 on BBE Music. Shortlisted for the Artistic Achievement in Music October 2001 - the US equivalent to the Mercury Prize. Whether you know it not, Jay Dee's been rocking you for years, producing chart topping hits for rap luminaries Jay- Z, Common, de la Soul and Busta Rhymes, Tribe and Erykah Badu, as well as Janet Jackson and The Brand New Heavies, this is the roll call of how Jay Dee blasted off (Westwood). Unless you've been buried deep in a hip hop proof bunker for the past few years chances are you've shaken your caboose to a few Jay Dee dope jams... The latest super producer. (id magazine 2001). Jay Dee's Slum Village project has the dubious honour of being the most bootlegged band in history (You went gold on the streets Tim Westwood).