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J Dilla vocal album THE DIARY planned for release on Pay Jay

J Dilla — February 11, 2013 | Comments (33)

Now on Sale: J Dilla – “Anthem” 12-inch single (Pay Jay)

PayJay Productions, Inc. was the company James Dewitt “J Dilla” Yancey founded in 2001 to house his production company and his publishing company. But it was also a symbolic move: PayJay was a sign that the maverick producer then known as Jay Dee would see his individual goals in music industry realized, and he would get paid in the process.

The Estate of James Yancey has revived PayJay as a functioning imprint, and is announcing its release of J Dilla’s long lost vocal album, The Diary. The first single “Anthem” b/w “Trucks” is now available at rappcats.com. Both “Anthem” and “Trucks” were produced, and feature complete vocal performances, by Dilla. The tracks come straight from multi-track masters found on 2-inch tape shortly after Dilla’s passing in 2006. These songs have been mixed by engineer Dave Cooley, who worked extensively with Dilla during his years in Los Angeles. Using Dilla’s original demo mixes as his guide, Cooley attempted to finalize Dilla’s vision for these tracks, while keeping all of the elements that Dilla had in place in his original demos present.

The Estate of James Yancey is administered by attorney Alex Borden and overseen by the Probate Court of the State of California on behalf of Yancey’s four heirs – his mother, Maureen “Madukes” Yancey, his brother John “Illa J” Yancey and his two daughters, Ja’Mya Yancey and Ty-monae Whitlow.

The Diary is an album of vocal performances recorded between in the early 2000s over production by the likes of Madlib, Pete Rock, Nottz, House Shoes, Karriem Riggins and others. PayJay recently issued the “Dilla World Tour” tee shirt in conjunction with clothing brand Stussy, and a collaborative figure is set to be released in 2013.

33 Comments »

  1. […] [via Rappcats] […]

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  2. […] The Diary is also set to feature production from Madlib, Nottz, Pete Rock, House Shoes, Karriem Riggins and more. Which leads us to believe that this is the highly discussed Pay Jay album, which was originally supposed to see an early ’00s release via MCA Records. Stream “Anthem” and get more information on the highly anticipated release of The Diary here. […]

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  3. […] via Rappcats […]

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  4. […] Read the details, courtesy of Rappcats: […]

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  5. […] Rappcatts

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  6. […] For more info about The Diary, go over to Rappcats. […]

    Pingback by 28 Days Of Dilla #11: J Dilla - Anthem (feat. Frank N Dank) - Sampleface — February 11, 2013, 12:32 pm

  7. […] The track “Anthem” is just as good as you’d expect so get your ears around it below and grab this in April with the full album “The Diary” set to land soon after. More info on the album here. […]

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  8. […] Nottz, Pete Rock, House Shoes, Karriem Riggins and more. For more information on the album, click here and for the “Anthem” single, stream it […]

    Pingback by Listen: J Dilla - "Anthem" | Day & A Dream — February 11, 2013, 1:23 pm

  9. […] of this version of “Anthem” Rappcats is putting out, also from the lost MCA album (now being referred to as The Diary?), and definitely the funniest Dilla song of all time.

    Pingback by WE F’D UP | DRIVE SLOW — February 11, 2013, 1:34 pm

  10. […] My favorite producer strikes yet again. He was supposed to be working on a solo album before he passed. The album was supposed to have productions by

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  11. […] There still also

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  12. […] Read the album announcement: J Dilla vocal album THE DIARY planned for release on Pay Jay […]

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  13. […] records are expected to be shipped out on or around April 15th. The single is the precursor to a full length of previously unreleased tracks from the artist. You can hear “Anthem,” […]

    Pingback by Modern Vinyl — February 12, 2013, 4:05 pm

  14. […] Source: RappCats.com […]

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  15. […] +Info : Rappcats […]

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  16. […] J Dilla vocal album THE DIARY planned for release on Pay Jay […]

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  17. nappy rappy

    Comment by eric — April 17, 2013, 4:22 am

  18. […] J Dilla vocal album THE DIARY planned for release on Pay Jay […]

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  19. […] out for The Diary to drop later this year on Pay Jay […]

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  20. […] out for The Diary to drop later this year on Pay Jay Records.READ MORE TO KEEP […]

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  24. […] out for The Diary to drop later this year on Pay Jay […]

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  25. […] lost vocal album,

    Pingback by J Dilla – Trucks (Mixed & Mastered) | HYPETRAK — April 17, 2013, 7:31 pm

  26. […] 12-inch, the first official release from J Dilla

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  27. […] we all wait for The Diary to drop, we’ll take comfort in the knowledge that there will be an ample amount of remixes […]

    Pingback by J Dilla Feat. Frank-N-Dank - Anthem (Dusty Fingers Remix) | Sampleface — May 18, 2013, 11:01 am

  28. Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an very long comment but after I clicked
    submit my comment didn’t show up. Grrrr… well I’m not writing
    all that over again. Anyways, just wanted to say fantastic blog!

    Comment by health — June 27, 2013, 10:16 am

  29. […] Lost Scrolls EP was released February 2013 The Anthem EP was released April 2013 along with the announcement of J Dilla’s long-lost album The Diary in […]

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  30. […] as a functioning imprint and announced its release of Dilla’s long lost vocal album, The Diary, with the first Pay Jay single […]

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  31. […] and Ice according to RapCats.com

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  32. […] the Diamonds & Ice 12-inch vinyl have the other half of Jaylib on the boards. Jay Dee’s The Diary is due out sometime later this year. JD lives forever, turn it […]

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  33. […] enfin qu’il s’agit du second EP extrait de

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