"Jay Stay Paid" is the fifth studio album by album by American hip-hop prod… Read Full Bio ↴"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 Sounds. Despite the fact that the album has contributing vocals from several artists, 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 stays, which was very deep, and some stuff pulled from old floppy disks & DATs. 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, Ms. 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 us, 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.
In July 2009, video director Derek Pike shot a video for the single "24k Rap" featuring Havoc and Raekwon.
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 stays, which was very deep, and some stuff pulled from old floppy disks & DATs. 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, Ms. 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 us, 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.
In July 2009, video director Derek Pike shot a video for the single "24k Rap" featuring Havoc and Raekwon.
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J Dilla Lyrics
24K Rap [Havoc] H-A-V-O, I'm iller, rocking over Dilla Paint a pic…
Big City [DJ Premier] Yo this is DJ Premier And you already know if…
Blood Sport [Intro: Pete Rock] FM, Jay Stay Paid The hottest hour in h…
Coming Back Hey Coming back Right back…
Digi Dirt [scratches] {*"Now who bringin the dirt.. who bringin the d…
Dilla Bot Vs. The Hybrid [Danny Brown] I break laws, jaws, and false promises Still…
Fire Wood Drumstix [DOOM] Dilla, Dilla, mix, mix, mix Y'all know what it is, …
KJay and We Out Yeah {*echoes*} Yeah {*echoes*} Feel it, uhh {*echoes*} …
KJay FM Dedication Whattup, whattup, whattup, whattup? {*slower to faster*} …
Mythsysizer [J Dilla] I'm already working on the next one though [ra…
Pay Day [Intro] You tuned in to Jay Stay Paid (*NO*) 5-1 FM For…
See That Boy Fly [Illa J] Yeah, Yancey Boys Nigga "Jay Stay Paid," geyeah …
Smoke [Blu] Ay.. yeah, ha Uh, it's Friday, why should I stay sob…
Spacecowboy vs. Bobble Head [Mikey Dread sample, famous from "Paid In Full"] Oh my gosh…