Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: J Dilla, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Madlib, Gary Wilson, Mayer Hawthorne, Charizma, Guilty Simpson, Oh No, Strong Arm Steady, Anika Invada, Aloe Blacc, Peanut Butter Wolf, Quasimoto, Percee P, Georgia Anne Muldrow, DJ Babu, James Pants, Madvillain, Baron Zen, Lootpack, Breakestra, Dudley Perkins, Stones Throw Records, Wildchild, Dam-Funk, Koushik. Excerpt: James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 - February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan. According to his obituary at NPR.org, he "was one of the music industry's most influential hip-hop artists, working for big-name acts like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes and Common." Renowned producer Pete Rock placed J Dilla on his list of the top five producers of all time, while the editors of About.com ranked him #15 on their list of the Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers.Andy Kellman of Allmusic stated that -- by 2004, after being active for well over a decade as a producer -- J Dilla had accomplished enough to be considered "an all-time great." J Dilla made the "Elite 8" in the search for The Greatest Hip-Hop Producer of All Time by Vibe. Also, The Source placed him on its list of the 20 greatest producers in the magazine's twenty-year history. Yancey's career began slowly. He has now become highly regarded, most notably for the production of critically acclaimed albums by Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Common, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, and Erykah Badu. He was a member of Slum Village and produced their acclaimed debut album Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) and their follow-up Fantastic, Vol. 2. In the early 2000s, Yancey's career as a solo artist began to improve; A solo album Welcome 2 Detroit was followed by a...