Jay Stay Paid is the best posthumous release ever, and I say that without fear of hyperbole. J Dilla is a national treasure to hip hop heads now, but he will go down in history as one of the greats, mainstream, underground, whatever. His leftovers are often better than his albums (besides Donuts) and in this case, fellow great Pete Rock puts together a full fledged album out of his scraps. The result is the best hip hop album so far this year. The best beats of the bunch have that quality that only Dilla can conjure: they're so good it almost makes you tear up, you miss him so much, even if you weren't a fan during his life. "Mythsysizer" is case in point, it's just beautiful and fleeting. "On Stilts," also known as "Smurfs on Shrooms" on other compilations, is more bumping yet has an ethereal quality that transcends hip hop. The whole thing is worth BUYING because the proceeds go to his mom, Ma Dukes, who's suffereing from the same type of lupus that took Dilla from us. It's worth it.
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