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103-688: The album reached number six on the Billboard 200 chart. Although, according to the Recording Industry Association of America , The Coming was certified platinum on January 13, 1999, Rhymes has stated that the album went platinum within the same year of its release. The lead single, " Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check " reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1996, and earned Rhymes his first nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance at

206-447: A "funky, heavy-bass beat" by producer DJ Scratch . Rhymes' verses on the track have been described as "ridiculously witty." The track ends with a short skit that "re-iterates how Busta feels about wack rappers," as Rhymes can be heard " whipping " somebody for "talking shit," and copying his lyrics. The skit has been removed from digital versions of the album. The "grimy, nocturnal" instrumental with "heavy drums" of "Everything Remains Raw"

309-427: A Party " was produced by Easy Mo Bee and features R&B duo Zhané , who "provide some smooth, seductive lyrics [...], while Busta plays the guy who lyrically flirts with them in-between their short verses and chorus". The song is followed by a skit featuring a "quick throw away verse," as most of the verse contains Rhymes ad libbing, and multiple shoutouts to Saddam Hussein . The skit was the first track recorded for

412-556: A Slum Village demo tape. In 1995, Yancey and MC Phat Kat formed 1st Down and became the first Detroit hip hop group to sign with a major label ( Payday Records ). The deal ended after one single when the label ended the contract. In 1995, Yancey recorded the Yester Years EP with 5 Elementz (a group consisting of Proof , Thyme and Mudd). In 1996, he formed Slum Village and recorded what would become their debut album Fantastic, Vol. 1 at RJ Rice Studios. Upon its release in 1997,

515-401: A big hat or bright colors to accentuate his colorful personality." He went on to say that " The Coming was one of the best solo rap performances of 1996 and it stands as one of the all-time great debut LPs in hip-hop. Busta's first verse, first single, and first album all stand as testaments to the fact that he is one of hip-hop's elite artists and the perennial main event. Credits adapted from

618-463: A collaborative album with Yancey titled No Words , with unreleased instrumentals of Yancey's provided with the cooperation of his mother. In February 2021, the 20th anniversary edition of Welcome 2 Detroit was released. In March 2023, the J Dilla Foundation partnered with Kano Computing for a 10-year deal to release exclusive music on the Stem Player. They released J Dilla’s Stems Vol. 1 with

721-569: A donation PayPal account for her and RenSoul.com released a charity mixtape. According to his mother, the family lost their old home in Detroit due to her taking care of Yancey in his final days. The mother of one of Yancey's children, Monica Whitlow, broke her silence on the issue of the estate and his legacy: It pisses me off, everything that's going on with this estate. It's ridiculous 'cause it's been three years, and my baby has not seen anything from this estate. On January 24, 2010, an announcement

824-428: A house on the northeast corner of McDougall and Nevada, on the east side of Detroit. Yancey's parents had musical backgrounds; his mother, Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey, is a former opera singer and his father, Beverly Dewitt Yancey, was a jazz bassist, and performed Globetrotters half-time shows for several years. Yancey's mother said that he could "match pitch perfect harmony" before he learned how to speak. Along with

927-400: A major label solo career with MCA Records . In 2002, Yancey produced Frank-N-Dank 's 48 Hours , as well as a solo album, but neither record was ever released, although the former surfaced through bootlegging . When Yancey finished working with Frank-N-Dank on the 48 Hours album, MCA Records requested a record with a larger commercial appeal, and the artists re-recorded the majority of

1030-561: A more accurate picture of any given year's best-selling albums, as a title that hypothetically spent nine weeks at No. 1 in March could possibly have sold fewer copies than one spending six weeks at No. 3 in January. Albums at the peak of their popularity at the time of the November/December chart-year cutoff many times end up ranked lower than one would expect on a year-end tally, yet are ranked on

1133-412: A musician, Paul McCartney has the most top-10 albums, with 51. This includes 32 with The Beatles , 11 solo albums, seven albums with the group Wings , and one album credited to him and his first wife, Linda McCartney . Note: Swift is the first living artist to chart five albums in the top 10 simultaneously.  She was previously the first living soloist to have four albums simultaneously chart in

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1236-408: A new algorithm with data from all major on-demand audio subscription and online music sales services in the U.S. Starting on the issue dated January 18, 2020, Billboard updated its method again by incorporating video data from YouTube , along with visual plays from digital platforms like Apple Music , Spotify , Tidal , Vevo and, as of the issue dated March 23, 2021, from Facebook . As of

1339-400: A new algorithm, utilizing data from all of the major on-demand audio subscription services, including Spotify , Apple Music , Google Play and Groove Music . Under the new methodology, 10 track sales or 1,500 song streams from an album are treated as equivalent to one purchase of the album. Billboard continues to publish a pure album sales chart, called " Top Album Sales ", that maintains

1442-513: A place where I felt comfortable enough with doing a solo album." – Busta Rhymes , on his many guest appearances The Coming serves as Busta Rhymes's first solo album after the break up of his former group Leaders of the New School . As his group had just broken up and he had his first son, he needed a source of income to provide a secure life for his son. He then got offered an Elektra Records solo deal by Dante Ross and Chris Lighty but

1545-732: A plaque in honor of Yancey in Conant Gardens (where the artist grew up and initiated his career). A resolution for the proposed plaque was passed by the Detroit Entertainment Commission in May 2010, and is currently awaiting approval by the Detroit City Council . Despite these accolades, there have been documented conflicts between his mother and the executor of his estate Arthur Erk regarding future Dilla releases. In an interview with LA Weekly , Erk described how difficult it

1648-406: A range of other musical genres, Yancey developed a passion for hip hop music. After transferring from Davis Aerospace Technical High School to Pershing High School , his classmates T3 and Baatin joined him in rap battles ; the three later formed the rap group Slum Village . Yancey also took up beat-making using a simple tape deck as the center of his studio. In his teenage years, he "stayed in

1751-508: A role in choosing the direction for the album. With his help and after several months of frustration, he finally came up with the idea that would become the skit after " It's a Party ". In 1995, Q-Tip also introduced Rhymes to the then-unknown record producer J Dilla , who was known as Jay Dee at the time and had his biggest credits on the hip hop group the Pharcyde 's second studio album Labcabincalifornia . Dilla went on to produce two tracks on

1854-457: A short but sweet acknowledgment of Busta's own lyrical talents as an MC." The chorus interpolates one of Rhymes' lines on the remix of A Tribe Called Quest's " Scenario ". In an interlude between "Still Shining" and the following track "Keep It Movin'", Rhymes "verbally scar[es] the shit out of his LONS [Leaders of the New School] peers to get themselves out of their retirement comfort zone to get to

1957-517: A super dark ending on what was mostly a light-hearted listen." " Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check " was released as the first official single from The Coming on January 7, 1996. In the United States , the song was released on February 27, 1996, and included a notable remix version featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard . Rhymes' cousin, the Flipmode Squad member Rampage , contributes additional vocals to

2060-445: A week spent at No. 200, two points for a week spent at No. 199, etc., up to 200 points for each week spent at No. 1). Other factors, including an album's total weeks spent on the chart and its peak position, are calculated into an album's year-end total. Since Billboard began obtaining sales information from Nielsen SoundScan, the year-end charts are now calculated by a very straightforward cumulative total of yearlong sales. This gives

2163-494: A weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, acquiring its existing name in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–1972), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1991), and Billboard 200 Top Albums (1991–1992). The chart is based mostly on sales – both at retail and digital – of albums in

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2266-449: A white dove perched above him. The cover art is blurred and foggy. As Rhymes was not comfortable with including lyrics about his personal life and struggles, the album was very short on autobiographical or personal topics and lyrics. The "epic," "extended and extremely busy" intro of The Coming contains two beat change ups and "commentary on wack rappers and the state of the rap game" from Rhymes. Rhymes "dedicates [the last] portion [of

2369-474: Is "considered one of the greatest beat producers in hip-hop's history". Dave Chappelle gives a special dedication to Yancey in his movie Dave Chappelle's Block Party , which includes the statement: "This film is dedicated to the life and memory of Music Producer J Dilla, aka Jay Dee (James D. Yancey)". The film focuses mostly on members of the Soulquarians , a collective of hip-hop musicians of which Yancey

2472-462: Is also still paying off Yancey's medical bills that she helped finance, leaving her also in tremendous debt. She still lives in the same Detroit ghetto, is still a daycare worker at Conant Gardens and also suffers from lupus, the same disease which killed Yancey. To help pay the cost of medication and keep her household afloat, Delicious Vinyl donated all proceeds of Jay Dee – The Delicious Vinyl Years to Mrs. Yancey in 2007. In 2008, Giant Peach created

2575-458: Is followed by a short skit in which a man can be heard, "who's apparently on his death bed full of regret for not using his time wisely and accomplishing all things he wanted out of life. Then [...] the man slips into death, travels through the 'dark tunnel' [...] [as a] portion of the medieval classic "O Fortuna" plays, while a distorted devilish voice laughs, which suggests that the regretful man went to hell." The outro has been described as "putting

2678-423: The 39th Grammy Awards . In commemoration of its 25th anniversary, a super deluxe edition of The Coming featuring remixes, instrumentals and acapellas was released to all streaming platforms on April 16, 2021, by Rhino . "I was like the first artist to really start rhyming on everyone else's record. And I was doing that because it was a quick way to feed my kid. That's what was going on until, you know, I got to

2781-468: The Billboard 200). A new chart that keeps the previous criteria for the Billboard 200 – dubbed the " Top Current Albums " chart – was also introduced in the same issue. Billboard has adjusted its policies for Christmas and holiday albums several times. The albums were eligible for the main album charts until 1963, when a " Christmas Albums " chart was created. Albums appearing here were not listed on

2884-549: The Billboard 200. "Both Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall should be in the Billboard Top 200," said former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters in 1992. " The Wall still does anything up to four million each year... They've created a catalog chart in which to place all these old albums, leaving the main chart free for all the artists the record companies will want to book advertising space for. It just offers further evidence of

2987-561: The Recording Industry Association of America when Gold, Platinum and Diamond album awards are announced. (RIAA awards reflect wholesale shipments , not retail sales .) Beginning with the December 13, 2014, issue, Billboard updated the methodology of its album chart again, changing from a "pure sales-based ranking" to one measuring "multi-metric consumption". With this overhaul, the Billboard 200 includes on-demand streaming and digital track sales (as measured by Nielsen SoundScan) by way of

3090-404: The backpack shit that people kept putting out there like that. I mean, I ain't never carried no goddamn backpack. But like I said, I understand to a certain extent. I guess that's how the beats came off on some smooth type of shit. And at that time, that's when Ruff Ryders [was out] and there was a lot of hard shit on the radio so our thing was we're gonna do exactly what's not on the radio. By

3193-403: The "Top Holiday Albums" list and the Billboard 200. Since May 25, 1991, the Billboard 200's positions have been derived from Nielsen SoundScan sales data; as of 2008 , it is contributed to by approximately 14,000 music sellers. Because these numbers are supplied by a subset of sellers rather than record labels , it is common for these numbers to be substantially lower than those reported by

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3296-501: The "Top LPs" chart, and in 1974, this rule was reverted and holiday albums again appeared within the main list. In 1983, the " Christmas Albums " chart was resurrected, but a title's appearance here did not disqualify it from appearing on the "Top Pop Albums" chart. In 1990, the chart was retitled " Top Holiday Albums "; as of 2009 , it holds 50 positions and runs for several weeks during the end-of-calendar-year holiday season. Its current policy allows holiday albums to concurrently chart on

3399-471: The "energetic, stripped-down instrumental" of "Abandon Ship" produced by Rhymes, he and his cousin Rampage "showcase their chemistry on the mic with one hyped-up, razor-sharp lyric after another". The song's refrain has been described as "catchy-as-hell." After "Abandon Ship" ends, an excerpt of Galt MacDermot 1969 song "Space", which gets sampled on the following track, can be heard. This interlude "helps to bring

3502-511: The 10 longest rises to number one on the Billboard 200 since the adoption of Nielsen Music data in 1991. Note: Newhart, Meader and Fontaine's albums were all number one on the mono chart but not on the stereo chart. Garland is listed on a technicality; she has 17 pop hits, but all were from 1939 to 1955 – all before the 1958 establishment of the Hot 100. J Dilla James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by

3605-457: The Indies come after you instead of going in their [direction] and getting a deal and you have to wait. It ain't fun. Take it from me. Right now, I'm on MCA but it feels like I'm an unsigned artist still. It's cool. It's a blessing, but damn I'm like, 'When's my shit gonna come out? I'm ready now, what's up?' The Los Angeles producer and MC Madlib began collaborating with Yancey, and the pair formed

3708-627: The Last Boy Scout were released together as the second and third promotional singles from the album in 1996. "Do My Thing" would later be released as an official single from the album. "Ill Vibe" featuring the American rapper Q-Tip was released as the fourth and last promotional single from the album on June 25, 1996, as the B-side to the album's second single " It's a Party " featuring Zhané . Daryl McIntosh of Albumism wrote that "the heart and soul of

3811-511: The MPC sampler, by choosing to quantize them unconventionally, thus creating a "drunk" and "laid-back" style which "[was] a significant contribution to contemporary popular music that evade[d] quick interpretation, transcription and definition". Questlove – who considers Yancey the "world's greatest drummer"–said that he "invented the sound we call neo-soul " and actively sought to emulate Yancey. The University of Illinois' Adam Kruse states that Yancey

3914-603: The Olympic runner Usain Bolt contained two Yancey-produced songs—"So Far To Go" by Common and " Runnin' " by the Pharcyde . In February 2007, a year after his death, Yancey posthumously received the PLUG Awards Artist of the Year as well as the award for Record Producer of the Year. In Yancey's hometown of Detroit, Detroit Techno veteran Carl Craig has fronted a movement to install

4017-520: The United States (yet purchased in the U.S. as imports) are not eligible to chart. A long-standing policy rendering titles that are sold exclusively by specific retail outlets (such as Walmart and Starbucks ) ineligible for charting, was reversed on November 7, 2007, and took effect in the issue dated November 17, 2007. On December 13, 2014, Billboard began to include on-demand streaming and digital track sales (as measured by Nielsen SoundScan) using

4120-669: The United States. The weekly sales period was Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, the tracking week begins on Friday (to coincide with the Global Release Day of the music industry ) and ends on Thursday. A new chart is published the following Tuesday, post dated to the Saturday of that week, four days later. The chart's streaming schedule is also tracked from Friday to Thursday. Digital downloads of albums are included in Billboard 200 tabulation. Albums that are not licensed for retail sale in

4223-640: The Vibe Chemist Backspin. The song is Rhymes' "attempt to create another memorable posse record on par with ' Scenario ' by A Tribe Called Quest featuring Leaders of the New School (the group Rhymes was a part of), and [...] 'Headbanger' (by the Hit Squad , the group from which the Def Squad emerged)" and serves "as the formal introduction" of Rhymes' Flipmode Squad. The "spacey, synth-assisted production" of "Still Shining" by producer J Dilla goes right "into

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4326-441: The album and has been removed from digital versions of the album. The "dark jazz textured backdrop" of "Hot Fudge" produced by the Vibe Chemist Backspin finds Rhymes "calming down just enough to sound sinister and slightly scary". The song is followed by a skit about a Jamaican woman getting oral sex , "with no intentions of paying her sexual partner back the one she owes him." The "moody" and "nocturnal" instrumental of "Ill Vibe"

4429-501: The album in 2009. Jay Stay Paid , an album featuring 28 previously unreleased instrumental tracks made at various points in his career, was released in 2009 by Nature Sounds . Vocals to a select few of the tracks were provided by rappers who were close to Yancey though the majority of the album is instrumental. The project was mixed and arranged by Pete Rock . In 2010, unreleased production and vocals from Yancey were featured on Slum Village 's sixth studio album Villa Manifesto ,

4532-428: The album is found on songs where Busta doesn't have to stand out amongst a large group [...] like "Everything Remains Raw", […] and " Do My Thing ". [They] provide no distractions and illuminate how Busta's humor and knowledge can seep through a track while simultaneously highlighting his great rhyming ability." He added that " The Coming did everything you could ask for from a debut album. It lived up to, if not exceeded,

4635-454: The album on June 25, 1996. " Do My Thing " was released as the third and last official single from the album in 1997, outside of the United States . The song was previously issued as a promotional single. "Everything Remains Raw" was released as the first promotional single from The Coming on February 27, 1996, as the B-side to the album's lead single " Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check . " Do My Thing " and "Abandon Ship" featuring Rampage

4738-416: The album quickly became popular with fans of Detroit hip hop. Many journalists compared Slum Village to A Tribe Called Quest. However, Yancey said he felt uncomfortable with the comparison and often voiced it in several interviews. It was kinda fucked up [getting that stamp] because people automatically put us in that [Tribe] category. That was actually a category that we didn't actually wanna be in. I thought

4841-490: The album's liner notes. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Sometimes, a recording act is remembered for its " number ones " that outperformed all other albums during at least one week. The chart grew from

4944-471: The album, "Still Shining" and "Keep It Movin'", as well as numerous other tracks by Rhymes in the following years. Rhymes recorded a track for the album called "The Ugliest" with the rapper the Notorious B.I.G. over a beat by Dilla. The rappers Method Man and Nas were also set to appear on the track which because of scheduling conflict did not come about. Because of subliminal disses about 2Pac by Biggie,

5047-438: The basement alone" to train himself to produce beats with his growing record collection. In 1992, Yancey met the Detroit musician Amp Fiddler , who let him use his Akai MPC , a music workstation , which he quickly mastered. Fiddler, while playing keyboards with Funkadelic on the 1994 Lollapalooza tour, met Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest , the group was also in the lineup. Fiddler introduced Q-Tip to Yancey, who gave Q-Tip

5150-458: The concept of the album's title, Busta Rhymes said, " The Coming , I just felt, was such a general yet specific statement that the level of meaning is so powerful... The coming of what? When is it coming? How is it coming? Where is it coming from? Why is it coming?" The cover art of The Coming was shot by Dean Karr. It displays a framed image of Rhymes with his mouth stretched wide, screaming. His locks are fanned out wildly behind his head with

5253-462: The consolidated "Top LPs" chart debuted in 1963. In 1982, Billboard began publishing a "Midline Albums" chart (alternatively titled "Midline LPs"), which ranked older or mid-priced titles. The chart held 50 positions and was published on a biweekly (and later triweekly) basis. On May 25, 1991, Billboard premiered the " Top Pop Catalog Albums " chart, the criteria for which were albums that were more than 18 months old and had fallen below no. 100 on

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5356-584: The deal's announcement, followed by volumes 2 and 3 later. Yancey was survived by two daughters. In May 2006, Yancey's mother announced the creation of the J Dilla Foundation, which works to cure people affected by lupus . Yancey's death has had a significant impact on the hip-hop community. Besides countless tribute tracks and concerts, Yancey's death created a wealth of interest in his remaining catalog and, consequently, Yancey's influence on hip-hop production became more apparent. "Highly influential for both producers and drummers", he made "innovative" use of

5459-526: The debut album by Poe , released earlier that year on Modern Records . 2000 marked the major label debut of Slum Village with Fantastic, Vol. 2 , creating a new following for Yancey as a producer and an MC. He was also a founding member of the production collective known as The Soulquarians (along with Ahmir " Questlove " Thompson, D'Angelo and James Poyser amongst others) which earned him more recognition. He later worked with Erykah Badu , Poe , Talib Kweli , and Common —contributing heavily to

5562-428: The dishonesty that's rife in this business." Starting with the issue dated December 5, 2009, however, the catalog limitations – which removed albums over 18 months old that had dropped below No. 100 and had no currently running singles – for the Billboard 200 were lifted, turning the chart into an all-inclusive list of the 200 highest-selling albums in the country (essentially changing " Top Comprehensive Albums " into

5665-583: The end of his life, he was mostly hospital bound, which eventually left him in debt–after his medical insurance was dropped following a late payment. His mother, Maureen Yancey, recalled paying $ 500,000 a month. Yancey died on February 10, 2006, at his home in Los Angeles, three days after his 32nd birthday and the release of his final album, Donuts . Maureen said that the cause was cardiac arrest . Before Yancey, most popular music had used one of two rhythmic "feels": straight and swung , meaning that music

5768-500: The energy down from 'Abandon Ship'". The fifth track and lead single " Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check " features "cleverly-written" lyrics with a "manic delivery" over an "infectious" instrumental by Rhymes and Rashad Smith . Rhymes builds the chorus around a line from the 1980 Sugar Hill Gang song " 8th Wonder ". For each of the three verses, the last word in each lyric rhymes with one another. The "groovy," "clearly tailor-made for radio airplay" instrumental for R&B crossover " It's

5871-442: The estate has vetoed all future projects not contracted prior to Yancey's death. She implied that Yancey would not support the estate's practices, such as their prosecution of bootleggers and file sharers. Due to Yancey's debt it took 15 plus years for his heirs to profit from his work. As of 2021, payment has been received. Yancey's children are being supported by the social security their mothers have drawn. Likewise, Mrs. Yancey

5974-466: The expectations of a young artist who had captured the world's attention as a standout group member and coveted collaborator. It spawned radio hits, club bangers, and underground gems for hardcore listeners. It was boastful, colorful, and had a celebratory feel, all of which helped make hip-hop appear fun again […]. Even a casual observer […] had to take notice of the guy whose voice was deeper and louder than everyone else, an emcee who wasn't afraid to put on

6077-626: The first album with all five members. In December 2011, Jonathan Taylor, CEO of the Yancey Music Group (founded by Yancey's mother Maureen Yancey), told the UK's Conspiracy Worldwide radio show that the album Rebirth of Detroit was ready for a May 2012 release. On May 25, 2012, Mahogani Music released a limited edition 12" vinyl titled Dillatroit/Rebirth Promo EP, leading up to the official release of Rebirth of Detroit on June 12, 2012. In 2014, Yancey's long-lost MCA Records album entitled The Diary

6180-457: The first week of December to the final week in November. This altered calendar allows for Billboard to calculate year-end charts and release them in time for its final print issue in the last week of December. Prior to Nielsen SoundScan, year-end charts were calculated by an inverse-point system based solely on an album's performance on the Billboard 200 (e.g., an album would be given one point for

6283-418: The following year's chart as well, as their cumulative points are split between the two chart-years. In 2015, Billboard compiled a ranking of the 100 best-performing albums on the Billboard 200 over its 52 years, along with the best-performing artists. Shown below are the top 10 albums and top 10 artists over the 52-year period of the Billboard 200, through October 2015. Also shown are the artists placing

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6386-411: The funk in it." Yancey was signed to a solo deal with MCA Records in 2002. Although Yancey was known as a producer rather than an MC, he chose to rap on the album and have the music produced by some of his favorite producers, such as Madlib , Pete Rock , Hi-Tek , Supa Dave West, Kanye West , Nottz , Waajeed and others. The album was shelved due to internal changes at the label and MCA. While

6489-497: The future of his family, unsure whether he was capable of making a debut that would serve as the foundation of his solo career. Back in New York City , he moved between three recording studios, The Music Palace, Chung King Studios and Soundtrack Studios, to record music. After he sourced beats, he would write solely in the studio, afraid to lose lines or ideas for flows. Everything, including arrangements, concepts, choruses and verses,

6592-701: The group Jaylib in 2002, releasing an album called Champion Sound in 2003. Yancey relocated from Detroit to Los Angeles in 2004 and appeared on tour with Jaylib in Spring 2004. Yancey's illness and medication caused dramatic weight loss in 2003 onwards, forcing him to publicly confirm speculation about his health in 2004. Despite a slower output of major releases and production credits in 2004 and 2005, his cult status remained strong within his core audience, as evidenced by unauthorized circulation of his underground "beat tapes" (instrumental, and raw working materials), mostly through internet file sharing . Articles in

6695-399: The increase in album sales as the early 1950s format wars stabilized into market dominance by 45 RPM singles and long-playing 12-inch albums – and with 78 RPM record and long-playing 10-inch album sales decreasing dramatically – Billboard premiered a weekly "Best-Selling Popular Albums" chart on March 24, 1956. The position count varied anywhere from 10 to 30 albums. The first no. 1 album on

6798-402: The issue dated November 30, 2024, the number-one album on the chart is Golden Hour: Part.2 by Ateez . Billboard began an album chart in 1945. Initially only five positions long, the album chart was not published on a weekly basis, with weeks sometimes passing before it was updated. A biweekly (though with a few gaps), 15-position "Best-Selling Popular Albums" chart appeared in 1955. With

6901-502: The latter's critically acclaimed breakthrough album, Like Water for Chocolate . His debut as a solo artist came in 2001 with the single " Fuck the Police " (Up Above Records), followed by the album Welcome 2 Detroit , which began British independent record label BBE 's "Beat Generation" series. In 2001, Yancey began using the name J Dilla to differentiate himself from Jermaine Dupri who also goes by "J.D." He left Slum Village to pursue

7004-652: The main stereo and mono album charts. Mono albums were moved to the "Essential Inventory – Mono" chart (25 positions) after spending 40 weeks on the "Mono Action Chart", and stereo albums were moved to the "Essential Inventory – Stereo" chart (20 positions) after 20 weeks on the "Stereo Action Chart". In January 1961, the "Action Charts" became "Action Albums – Stereophonic" (15 positions) and "Action Albums – Monophonic" (24 positions). Albums appeared on either chart for up to nine weeks, and were then moved to an "Essential Inventory" list of approximately 200 titles and with no numerical ranking. This list continued to be published until

7107-516: The mid-1990s Yancey had a string of singles and remix projects for artists such as Janet Jackson , The Pharcyde , De La Soul , Busta Rhymes , A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip 's solo album and others. Many of these productions were released without his name recognition, being credited to the Ummah , a production collective composed of him, Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, and later Raphael Saadiq of Tony! Toni! Toné! . However, he

7210-407: The most albums on the overall "all-time" top 100 album list. Source: Source: Source: List of acts with the most weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 since August 17, 1963. List of acts who reached number one on the Billboard 200 with a new album in consecutive calendar years since August 17, 1963. The following artists are the only ones with 30 or more top-10 albums: Note: As

7313-433: The music came off like that, but we didn't realize that shit then. I mean, you gotta listen to the lyrics of the shit. Niggas was talking about getting head from bitches. It was like a nigga from Native Tongues never woulda said that shit. I don't know how to say it. It's kinda fucked up because the audience we were trying to give to were actually people we hung around. Me, myself, I hung around regular ass Detroit cats. Not

7416-753: The new weekly list was Belafonte by Harry Belafonte . The chart was renamed "Best-Selling Pop Albums" later in 1956, and then "Best-Selling Pop LPs" in 1957. Beginning on May 25, 1959, Billboard split the ranking into two charts: "Best-Selling Stereophonic LPs" for stereo albums (30 positions) and "Best-Selling Monophonic LPs" for mono albums (50 positions). These were renamed "Stereo Action Charts" (30 positions) and "Mono Action Charts" (40 positions), respectively, in 1960. In January 1961, they became "Action Albums – Stereophonic" (15 positions) and "Action Albums – Monophonic" (25 positions), and three months later, they became "Top LPs – Stereo" (50 positions) and "Top LPs – Monaural" (150 positions). On August 17, 1963,

7519-546: The ongoing trend of guest appearances in hip hop. The initial recording sessions began in late 1994 in Los Angeles , where Rhymes was shooting for the movie Higher Learning , directed by John Singleton . When shooting ended, he also flew to Atlanta where he worked with record producer Dallas Austin in his new recording studio D.A.R.P. (Dallas Austin Recording Projects). Rhymes was worried about his responsibility and

7622-422: The publications URB (March 2004) and XXL (June 2005) confirmed rumors of ill health and hospitalization during this period, but these were downplayed by Jay himself. The seriousness of his condition became public in November 2005 when Yancey toured Europe performing from a wheelchair. It was later revealed that he suffered from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (a rare blood disease), and lupus . Near

7725-492: The record with MCA stalled, Yancey recorded Ruff Draft , released exclusively to vinyl by German label Groove Attack. The album was also unsuccessful, but his work from this point on was increasingly released through independent record labels. In a 2003 interview with Groove Attack, Yancey talked about this change of direction: You know, if I had a choice... Skip the major labels and just put it out yourself, man... Trust me. I tell everybody it's better to do it yourself and let

7828-449: The song was ultimately not included on the album. Biggie's verse would later be reused on "Dangerous MC's", a posse cut on the posthumously released 1999 album Born Again , also featuring Rhymes, Mark Curry and Snoop Dogg , while the song itself was released in a new form on Rhymes' 2003 mixtape "Surrender". Rhymes dedicated the album to the memory of his first and late son, Tahiem Jr, and friends Ratto, Big Joe and Love. Describing

7931-403: The song] to all the 'niggas that keep falling', as a clever ODB vocal snippet plays behind him, emulating the sound of a man screaming as he falls from extremely high heights to his death." The appearances of Flipmode Squad members Lord Have Mercy and Rampage on the track have been described as a "cartoonishly monstrous prologue". The "first real song" on the album, " Do My Thing ", features

8034-495: The stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee , was an American record producer, composer and rapper. He emerged during the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit , Michigan, as a member of the group Slum Village . He was also a member of the Soulquarians , a musical collective active during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He additionally collaborated with Madlib as Jaylib, releasing the album Champion Sound . Yancey's final album

8137-613: The standard version and is credited as an official guest artist on some releases of the song. The song reached the top ten in the charts of the United Kingdom , United States and New Zealand , as well as charted in Sweden , the Netherlands , Scotland , Germany and Australia . " It's a Party ", featuring the American R&;B duo Zhané , was released as the second official single from

8240-454: The stereo album chart; it was number one for 12 weeks on the mono album chart. ‡ The South Pacific soundtrack ran for 28 weeks at number one on the stereo album chart; it was number one for three weeks on the mono album chart. § This is the Blue Hawaii album's run on the mono album chart; it was number one for four weeks on the stereo album chart. Notes: Here are the albums to complete

8343-428: The stereo and mono charts were combined into a 150-position chart called "Top LPs". On April 1, 1967, the chart was expanded to 175 positions, and then finally to 200 positions on May 13, 1967. In February 1972, the album chart's title was changed to "Top LPs & Tape"; in 1984, it was retitled "Top 200 Albums"; in 1985, it was retitled again to "Top Pop Albums"; in 1991, it became the " Billboard 200 Top Albums"; and it

8446-470: The studio." The "bluesy" instrumental of "The Finish Line" was produced by DJ Scratch. The song contains Rhymes rapping about the untrue lifestyle of a man and explains how it "will soon lead to his demise." In the outro, "The End of the World", Rhymes re-uses one of the beats from the intro and uses it to "show gratitude to his supporting fans and offers up a few parting words about using your time wisely." The track

8549-476: The things Dilla wanted me to do with his legacy was to use it to help others, people with illness, kids who were musically gifted but had little hope due to poverty. I wanted to use my contacts to help people out and it was squashed because we weren't in compliance with the state and there was nothing we could do about it. I'm Dilla's mother and I can't use Dilla's name or likeness, but I know that I still can honor him by doing his work. Mrs. Yancey mentioned that Erk

8652-462: The time of his death, Yancey had several projects planned for future completion and release. According to founding Slum Village member T3 in an interview in March 2015, Yancey had about 150 unreleased beats, some of which featured on Slum Village's album entitled Yes! , released June 16, 2015. The Shining was "75% completed when Dilla died" and was finished by Karriem Riggins and later released on August 8, 2006, on BBE Records . Ruff Draft

8755-401: The top 10 for 5 consecutive weeks. Note: Had the  Billboard 200 allowed catalog albums to chart previous to December 5, 2009, Michael Jackson  would have claimed six simultaneous top 10 titles for two consecutive weeks and  The Beatles  would have claimed five simultaneous top 10 titles that year. † The West Side Story soundtrack ran for 53 weeks at number one on

8858-565: The tracks, this time using little to no samples. Despite this, neither versions of the album were successful, and Yancey stated that he was disappointed that the music never got out to the fans. Around this time, Yancey also assisted in the production of singer and fellow Soulquarian Bilal 's second album, Love for Sale . The singer credited Yancey with showing him a unique approach to drum programming : "He had this thing where no matter what he picked up he could bend his will into it. Just because you hear it so strong in your head you can throw

8961-438: The traditional Billboard 200 methodology but is based exclusively on SoundScan's sales data. Beginning on January 18, 2020, Billboard incorporated video and audio data from YouTube , along with visual plays from streaming services like Apple Music , Spotify, Tidal and Vevo , into the Billboard 200. The change has also impacted Billboard 's genre-specific album charts. Billboard 's "chart year" runs from

9064-768: Was Donuts , which was released days before his death. Yancey died at the age of 32 from a combination of TTP and lupus . Although his life was short, he is considered to be one of the most influential producers in hip hop and popular music. J Dilla's music raised the artistic level of hip-hop production in Detroit. According to The Guardian , "His affinity for crafting lengthy, melodic loops peppered with breakbeats and vocal samples took instrumental hip-hop into new, more musically complex realms." In particular, his approach to drum programming , with its loose, or "drunk" style that experimented with non-standard quantization , has been influential on producers and drummers. Yancey grew up in Detroit , Michigan. The family lived in

9167-513: Was also a member. Yancey's music has been used in various television programs. In 2006, Cartoon Network 's late night programing block Adult Swim played the songs "Waves", "Welcome to the Show", and "Mash" during the commercial bumpers in between shows, as well as a number of tracks on their Chrome Children EP. In May 2010, UK mobile network O2 used Jaylib 's "The Red" instrumental in their "Pool Party" ad. A recent BBC documentary inspired by

9270-631: Was for the estate to "protect his legacy" due to bootlegging and unofficial mixtapes. He stressed how important it was for the estate to gather all possible income related to Yancey's name, as Yancey had to borrow money from the government due to mounting medical bills at the end of his life. A few weeks later Yancey's mother, who appeared on such unofficial mixtapes as Busta Rhymes' Dillagence , gave her take on these issues. In addition to stating that Arthur Erk and Yancey's estate has chosen not to communicate with his family, she has said that he has barred anyone from use of Yancey's likeness or name. One of

9373-619: Was given its current title of the " Billboard 200" on March 14, 1992. From the end of 1970 to 1985, Billboard also printed a " Bubbling Under the Top LPs " albums chart paired with the " Bubbling Under the Hot 100 " singles chart, which listed albums that had not yet charted on what was then the "Top LPs & Tape" chart. In 1960, Billboard began concurrently publishing album charts that ranked sales of older or mid-priced titles. These "Essential Inventory" charts were divided by stereo and mono albums, and featured titles that had already appeared on

9476-463: Was given songwriting credit on all of his non-remix productions under the Ummah. Under this umbrella, Yancey produced original songs and remixes for Janet Jackson, Busta Rhymes, Brand New Heavies , Something For the People, trip hop artists Crustation and many others. He handled production on seven tracks from The Pharcyde's album Labcabincalifornia , released in the holiday season of 1995 and Hello ,

9579-575: Was hesitant about accepting the deal due to his concerns regarding if he would be able to captivate listeners for the length of an entire album by himself. To get more comfortable with recording without his former group Leaders of the New School, he then appeared on numerous other artists' records. He did so to experiment with and find his own sound. His guest appearances at the time included A Tribe Called Quest 's " Oh My God " and Craig Mack 's " Flava in Ya Ear (Remix) ", among others. Rhymes contributed hugely to

9682-439: Was in fact Yancey's accountant and not his business manager in his lifetime, and that he fell into his position because she and Yancey were first and foremost concerned about his health and not with getting paperwork in order. She also said that Yancey's friends in the hip-hop community, such as Erykah Badu , Busta Rhymes , Madlib , Common , and The Roots , have contacted her personally for future projects with Yancey beats, but

9785-437: Was one of my favorite producers at the time, and Dilla sounded like a young, iller version of Q-Tip. That was it. I just fell in love with his work." – Busta Rhymes , on frequent collaborator J Dilla Up until this point, Rhymes had problems with recording a full album on his own and sought help from his frequent collaborator, the rapper Q-Tip . Rhymes was mentored by Q-Tip, who gave him advice, motivated him and played

9888-408: Was played in even or uneven pulses . According to the journalist and university professor Dan Charnas , Yancey juxtaposed both styles, creating "a new, pleasurable, disorienting rhythmic friction and new time-feel". Yancey used an Akai MPC3000 and decided to quantize each aspect separately and slightly differently, not disabling it at all, to create his signature "off-kilter" sampling style. At

9991-441: Was produced by Easy Mo Bee . Many of Rhymes' lyrics on the track track were previously used on his freestyle on Funkmaster Flex 's 1995 mixtape The Mix Tape, Volume 1: 60 Minutes of Funk . Both the previous track, "Do My Thing", and "Everything Remains Raw" have been said to "provide no distractions and illuminate how Busta's humor and knowledge can seep through a track while simultaneously highlighting his great rhyming". Over

10094-456: Was produced by the featured Q-Tip . The chemistry between Rhymes and Q-Tip has been described as similar to that of Method Man and Redman . In the next track, "Flipmode Squad Meets Def Squad", the Def Squad members Jamal , Redman and Keith Murray engage against the Flipmode Squad members Rampage, Lord Have Mercy and Rhymes in a rap battle with no chorus or hook over a backdrop produced by

10197-515: Was recorded sometime in 2005 before Yancey's passing. It was subsequently released in 2008 by Stones Throw Records . Jay Love Japan was announced in 2005 as his debut release on the Operation Unknown label. Though it saw a 2006 release in Japan, it was heavily bootlegged elsewhere and did not receive an official release until 2016. Champion Sound , Yancey's and Madlib's collaborative album,

10300-540: Was reissued as a double CD/LP set in March 2007 and is sometimes considered his third solo album. The reissue contains unreleased material from the Ruff Draft sessions and instrumentals. It was also released in a cassette tape format, paying homage to Yancey's dirty, grimy sound (he was known for recording over two-tracked instrumentals). Sniperlite was an EP released by the hip hop collaboration Dilla Ghost Doom, consisting of Yancey, Ghostface Killah , and MF Doom . It

10403-447: Was reissued in June 2007 by Stones Throw Records as a 2-CD Deluxe Edition with instrumentals and b-sides. Yancey Boys , the debut album by Yancey's younger brother John Yancey , was released in 2008 on Delicious Vinyl Records . It is produced entirely by Yancey and features rapping by his brother, under the name ' Illa J '. Stones Throw Records released a digital instrumental version of

10506-404: Was scheduled for release, but was delayed to April 15, 2016, via Mass Appeal Records. Intended for release in 2002, the album is a collection of Yancey's vocal performances over production by Madlib , Pete Rock , Nottz , House Shoes , Karriem Riggins , and others. The first single is the album's intro cut, "The Introduction." In 2020, Dres of Black Sheep announced that he would be releasing

10609-422: Was written down on paper. Most of the time, he worked alone in the studio, with no one to hype him up before or after he got in the booth. "He was creating a sound that nobody else was doing. I loved it, and it reminded me of that hard-slapping, creative way of sampling records that Q-Tip was already doing, and Large Professor , Pete Rock , and Preemo . But he sounded closer to Q-Tip more than anybody else. Tip

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