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Obituary: New York Times February 14, 2006
James Yancey, 32, Producer Known for Soulful Hip-Hop By KELEFA SANNEH (NYT)
Published: February 14, 2006
James Yancey, the innovative and influential hip-hop producer known as J Dilla or Jay Dee, died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 32.
The cause was cardiac arrest, according to his mother, Maureen Yancey. She said he had been suffering from lupus and had recently been hospitalized for pneumonia. Mr. Yancey was celebrated for the beats he made, which tended to be warm and slightly off-kilter. On albums by Common, Erykah Badu, A Tribe Called Quest, D'Angelo and his own group, Slum Village, Mr. Yancey pioneered a subdued, sometimes spaced-out form of hip-hop.
His cult of fans stretched around the world (he had an especially devoted following in Europe and Japan), and it included many of his more commercially successful contemporaries.
Pharrell Williams, from the Neptunes, once called him his favorite producer, and Common has called him ''one of the greatest ever.''