J Dilla - Ruff Draft Thom

J Dilla - Ruff Draft Thom"Let me explain it. It's Ruff Draft. For my real niggaz only. DJs that play that real live shit. You wanna bounce in your whip, sound like it's straight from the ma'f*ckin' cassette! Ruff Draft Let's do it." Thus begins Ruff Draft. Released only on vinyl in February 2003 with European distribution, this sought after album remains the elusive key release in J Dilla's catalog. Ruff Draft would later prove a turning point in Dilla's career. He spent the

DESPERATION

Deep As The Ocean 3

And how’s the sound

If You Could See Me Now (6:30)

Fifty-Second Street Theme into closing announcement

Performed by Alex Gaskarth

TV Mania is Nick Rhodes & Warren Cuccurullo from Duran Duran

Guy Skornik / L’ile de Pâques (1971)

struggling through the ordinary and sometimes extraordinary circumstances of everyday life

Pressed on Pacific Blue colored vinyl

After a subsequent journey through jazz production and now-legendary collaborations with MF DOOM & J Dilla

Over eight days in a studio