Beat Generation: Welcome 2 Detroit

Jay Dee | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Bbe
• ASIN: B000056AS6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,150 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Yall Ain't Ready

2. Clapper

3. Pause

4. Beej N Dem Pt.2

5. It's Like That

6. Rico Suave Bossanova

7. One

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to Detroit, September 26, 2005

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ejmcclel (Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beat Generation: Welcome 2 Detroit (Audio CD)

Another great collection of beats by Jay Dee, a must have for any fan of Slum Village! This, his first solo project, definately illustrates his passion for real hip-hop grooves, and, like all of Slum Village's work, is a breath of fresh air in todays' smog of rap bravado, pompousness, and over-materialism without substance. Here we see actual musical substance, as in "African Rhythms," and an amazing guest appearance of Elzhi (sp?), one of the gifted lyricists of Slum Village. This also gives Jay Dee the opportunity to do what I would call the "Pete Rock or Erik Sermon thing," where a producer and DJ also is the main MC heard on the record, and like the aformentioned hip-hop legends, Jay Dee shines.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars J Dilla - The best to ever do it!, March 18, 2006

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Leandre S. Anthony (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beat Generation: Welcome 2 Detroit (Audio CD)

I bounced this CD when it first came out and thought this is great. After years of listening to all the other crap, oh I mean rap on the radio. Its nice to know that I can dig in my CD collection and listen to great music. J-Dilla RIP...man you are the best! You have a ear for music that is totally oustanding! Its a shame that corporate music execs pump up wack artists and wack music, like everything you hear on the radio and negelect real talent. Most catz are simplistic in their rhymes and beats with no substance. Little Brother, Pete Rock, Hi-Tek, Slum Village I thank GOD for you. Keep putting out real music!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the BEST hip-hop producers in the game., April 13, 2001

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dOc "undergroundmuzic" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beat Generation: Welcome 2 Detroit (Audio CD)

From the kat who dropped beats for Common, Slum Village, BBQueen, Q-Tip and many others. Jay Dee, nah...... not the J.D. from ATL's So-So Def, but Detroit's fame released a gem for the hip-hop underground and beat headz to vibe to. Tight beats and samples from a kat who knows what the underground wants to hear. Every track is banging and much different from the next. The only track I'm not feeling, is the "Booty" song...... not sure where he was going with that track. Other than that, the CD is a winner. This CD welcomes you to the new sound in Detroit and also high lights some of the tight MC's in Jay Dee's crew. The tightest versus and metaphors were spit over the track "It's Like That" not to mention it being the tightest track on the CD. If you're a hip-hop head or a beat junkie, you'll love how Jay Dee tells what was on his mind while making these beats that's illustrated in the cover of the CD. Other joints on the CD that stand out are: "Give It Up", the smooth vibe of "Think Twice" and "Pause". This CD was nowhere to be found in ATL. Thanks to Amazon, copping this was easy. Anybody reading this should cop it too.

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