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Track Listings
| 1. Geek Down featuring Busta Rhymes |
| 2. E=MC2 featuring Commono |
| 3. Love Jones |
| 4. Love featuring Pharoahe Monch |
| 5. Baby featuring Madlib and Guilty Simpson |
| 6. So Far to Go featuring Common and D'Angelo |
| 7. Jungle Love featuring Med and Guilty Simpson |
| 8. Over the Breaks |
| 9. Body Movin' featuring J Rocc and Karriem Riggins |
| 10. Dime Piece featuring Dwele (Remix) |
| 11. Love Movin' featuring Black Thought |
| 12. Won't Do |
Editorial Reviews
J DILLA leaves behind an impression on Hip Hop that will last the test of time. His contributions ranged from defining Detroit Hip Hop as a founding member of SLUM VILLAGE to providing his production talents to COMMON, D'ANGELO, BUSTA RHYMES, ERYKAH BADU, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, THE PHARCYDE, THE ROOTS, JANET JACKSON and MACY GRAY. Jay Dee aka J Dilla sadly past away in February this year, three days after his thirty-second birthday. This album 'The Shining' will serve as a testament to the the fact that legends never die ensuring his cult status lives on. 'The Shining' serves as a showcase of J Dilla's talents which features him not only as a producer, but also as a rapper, singer and musician. Featured guests on the album include BUSTA RHYMES, COMMON, PHAROAHE MONCH, D'ANGELO, MADLIB, BLACK THOUGHT, MEDAPHOR aka MED, and GUILTY SIMPSON.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
J Dilla is the man. I say is because he lives on since his beats are still going to be released thanks to Dilla's mom and his best friend Karriem Riggins, who helped throw this CD together. Riggins and Dilla used to get into beat making contests together, so you know this CD was in the right hands.
The production is classic, but some of the emcees leave a little to be desired. The exceptions are Guilty Simpson, MED, Pharoahe Monch, Dwele and Black Thought. Common, D'Angelo and Busta Rhymes don't do what they're capable of doing and I wish Madlib did some Lord Quas on "Baby," even though the track is fire enough as it is. This CD should get more play time than Donuts due to emcees being on it, but Donuts is a better album. They even recycled the beat from the track "Bye" on "So Far to Go," which feels weird because this is a short album as it is and surely there was an unreleased beat that could have been used for this track instead.
All that said, this is a classic CD, the best of the summer. "Love Jones," "Baby," "Body Movin," "Love," "Jungle Love," "Over the Breaks," "Dime Piece" and "Love Movin" are some of the hottest tracks you'll hear, and you gotta dig Dilla's emcee work on "Won't Do." I wasn't impressed with Dilla's work on the mic on the Jaylib joint Champion Sound, but after hearing this and "F*** the Police," you realize Dilla had potential to be a great emcee. If he had the same dedication to emceeing that he did to beat making he could have been one of the great lyricists. But obviously that wasn't going to happen, Dilla loved the MPC 3000 a lot more than the mic.
All that said, no words are needed to explain this. It's Dilla. He's the best. This album doesn't confirm this, it just re-affirms what Welcome to Detroit and Donuts and his other work already established. Get this, and then be on the lookout for Jay Love Japan and other works in the future. Dilla shines on.
The production is classic, but some of the emcees leave a little to be desired. The exceptions are Guilty Simpson, MED, Pharoahe Monch, Dwele and Black Thought. Common, D'Angelo and Busta Rhymes don't do what they're capable of doing and I wish Madlib did some Lord Quas on "Baby," even though the track is fire enough as it is. This CD should get more play time than Donuts due to emcees being on it, but Donuts is a better album. They even recycled the beat from the track "Bye" on "So Far to Go," which feels weird because this is a short album as it is and surely there was an unreleased beat that could have been used for this track instead.
All that said, this is a classic CD, the best of the summer. "Love Jones," "Baby," "Body Movin," "Love," "Jungle Love," "Over the Breaks," "Dime Piece" and "Love Movin" are some of the hottest tracks you'll hear, and you gotta dig Dilla's emcee work on "Won't Do." I wasn't impressed with Dilla's work on the mic on the Jaylib joint Champion Sound, but after hearing this and "F*** the Police," you realize Dilla had potential to be a great emcee. If he had the same dedication to emceeing that he did to beat making he could have been one of the great lyricists. But obviously that wasn't going to happen, Dilla loved the MPC 3000 a lot more than the mic.
All that said, no words are needed to explain this. It's Dilla. He's the best. This album doesn't confirm this, it just re-affirms what Welcome to Detroit and Donuts and his other work already established. Get this, and then be on the lookout for Jay Love Japan and other works in the future. Dilla shines on.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By DCtoMI
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
most expect greatness from anything Dilla touched and this CD is no exception. it's like a big hot bowl of gumbo--so many different tastes and textures leave you warm and satisfied on so many levels. soulful at moments. frenetic at others. but always on something different! this album is a gift--plain and simple. a peek at the evolution of his sound, his talent, his experimentalism and his brilliant mind while he was still among us.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
...it hits hard.
'The Shining' is a little fractured - and who could expect a cohesive effort when your health is so badly affected - but when it comes, it comes correct.
'E=MC2' could get any club up and moving with it's deeeeep bassline and headsmashing beat, and 'Love Jones' exemplifies what I like about Dilla: the willingness to throw two things that shouldn't go together, together.
'Love,' featuring another of my fave MCs, Pharoahe Monch, is a great, great song. It's got that back-in-the-day feeling, with Monch's half-singing, half-rapping, but the beat the roughness with which the chorus comes in ("We must be in looooove") is solidly Dilla.
The centerpiece of the album, in my opinion, is 'Jungle Love,' which for my money features the best beat and the best verse, a smasher from relative newcomer Guilty Simpson ("I don't really care who y'all rollin' with/'Cause a real ***** don't need sponsorship," "I maul y'all like a shoppin' center") and a beat that would peel the paint off your walls. As if the beat itself wasn't rough enough, when the chorus drops in, Dilla adds some sort of speaker-feedback buzz that makes it hit all the harder. Add another killer second verse from MED and you have a song that almost makes me forget how short 'The Shining' is.
There are a few songs that drag a little, but overall this is a very satisfying paragraph in the final chapter of Dilla's posthumous releases.
'The Shining' is a little fractured - and who could expect a cohesive effort when your health is so badly affected - but when it comes, it comes correct.
'E=MC2' could get any club up and moving with it's deeeeep bassline and headsmashing beat, and 'Love Jones' exemplifies what I like about Dilla: the willingness to throw two things that shouldn't go together, together.
'Love,' featuring another of my fave MCs, Pharoahe Monch, is a great, great song. It's got that back-in-the-day feeling, with Monch's half-singing, half-rapping, but the beat the roughness with which the chorus comes in ("We must be in looooove") is solidly Dilla.
The centerpiece of the album, in my opinion, is 'Jungle Love,' which for my money features the best beat and the best verse, a smasher from relative newcomer Guilty Simpson ("I don't really care who y'all rollin' with/'Cause a real ***** don't need sponsorship," "I maul y'all like a shoppin' center") and a beat that would peel the paint off your walls. As if the beat itself wasn't rough enough, when the chorus drops in, Dilla adds some sort of speaker-feedback buzz that makes it hit all the harder. Add another killer second verse from MED and you have a song that almost makes me forget how short 'The Shining' is.
There are a few songs that drag a little, but overall this is a very satisfying paragraph in the final chapter of Dilla's posthumous releases.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
J Dilla
Great album! as always J Dilla brings a complex blend of beats, instruments and vocals to the listener. A must have album for any music lover.
Published 20 months ago by markus
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic
How can this not get all 5's? This album is probably the hottest solo dilla album. All hot joints on this album. You won't be disappointed.
Published on June 4, 2009 by S. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hip Hop produced with extra attention to detail
This album is fantastic. The first track is awful, as many have mentioned, but most of the rest is top notch and seamlessly blended. Read more
Published on February 14, 2008 by N. Johnson
3.0 out of 5 stars
Highs and lows
The Shining presents me with a dilemma. It's a good record, it's Dilla, and it releases just a few short months after his death. Read more
Published on January 25, 2008 by C. W. Hall
5.0 out of 5 stars
There's nothing you can say.
Oh wait-- except this:
You should be doing one of two things right now:
Listening to this album, or on the way to the store to purchase it. Read more
You should be doing one of two things right now:
Listening to this album, or on the way to the store to purchase it. Read more
Published on July 26, 2007 by Erin Lusk
5.0 out of 5 stars
What an amazing CD
Let me just say simply, You should own this cd if you like hip-hop at ALL. The Busta Rhymes track is kinda weak, but everything else is 100%. Do yourself a favor.
Published on April 26, 2007 by J. Waldorf
5.0 out of 5 stars
simply buttah
J-Dilla has done it again! This is truly a work of art. This is a great easy listener, a cd that you can listen to straight thru without having to skip over any tracks. Read more
Published on April 6, 2007 by K. Dawkins-Brickhouse
5.0 out of 5 stars
The last banging CD from a true Hip-Hop great!
J Dilla was truly gifted!!! This CD is incredible! It's sad that the world outside of the real Hip-Hop community (which seems to be getting smaller) didn't appreciate his work... Read more
Published on February 11, 2007 by Chris Broomes
5.0 out of 5 stars
GET UP, GET UP, AND ROCK AND ROCK
Jay Dilla continues to bring in the heat!!! Classic hip hop at its finest! Great guess and some exclusive instrumentals. A must cop!!!
Published on January 29, 2007 by Rodney Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars
Job Well Done!!!
Another great album by the legend J Dilla AKA Pay Jay AKA Dilla Dawg AKA Jay Dee. "Wont Do" is the best song in this album, if you havent seen the video it stars Dilla's little... Read more
Published on January 23, 2007 by Josh Ruiz
