J Dilla Jay Love Japan

Posted on 06.5.2007

J Dilla

Album: Jay Love Japan
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Label: Operation Unknown

Review:
The album features guest vocalists, mostly rappers who were added to the music after the artist’s death. The album was intended as an instrumental project during Dilla’s lifetime. The album has an accompanying video series for each of its tracks available at http://www.dilla.biz, although the videos appear to be of the instrumental versions of the songs. The album is being released on the Operation Unknown label. In late 2006, a supposedly "promotional" version of the LP was leaked online. Operation Unknown label stepped in to assure that this was not the official version of the album, and that the actual album would be shorter, with almost completely different guests as well as different tracks.

Jay Love Japan was first announced as an imminent release in 2005, and again in 2006 on the liner notes of The Shining. In Spring 2007, the label Operation Unknown announced a release date of June 5, 2007 for the "limited US version" and July 3, 2007 for the Japanese version. Finally, on May 25, 2007, it was announced that the release of Jay Love Japan "has been delayed indefinitely." It is not yet known of the Japanese release is delayed as well.

Tracklisting :
1. JLJ Intro
2. Yesterday
3. Say It (w/ Ta’Raach)
4. Oh Oh
5. First Time (w/ Baatin)
6. In The Streets
7. Feel The Beat
8. Believe In God
9. Can’t You See
10. Say It