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Motor City

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Motor City
Motor City

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Motor City

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Wrapped in a mock mailing envelope,
Motor City
adds to the overwhelming pile of posthumous
J Dilla
compilations. Put together by the producer's mother,
Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey
, it contains 19 "rare + remastered" beats -- just over half-an-hour's worth of episodic instrumentals -- and a dutiful
J-Rocc
mix based on them, slightly shorter in duration. As with most of the
Dilla
releases commercially issued since February 2006, there's no knowing whether the producer intended to have any of this material, in this form, available commercially. In terms of quality, this is strictly completist and/or
Yancey
family financial supporter territory. Some of it recirculates pre-
Donuts
beat tape material previously heard only by those who either received a copies from the maker or heard dubs and uploads. Other tracks became the basis of official and earlier posthumous output. "Motor City 12," for instance, is a raw segment of "The Anthem," off
The Diary
. Anyone who knows
Mos Def
's
The Ecstatic
will recognize "Motor City 9," while "Motor City 3" features some of the elements heard on
Jay Stay Paid
highlight "Lazer Gunne Funke." Long-familiar interjections from
Doom
(over sirens) and
Ad-Rock
in some odd way validate this release while further diluting the core discography of a genius. ~ Andy Kellman

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