SOUNDS OF DETROIT: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF J DILLA FEAT. THE PHARCYDE / SLUM VILLAGE / BREAKBEAT LOU/RICH MEDINA

In association with Fusicology & Future x Sounds

Friday, July 12, 2024

6:00 pm -

Von King Park

670 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216

In association with Fusicology and Future x Sounds, celebrate what would have been the 50th birthday of the late great hip-hop producer J Dilla in Bed-Stuy with acts representing the legacy of his massively influential production discography and his hometown of Detroit. The Pharcyde hails from South Central Los Angeles, yet the beats for two of their biggest hits— “Drop” and “Runnin’”—were crafted by the Detroit MPC wizard J Dilla, and Slum Village, Dilla’s first group, for whom he produced most of their first three albums before leaving to pursue a solo career in 2001; and Breakbeat Lou, the pioneering DJ partly responsible for the essential Ultimate Breaks & Beats compilations that became a mainstay in every hip-hop DJ and producer’s crates for decades.