![MIDIMarc: The Red [prod by J Dilla]](http://kevinnottingham.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/the-red-exclusive.jpg)
Wait… he raps too? That’s right, your producer’s favorite producer MIDIMarc has been working hard in the studio lately laying the smacketh down on the mic. We first got a glimpse of MIDI’s rhymes as a guest feature on Black Boy Lost. Now he’s putting a bunch of dope rhymes together over some Dilla beats.
This is the first cut from his upcoming EP The 5 Second Rule. The EP will be totally comprised of beats from the late J Dilla himself, some known and some yet unreleased.
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unreleased j dilla beats? some people are gonna have LOTS of beef with that…
http://www.laweekly.com/2008-06-19/music/who-39-s-biting-j-dilla-39-s-beats/
Wow, I didn’t expect this kind of response! Good article… thanks JayPlus. But I don’t see anything that MIDIMarc is doing wrong here, nor is he doing anything that hasn’t already been done before. MIDI’s not making any money off of Dilla. His music is available for free. What’s so different about what MIDI is doing than all the freestyles we’ve heard on hip hop mixtapes for years?
I’d love to hear more thoughts on this. And why would there be BEEF? Over unused Dilla beats?
I’m looking at the download counter…thanks to everyone whos already downloaded the joint. I do plan on promoting the product when its finished to make money. The difference between my tribute and the others is that the procedes are actually going to go to Dilla’s foundation
check out more rhymes at
http://www.myspace.com/rhymesbymidimarc
Yo, Kevin, I put that link up cuz I figured that was kinda what Small P was referring to. I see what you are saying though, about people been freestyling over other peoples beats forever. I feel ya , its not like he’s trying to make money off it. Personally I think 99% percent of the songs people do over his beats, don’t add anything to the game.
The Red is one of my favorites. But, I’m not feeling MIDImarc’s version. No disrespect to MIDIMarc. For me to like someones freestyle over a Dilla beat, they have to murder it. My expectations go way up, if you are tryin to go in over one of my favorite tracks, by any producer for that matter. As for the beef, Small Pro referred to, I would imagine its more to do with the “unreleased” beats you mentioned in the post. That is where you are taking food out of someones mouth, or at the very least, showing disrespect. Thats to say if you are not paying for them. And, from the sound of that article, I doubt the Yancey Fam is being paid for the “unreleased” beats. I def have more of an issue with that. If that is the case. But, as a Dilla fan. I still collect as much of his work as possible, but I always pay for official releases when made available. Even if I download something made available online, I buy it when its available. That goes for any artist. I think I rambled enough. Just my 2 cents.
@kev…people are just touchy when it comes to people rapping over those beats, it definitely doesn’t make any sense, because you’re right, it HAS been goin on for years and years; it’s just the circumstances surrounding dilla’s passing, an the fact that those beats would have been used to make some leeway on his hospital bills but nobody wants them because everybody and their mom has had them since 2003…not sayin i have a problem with it, i just know midi is gonna see some hateration eventually
Thanks for your input guys… both of you make valid points. Those thoughts hadn’t crossed my mind. I guess we’ll see how it all pans out. MIDI’s a good guy and I know he doesn’t mean any harm with using the Dilla beats. I really hope he doesn’t get too much flack.
I read a blog House Shoe’s myspace about this, and he wasn’t a big fan of everyone jacking Dilla’s beats. I think everyone in the D feels the same way. MIDI is giving the proceeds to Dilla’s foundation, so they may think differently about it. Their may concern is Ma Yancey not eating off the music. I can definitely understand where they are coming from.