the sound of d’angelo’s brown sugar album is what pushed j dilla to evolve from being pete rock-inspired into his eventual signature futuristic sound
this is an unreleased instrumental from the late 1994 brown sugar sessions where you can clearly hear dilla’s early fingerprints
Cry Out (2006) • Greatest track Wayne has ever made
Entire song is one long journal entry. If he wasn’t able to overcome it all, this could’ve been a suicide letter
“Cause even though we couldn't, The Lord saved him
Last time we seen him was when Katrina hated
Found his body like a month later”