For All You Lakland Tone Lovers

[ugly_bassplayer]

Essential Dilla for those interested:

-J Dilla: Donuts
-J Dilla: Rough Draft
-Common: Like Water For Chocolat (not all songs)
-Pharcyde: Labcabincalifornia (not all songs)
-Slum Village: Fan-tas-tic Vol 1-2
-Jaylib: Champion Sound

 

[vision]

Funny the very first thing N'dambi said to me at rehearsal was "think James Jamerson and Pino"

lol...yep, N'Dambi's music definitely has that sound!

 

[vision]

Essential Dilla for those interested:

-J Dilla: Donuts
-J Dilla: Rough Draft
-Common: Like Water For Chocolat (not all songs)
-Pharcyde: Labcabincalifornia (not all songs)
-Slum Village: Fan-tas-tic Vol 1-2
-Jaylib: Champion Sound

+1...also I send this in a PM to Ken, but here's a couple of my favorite "essential" Dilla tracks:

Reminisce (Bilal)

 

[KJung]

+1...also I send this in a PM to Ken, but here's a couple of my favorite "essential" Dilla tracks:

Reminisce (Bilal)

Can't get the first clip to play, but the other two did. Thanks. It really helps having a sort of background and context when listening to this stuff that I'm so unfamiliar with. Very cool. DEEP grooves going on, but SO different from the grooves I feel and am familiar with. New is good (well, at least new for me!).

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Thanks for the info, Vision! I know Neo Soul and new r&b pretty well, but I knew nothing about Dilla. I'm just old and square at this point in my life!

 

[emjazz]

Hey all...Just wanted to say thanks for the suggestions...not that they were directed at me but I'm looking forward to checking some of this stuff out. I also think it's a more positive direction than what was being discussed.

 

[BobaFret]

I'm listening to it as I type and yeah, I'd say that's pretty much killin' for my taste.

 

[Luke.Walton]

Sorry to go off topic a bit, but as someone who is looking into buying a Lakland, what is the main difference in the Skyline models for their more expensive models?

Check out this link:

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[MultiScaleMale]

I listened a few more times and I just can't get into it. Different strokes...

 

[trjazzluva05]

Nice. I have a stock 55-01 and I hate the way those pickups compress when I start slapping. I may or may not do an upgrade. I may keep it all Bart though. Just the 'better' Barts!

Yeah me too, thats why i sold mine. Didn't want to go through the hassle of upgrading the pickups AND preamp. Got me Marcus Miller Jazz that indeed does the job better, IMO. I agree the song and tone was nice. Sat just right in the mix to my ears. His groove was important to the song, thats why is was prominent in the mix. And i agree too Goapele is so sexy!!!

 

[roadkill2309]

So, uh... I might have missed it, but does anyone know how I can get some of that tone out of my 55-02 and amp? I've been messing with a few ideas, but it's clearly not just turning the treble all the way off...

 

[chi-town_mike]

Great find Jauqo!

And RIP J Dilla. Often youll hear his stuff on wefunkradio.com

 

[DougD]

It's a live mix being played back through Youtube. Seriously doubt it faithfully represents what it actually sounded like mix-wise.

+100

 

[g&lplayer]

wow...this stuff sounds awesome!!! Really miss playing this kinda stuff...

 

[lucas vigor]

In regards to the "dragging" style of playing, after reading these posts I think a lot of players don't really get it, somehow thinking it is not in the pocket....it is, in my opinion VERY much in the pocket! It's a technique and style just like anything and God bless players like Palladino and Saadiq who can pull it off!