How was it putting the J.Dilla tribute, “Can Stop This”, together?
That was an emotional rollercoaster. We had that song for the longest, even before Donuts. It was still a J.Dilla tribute before he passed. He was going through all that treatment and that just amazed us. That song is autobiographical where we’re talking about keeping true hip-hop alive. We were talking about J.Dilla. He made some of the most groundbreaking hip-hop on his deathbed. Once he passed away, we wanted to take the song even further. We started from scratch and made it a celebration of his life and did it in a way that was respectful and places him in the history books. What will you remember most about Dilla? That there was a person on earth who loved music more than I do. People who know me know that I love music. They know I live for working. They know I live for buying vinyl. They know I live for music trivia. They know I live for pop trivia. They know I live for collecting pop culture memorabilia. Dilla was twelve times crazier. I’m a person who tries to balance his life
