DRAKES NEW ALBUM IS GONNA BE CALLED “NOTHING WAS THE SAME” NOW I REALLY JUST DONT LIKE WHAT DRAKE HAS BECOME.  IF I HEAR ANOTHER SONG ABOUT HOW HEARTBROKEN HE IS OVER HIS EX-GIRLFRIENDS, OR ANOTHER DREARY TUNE ABOUT BEING EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE, OR A SAD ATTEMPT AT BEING SOME TOUGH GUY, OR ANOTHER SONG ABOUT MOM, IM GONNA SHOOT SOMEONE.  BECAUSE DRAKE THERE IS NOTHING INTERESTING ABOUT YOU…except for your hair maybe

The Estate of James Yancey has revived PayJay as a functioning imprint, and is announcing its release of J Dilla’s long lost vocal album, The Diary. The first single “Anthem” b/w “Trucks” is now available as a pre-sale at rappcats.com and will be released on vinyl early this spring. Both “Anthem” and “Trucks” were produced, and feature complete vocal performances, by Dilla. The tracks come straight from multi-track masters found on 2-inch tape shortly after Dilla’s passing in 2006. These songs have been mixed by engineer Dave Cooley, who worked extensively with Dilla during his years in Los Angeles. Using Dilla’s original demo mixes as his guide, Cooley attempted to finalize Dilla’s vision for these tracks, while keeping all of the elements that Dilla had in place in his original demos present.

The Estate of James Yancey is administered by attorney Alex Borden and overseen by the Probate Court of the State of California on behalf of Yancey’s four heirs – his mother, Maureen “Madukes” Yancey, his brother John “Illa J” Yancey and his two daughters, Ja’Mya Yancey and Ty-monae Whitlow.

The Diary is an album of vocal performances recorded between in the early 2000s over production by the likes of Madlib, Pete Rock, Nottz, House Shoes, Karriem Riggins and others. PayJay recently issued the “Dilla World Tour” tee shirt in conjunction with clothing brand Stussy, and a collaborative figure is set to be released in 2013.

Today…Is a new day

I’m gonna get back into the groove tumblr. Not for the sake of reblogging, gaining followers, and all that bullshit. But just having a place to showcase my inner self. My problems, my fantasies, my insecurities.
If you like me, follow me. If you don’t, then don’t…simple.

SHAMELESS … coming soon