Motherlode - When I Die

[DonkeyPunchForLunch]

My grandparents were listening to this, and when I heard it I was like "are they watching [adult swim]?!?", and now I'm introduced to a great band.

[eatmysaq]

I came to tears today listening to this. Just imagining what was going through his head when he was creating this. I wonder if he knew how this would make others feel. RIP Dilla and to everyone else who has impacted people in a positive way.

[bongwatertastey]

Its fucked up how people say that people didn't care about dilla until he died. I didn't know dilla was around until a couple years ago, and i dont think theres a day that goes by without me listening. Sounds like people are giving reasons to dick ride other dick riders.

[igreene21]

listened to Donuts (Intro) at work today and for some reason, today out of all the days i've listened to it, tears came. I miss this guy so much.

[InsertNameHereSUCKS]

man a lot of dilla dickriders only like him because it makes you look hip hop savy and most of you guys didnt give two shits about him until he passed, j dilla is a legend and definitly one of the goats but saying kanye isnt talented is bullshit, even his shit that you hipsters call garbage is heavily layerd with organs, strings and samples that fit perfectly within his song, also hes a dope mc, maybe he doesnt talk about things that are relevant to you but give the man his respect

[OplzITSCreez]

@InsertNameHereSUCKS I have to say.. your sir, are a Douchebag.

After pointing the finger and calling people Dilla dickriders, the more people who know dilla the better because the more that know him the more it will spread and therefore more kids/people can be touched by the brilliance of J. Even if some people (which i highly doubt) just say they know j to seem cool. they might be the link to their little cousin who hears him saying Jay Dee, looks him up, falls in love with the music.

[oOViperrrr6Oo]

2:57 Dilla took that part. Looped that shit and made a fucking legendary track!

[LongboardsForDummies]

My grandpa is Kenn MArco :) <3

[bluejay4480]

great tune.... makes me think....i deal with this and BST...s tune .....thanks for posting rap

[rin3guy]

Reached #18 in 1969. (U.S., Billboard)

[KyplayaZ4lyfe]

Who gives two shits about kanye or dilla's producing abilities the song itself is killer. That should be what's being discussed.

[snorlax140]

@KyplayaZ4lyfe I agree! I wish people would shut up about hip hop on every old school track on here.

[KyplayaZ4lyfe]

@snorlax140 haha i know. I mean yes dilla and kanye are both great producers but who cares if all your going to do on MOTHERLODE's video is argue it's dumb lol

[snorlax140]

@KyplayaZ4lyfe I know right!!!

[JVOCQC]

Does anyone remember another great Canuck song "Signs?".

[JVOCQC]

Awesome eh? Canadian eh? Sweet eh?

[hibiscusfreak]

I remember hearing this a lot as a kid in the NY area. Haven't heard any airplay since!

[Kerbee]

I meant it was lost.

[stoinge]

j dilla and karntye be serious,in the same sentence.lol come on man.

[kaputteSchuhe]

eargasm!!!

[Dm0ney916]

umm why is kanye west even being brought up. Jay Dee is king no exceptions.

[billchew450]

I have litterally not heard this song since 1969. It was a big AM hit.

[MrVue]

Welcome to the show

[JVOCQC]

OAK to Brian Wray.

[GODDLYNESS]

R.I.P. J Dilla, you were a legend man.

[takemeback2]

It's great to hear this tune. And another indicator of lack of play by such lame network radio oldies stations.

[r59red]

@takemeback2 Amazing isn't it? All the great oldies,like this one, that are never played on the oldies station.

[takemeback2]

@r59red Yeah, kindof sux.

[Great0ne1]

Dilla.......Response

[qoolquest]

dilla dilla beats beats....

[jakebunnymusic]

live, life .when I die ? I was blessed to see them live many times back in the time.

[NotaNairNother]

this so deep when u realize the circumstances in which he sampled this...it must be some serious shit to know ur that close to death, but use it to produce things so beautiful and meaningful to so many. This song dope i can see why he used it.

[w0rdupy0]

@NotaNairNother

i totally agree, very well put

his beats had way more meaning than the stuff on the radio today

and that's saying a lot, considering how many of his songs are instrumental

r.i.p dilla

[kevinthedude77]

beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeee beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeee

RIP JAYDEE

[oceanvista]

Another in a long line of Canadian R&B classics that should have been more widely recognized. Can't believe this only finished #18 on the Billboard Charts in '69.

For other under-rated Canadian soul classics, give a listen to Bobby Taylor and the Vancouver's "Malinda" (1968), Shirley Matthews, "Big Town Boy" (1963), or Dr. Music's "Sun Goes By" (1972).

[tjlittle87]

"When i Die" sampled on the last track of Donuts, the last album he worked on before he died. The symbolism is just too powerful. This is straight beautiful, Donuts, one of the most powerful hip hop records i ever heard.

[bluelifemedia]

It's funny how you sell records to someone you don't  even know. And he turns out making music that you can't stop listening to. Much Luv to Detroit, My home and J Dilla, Soul Brother No .2 (1 for me). Peace

[JVOCQC]

@bluelifemedia This is a piece that should be re-recorded and/or re-released. It was awesome back in the day and stands the test of time! Motherlode had the best sound and I hope they will be recognized for same.

Here's a challenge...can you find Peter Sarsted's "Where Do You Go To My Lovely"?

[mrhappy19]

jay dee flip another beat for me!!

[illspirit1965]

@mrhappy19 hes flippin in heave now babeh

[haydster89]

Almost in tears,

Hip-Hop aint the same with one of the best gone.

RIP

[inphy1]

@haydster89 yup.

legacy lives on.

[Shadeprint]

You probably would be at a Madlib & J-Rocc show, they were holding it down!

[prefusehead]

Dilla knew how to pick 'em. RIP

[pgrbeast2]

I cry every time.

[jaysunsteers]

fillet of soul

[Laveriis1]

my gurl just left to guatamala for a while. this give me that filling i gotta change.

[Neptunesque]

It still sounds super after 40 years.

I played it for a friend 11 years later who never heard. it.

When I said I was baffled why it was not a major smash, she said she wasn't surprised that it was not a hit.

I'm sorry I didn't ask her why 'cause I still think it's really something.

[SoSoChan09]

I wanna cwy

[OnlyDaRealest]

This song is DOPE

J Dilla my man RIP

[BigMeatSpecial]

breaks me every time

[bohemiajj]

I LOVE J DILLA

[brown4810]

Someone please enlighten me. Who is J. Dilla?  brownie

[oregonUofOducks]

the greatest mind hip hop will ever see.

[Sinosure]

@ Brown4810 J. Dilla was a very well respected & known hip hop producer! Some of the hits you probably have listened to were produced by J. Dilla.

Wikipedia J. Dilla & bring up his biography. It will tell you all about him.

[SoSoChan09]

@brown4810 J.Dilla sampled this and used it in his song - Donuts(intro) and you can hear it on the Adult Swim bump of Owl City |)

[xSTiZZLE]

Listen to "The Red" by JDilla, thats all i got to say

[solephonic]

it's sad to think this was the sample for the last song on the final official dilla release...you know he planned it that way. RIP J DILLA.

[spiffynikka]

its cool like after hearing jdilla song and knowing the part he sampled everytime i hear the part in this song i get goosebumps

[KhanateSunn]

Im Just Glad this song hasnt been buried too deep to dig. People like dilla should be thanked for that. Although there is only one dilla there are the copious amount of forgetten brilliance laid on wax to be found which we should seek out not just after the head figures of sampling culture bring them out.

[GregSr]

Great memories from September 1969. As a 15 year old boy, I discovered French kissing while this song played in the background.

[Batmanuel0510]

J DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE

[bobman123499]

J Dilla used this song as a sample

[MisterBings]

Now I see why J - Dilla used this- it was that very first verse about dying.

[HuggumsMcgehee]

That's tracks very bittersweet and more beautiful when you know the story behind it.

[tskilove]

Anyone know the name of the track/artist Dilla used that has a bongo background,lyrics go"Don't be afraid to speak your mind,you'll find that your still a friend of mine,.."?

[gmcolvins]

I heard this song with my wife;we were sitting in a restaurant and I heard this song (around 2003). I didn't have a clue who sang this...it sounded like early Chicago or Blood,Sweat and Tears. Then late one night a few years later, I was watching Adult Swim and heard the Dilla (the late,great Dilla) re-mix. I went to the AS web site, found the bumper, got the orginal title and headed to iTunes.

[oldieschick6]

Good tune from a great Canadian group.

[centralparocker]

very good song..................

[314DOWORK]

dilla murdered this shit

[numb3r2wo]

Is that a kazoo at 3:00???

It always sounded like one...

[numb3r2wo]

The thing J Dilla did with this was one of the FLYEST things i've ever heard... for real.

[bigojay7]

its crazy how the samples dilla uses relates to the situation he was going through when he made donuts. For example this song and dont cry

[pursueyadreams]

flashing lights one of kanye's best beats hands down

[bobbygnosis]

It's funny that I have discovered such cool music because of hiphop. People down sampling, but fuck that, son. I get a lot out of hiphop BECAUSE the sampling exposes me to other really cool music that I would never know about.

MUZIQUE!

[c0al]

and that's just ONE reason that sampling is great

[21pcs21]

I agree...its so much fun rediscovering music that I otherwise would have never thought to look for, and most of the times I end up loving the originals

[numb3r2wo]

i figure, if it sounds good, it's cool...

People always frown on sampling nowadays...

When honestly, that' been a major thing in hip-hop since the very first rap song...

Which was included a sample i believe...

Sampling is wonderful...

There's nothing wrong with fusing genres togetther and incorporating other styles to make your own unique thing that sounds nice...

I LOVE when people sample classical/ orchestra/ opera music... it's great :)

[THOMASkaaz]

That's what hip hop is all about, flipping something over or reconstructing it to make something great

[HuggumsMcgehee]

I know. Then, you go looking for the original and find even more great stuff, but I guess some people would rather have this stuff forgotten. If it wasn't for Adult Swim, I'd never have heard this song. It's got such a unique form. I love it.

[handinside]

A great song 1970. Buddah Records. Probably can de obtained from an record store.

[DRVOLCOMM]

THATS DEEP!!! AND VERY TRUE!!!!

[8opaliot8]

dilla send you to hear this original to "let you now what it means to him "

its not about beating originals its about homaging them...

so sad

rip j dilla.

[vinestreet1]

This great classic bass line is played by Carol Kaye.

[UrbanGraffWriter]

I like j dillas version but I like this one better cant beat the original,lol

[craighead0731]

DAMN DILLA'S SO AMAZING! MAD LOVE AND RESPECT! I WISH HE WAS STILL HERE...UGH! :'( R.I.P.

p.s. Motherlode ain't that bad. :)

[Ahdree23]

Wow. Dilla was better than Kanye im sorry i have to say.

[GrumpyPancake]

Kanye was just a J Dilla copy cat and never produced any music near as good as J Dilla.

[concept8407]

quit hating...kanye is good..his chops are nasty too.."spaceship" is a true testament to that (3/3 measure for all my beatmakers)...

but even kanye will tell you that J.Dilla is the Drum and Chop GOD!!!!

Dilla 4ever and ever..

[GrumpyPancake]

I like most of Kanye's work.

My opinion about Kanye changed once I heard Finding Forever. He was trying to fill in Dilla's shoes. He was trying to sound like Dilla and his beats didn't turn out as nice. (Then again, how could they?)

Now that he's discovered the auto-tune, he's ruined his career.

I doubt he'll turn back around now that he's found a quicker and

easier way in getting a number one hit.

I do own Kanye's first 3 albums, and I got to admit "Spaceship" is one of his best beats.

[w0rdupy0]

wow.

i TOTALLY agree with you.

im so sick of this auto-tune craze.

[PistonsNr1]

@GrumpyPancake

Cmon dont bring down Kanye that much.

Why a copy ?

Everything has been done before and I think Kanye is doing great.

[bldubl]

@GrumpyPancake yeah man, kanye is great and in my opinion doesnt sound like dilla at all. cant compare every sampler to dilla its not fair lol

[TheFreshPeddler]

@GrumpyPancake - dilla of course was better but i dont see how anyone could think kanye was ever a dilla copycat. their beats are very different. i dont care for him but kanye used to make some ill beats before he starting doing the garbage of today. now that dude illmind jacks dillas style at times but he has many sounds and is ill as fuck. tbh i think now that dilla is gone, its not a bad thing if one can capture a bit of that magic on occasion if they dont bite him on every track, like illm

[alexzhuravlov]

@GrumpyPancake Common - They Say great Kanye West production ;)

[MadLogistix]

Ever since i seen them videos about Kanye West being a bad loser and whatnot, his voice has been annoying man...ruined "spaceship" for me...well alot of his tracks...

[RVCA91]

@Ahdree23 was and always will be

[diddygt]

@Ahdree23

you shouldn't be sorry...although i must admit kanye is a very good producer, i think even he knows that dilla was the truth. im sure kanye will gladly admit that dilla was an inspiration to him. if only dilla was still here...maybe hip hop wouldn't suck so much now...:(

[stlrider2005]

man....long live Dilla, period.

p.s.: I gotta use this as a tribute to dilla and put my own flair to it. be on the lookout for it

[kirbster327]

there is so much great music out there. i never would have heard of this song if it was for dilla. which is a good thing and kinda a bad thing at the same time

[bobmarleydonut]

RIP Dilla The LifeSaver

[Four4Words]

God, it almost brings me to tears knowing that Dilla knew he would be dying soon while making Donuts. The more I find out about that CD, the more I respect and love Dilla's remaining music. I can only imagine what he would be flipping if we were blessed enough for him to still be alive.

[bobmarleydonut]

Amen

[joey2tones]

yeah and whats also cool about Donuts is that instead of the album sounding dark and gloomy it comes out as a str8 heat maker nothing but feel good music! R.I.P. Dilla

[jaxbull234]

DILLA flipped this like wild. great track and great work j dilla did with it too

[Ceebear2001]

Damn. The original is the shyt. *5 Stars*

*Cee-Bear 2008*

[miraclebeatz]

this song is soo ill. that loops is just too ill. dilla is the greatest.

[BragiCAM]

thank you so much, hearing this song gives so much additional meaning to the dilla track

[gin981]

me and so much more R.I.P J dilla

[ElBoogieAmworld]

talk about soul music it goes right in there, RIP forever DILLA hope to see u one day

[htownlean]

J dilla! BEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee EEEEEhhhhhhh! I just loved the way dilla flipped this for his Intro.

Rest in beats

[soln4suh]

sound like dilla programmed another drum track under this 'cuz on donuts,the drums sound fatter than the one's on motherlode's original! another gem in my crates that dilla beat me to!!! lol!

[liquidswords1988]

yeah he did that for all of them...donuts sounds amazing w/subwoofers