<p><strong>''This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius'' - QUESTLOVE</strong></p><p><strong>Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, <em>Dilla Time</em> chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed the sound of popular music for the twenty-first century.</strong></p><p>He wasn¿t known to mainstream audiences, and when he died at age thirty-two, he had never had a pop hit. Yet since his death, J Dilla has become a demigod, revered as one of the most important musical figures of the past hundred years. At the core of this adulation is innovation: as the producer behind some of the most influential rap and R&B acts of his day, Dilla created a new kind of musical time-feel, an accomplishment on a par with the revolutions wrought by Louis Armstrong and James Brown. Dilla and his drum machine reinvented the way musicians play.</p><p>In <em>Dilla Time</em>, Dan Charnas chronicles the life of Jame