You Ain't Know?: Jay Stay Paid

On June 2nd of last year Nature Sounds released the album Jay Stay Paid, a collection of unreleased beats by Mr. Yancey himself, it was EP'd by Ma Dukes and mixed by one of Dilla's favorite producer's Pete Rock. The album is based on a fictitious radio show KJay FM it features guest appearances by Blu, Phat Kat, Black Thought, MF DOOM, Dilla's first cousin Cue D. and more.

Though the album in my opinion was dope and well put together there's some things over the past year that i've discovered and feel I should share with my Dilla heads. The first thing is although the album is under Dilla's name it's not acknowledged in Dilla's "official" discography on the Stones Throw website or Dilla's official site J-Dilla.com. Why??? You tell me, but what I believe is that the album isn't approved by his estate because the majority of the album is compiled from beat tapes and material that's "floating around" the web. Those who know Dilla know that all this floating material has hurt his estate in the recent years and is hard to control. In my EXTENSIVE research and digging for Dilla's disscog, samples, influences I came to discover how and where the material from Jay Stay Paid was pulled from as well as many other posthumous production of the late great used (and jacked) by other artists.

My true Dilla fans know where i'm coming from with this; in '05 4 beat tapes surfaced simply called "Beat CD '05" there was "Beat CD '05 #01", 2, 3 and 4. It's not known who and how these tapes we're leaked but it's obvious that a great deal of the material from these 4 beat tapes have been used in Dilla's production and posthumous work over the last couple years. I won't sit here and list all of them because I find that unecessary but I will list the beats used for Jay Stay Paid as to remain relevant to this blog story. So...here it is!

Jay Stay Paid tracklist:

1. "KJay FM Dedication" - 0:56
2. "King" - 1:28
3. "I Told Yall" - 2:49
4. "Lazer Gunne Funke" - 1:21
5. "In The Night (Owl N Out)/While You Slept (I Crept)" - 2:00
6. "Smoke" (feat. Blu) - 2:09
7. "Blood Sport" (feat. Lil' Fame) - 2:58
8. "CaDILLAc" - 2:01
9. "Expensive Whip" - 1:25
10. "Kaklow (Jump On It)" - 0:56
11. "Digi Dirt" (feat. Phat Kat) - 0:54
12. "Dilla Bot Vs. The Hybrid" (feat. Danny Brown & Constantine) - 2:24
13. "Milk Money" - 1:27
14. "Spacecowboy Vs. Bobble Head" - 2:38
15. "Reality TV (feat. Black Thought) - 2:40
16. "On Stilts" - 1:26
17. "Fire Wood Drumstix" (feat. DOOM) - 1:31
18. "Glamour Sho75 (09)" - 3:02
19. "10,000 Watts" - 1:42
20. "9th Caller" - 1:53
21. "Make It Fast (Unadulterated Mix)" [feat. Diz Gibran] - 5:01
22. "24K Rap" (feat. Havoc & Raekwon) - 4:22
23. "Big City" - 1:02
24. "Pay Day" (feat. Frank Nitty of Frank n Dank) - 1:25
25. "See That Boy Fly" (feat. Illa J & Cue D) - 3:44
26. "Coming Back" - 1:13
27. "Mythsysizer" - 1:44
28. "KJay & We Out" - 1:58
29. Make It Fast (feat. Bun B & Termanology) (Vinyl Bonus Track) - 2:48

Beat CD '05 #1, 2, 3 and 4's tracklistings: (don't bother with the links)

http://rappamelo.com/2010/02/j-dilla-beat-cd1-2-3-4/

The blueprints:

1. "KJay FM Dedication" > "Dedication" from Beat CD '05 #1

2. "King" this track was actually one of the few beats i've never heard before.

3. "I Told Y'all" > "Y'all Ready For It?" off Beat CD '05 #1

4. "Lazer Gunne Funk" > "Back With The Claps" off Beat CD '05 #1

5. "In The Night/While You Crept (I Slept)" > "Smokey In The Pidegeon Coop" off beat CD '05 #1

6. "Smoke" (Feat. Blu) > "Track 26" off Beat CD '05 #1, was also used on the "JLJ Intro on Jay Love Japan

7. "Blood Sport" (Feat. Lil Fame) > "Zelda" off Beat CD '05 #1 and a previously unheard beat.



8. "CaDILLAc" > "Electronic Hum" off Beat CD '05 #1

9. "Expensive Whip" previoulsly unheard

10. "Kaklow (Jump On It)" previously unheard

11. "Digi Dirt" (Feat. Phat Kat) > "Put A Stamp On It" Akrobatik Feat. Talib Kweli off Akrobatik's Absolute value album relased in February 2008.



12. "Dilla Bot Vs. The Hybrid" previously unheard

13. "Milk Money" One of my favorite tracks On Jay Stay Paid. I'ver never heard this anywhere so to my knowledge it's unheard.

14. "Spacecowboy Vs. Bobble Head previously unheard, > "Humbum" first track of Beat CD '05 #1, previously unheard

15. "Reality TV" (Feat. Black Thought) > "Bup Ba Bup Bup Ba Ba Ba" off Beat CD '05 #1

16. "On Stilts" > "Watchin Smurfs On Shrooms" off Beat CD '05 #1

17. "Fire Wood Drumstix" (Feat. DOOM) > "Hey Hey Hey Heyyyy" off Beat CD '05 #1

18. "Glamour Sho 75 (09)" > (Untitled track) Track 17 off Beat CD '05 #2

19. "10,000 Watts" previously unheard

20. "9th Caller" > "The King Swirling" off Beat CD '05 #1

21. "Make It Fast (Unadultarated Mix)"/hidden track (Feat. Diz Digran) > (untitled) Track 17 off Beat CD '05 #2, "Rock N Roll" off Beat CD '05 #1. "Make It Fast" was also used by Guilty Simpson on B-Ball Zombie War in '07.



22. "24K Rap" (Feat. Havoc & Raekwon) > (Untitled track) Track 15 off Beat CD' 05 #3, (Untitled track) Track 23 off Beat CD '05 #2

23. "Big City" I swear i've heard this beat before '09 but i'ma have to call this one previously unheard.

24. "Pay Day" (Feat. Frank Nitty) previously unheard

25. "See That Boy Fly" (Feat. Illa J & Cue D) > "Flyyyyyy" off Instrumental Series Vol 1.: Unreleased



26. "Coming Back" I wish I knew where this came from or what Dilla sampled but to my knowledege this track is previousy unheard

27. "Mythsizer" > (untitled track) Track 5 off Beat CD '05 #2

28. "KJAY & We Out" > "Ma Dukes (Instrumental) off the Ma Duke's 12'' Single by Frank-N-Dank



29. "Make It Fast" (Feat. Termanology & Bun B) > Track 17 off Beat CD '05 #2

Soooo...that's 21 out of 31 tracks (2 hidden tracks). We runnin' out a Dilla material??? I hope not but the way Jay Stay Paid was put together makes me question the ammount of unreleased Dilla beats Ma Dukes and others are really sitting on. Perhaps when his estate is in better shape we'll be blessed with alot more material-I pray that number is in the thousand's. But regardless of the exact figure any "new" Dilla will always and forever be a pleasure to listen to.

Peace.

B.