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And that's it! 🙏

Not long ago, I created a playlist featuring recordings (both amateur and professional) of J Dilla’s final live performances before he passed away in 2006...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGgZpeNaeIKpcz61f2E04E2WzlNsos7bL

It includes excerpts from his shows during his last European tour:

- the live performance on November 24, 2005, at the Nouveau Casino in Paris (at the “Hip-Hop Resistance” festival);

- the live performance on December 3, 2005, at the “AppelSap” festival at the Sugar Factory in Amsterdam;

- the live performance on December 8, 2005, at the Thelka Theater in Bristol

Dilla was often accompanied by Frank-n-Dank and DJ Rhettmatic during that time

It runs for about an hour in total, and I thought it would be interesting and important to compile these beautiful (and also sad) archives... with a vibe that’s positive yet deeply moving (at least for me), especially when we consider what J Dilla was going through at that time

That’s it, peace! :pray:

I think it must be a typo from some editing or word processing software... The vinyl it came from dates back to around 2000, if that helps

Thank you so much!!

Hey there! 😄

If you browse Slum Village’s discography on Discogs.com and check out the page listing the different versions of “Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1,” you’ll come across a page listing a CD with the note “OkayPlayer Tour Edition 25” at the bottom.

https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/3714297-Slum-Village-Fan-Tas-Tic-Vol-1-OkayPlayer-Tour-Edition-25

So far, nothing out of the ordinary—until you get to the CD notes section, which reads:

"Unmastered OG version sold exclusively on the OkayPlayer Tour. Contains rough mixes of the album before it was officially released in stores years later."

So that would mean that an unmastered, different, previously unreleased version of one of Dilla’s major works—featuring demo mixes—would have been released and sold legally by a major label (whereas normally, Dilla’s unreleased tracks are shared as bootlegs in digital format without any official release).

But here's the thing: I can't find a single thing online about this CD besides this Discogs page!

No mentions on other sites, no rips (obviously), and not even any signs of this CD being sold on online shopping platforms (not even on sites like Value Your Music)!

However, Discogs notes that the CD was sold during the (excellent) OkayPlayer Tour (which took place in 2000)... So, even though the circumstances surrounding the sale of this CD are rather unusual and limited, I think the fact that it appears to have been sold at all should normally leave some traces of it on the web (at least in the form of images or other content)...

Another oddity is that the Discogs page mentions this CD is an “Unreleased Longplayer CD.” So, OkayPlayer would have sold a product considered “unreleased” (a prototype for a product that might have been sold later??)

In addition, since the OkayPlayer Tour took place in 2000, that would mean this CD is the first official reissue of “Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1” following the album's release on cassette in 1997.

But since this CD is presented as the unreleased Unmastered album, that would imply that the 1997 cassette version is actually a mastered version like the 2006 reissue, and not the “raw” version (which was only released on the OkayPlayer Tour CD).

Anyway, this whole thing leaves me really puzzled: an unreleased CD sold alongside an unmastered demo version of “Fan-Tas-Tic” by one of Detroit’s great bands, featuring beats by Dilla that are perhaps the polar opposite of what we’re used to hearing on that album—and yet there’s no trace of it anywhere except for a single Discogs page with very little information!

[There’s also no clarification on how different the mixes on this CD are from what we hear on the 2006 release and the other reissues]

So, what do you think? Is it a joke, an almost inaccessible treasure that only a lucky few own (the CD is listed in the collections of three Discogs users, but I suppose people like ?uestLove or HouseShoes—or those close to Dilla’s circle—might have it), or is it actually accessible but just very, very well hidden?

Even Dilla’s beat tapes, which were only passed from hand to hand without any official sales channel, have managed to find their way onto the internet (yes, even short clips from the New Incense Tape have been shared on YouTube).

Finally, I wanted to share this very strange story, which doesn’t seem to have gotten much attention despite being quite interesting (to me, at least) and the questions it raises for me.

If anyone has additional information about this CD (photos, the contents) or just wants to share their perspective and thoughts on this story, please don’t hesitate! It’s always nice to discuss topics like this!

That’s all! Peace 😄

Nothing more to say

It's a very, very simple and basic beat, but I'm so happy with how it turned out that I just had to share it... The sound quality and clarity of the beat might be lower than the original due to compression, etc., but that's okay

I used a lot of samples and put it all together in Audacity

That's it! :)

"The Art of Moving Butts in Europe" (Laserdisc Rip) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAM8RUspY_k&t=1037s

Filmed mostly at L'Elysée Montmartre in Paris as the opening act for the Jungle Brothers

 

The Palace @ Hollywood, Apr. 1990 : https://archive.org/details/a-tribe-called-quest-1990-04-20-the-palace-hollywood-ca

originally comes from IJWTHSTD's blog

 

Rockfeller @ Oslo, Dec. 1990 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m3hto6spUs

 

Zulu Nation 20th Anniversary :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwExBHxm5UM&t=1990s

starts at 10:28

A great concert at the Zulu Nation anniversary celebration, featuring excellent breakdancing performances that were a real treat for the eyes!

The video quality isn't great, but you can still easily follow along with the concert 😄

 

Clip from Lollapalooza 1994 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVYsEUqiagg

 

Lollapalooza @ CSUDH / Carson, California - 04/09/1994 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuqgEM83p7A&t=899s

This originally comes from IJWTHSTD's blog... a really great set, with pretty good quality! Wow!!

 

London, Dec. 1994 : https://soundcloud.com/flip-the-script/a-tribe-called-quest-midnight

and there's an incredible set there too

 

Tibetan Freedom Concert 1996 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm1-8dRa-8Y&t=716s

A video that I think comes from MTV's satellite feeds, which were covering the event

 

Shoreline, 08/1996 : https://archive.org/details/tribe-called-quest-shoreline-83196

with the Smokin'Grooves Tour

 

“Check the Rhime” at Emory, 1996 : https://www.facebook.com/brad.pettingell.5/videos/360129394971/

Philadelphia, Apr. 1997 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hciuSmmjCH8&t=2814s

the only concert where you can hear “Get a Hold,” “The Hop,” and “Jam,” among others, performed live

 

"The Final Show" in NY (HQ Soundboard Rip) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Yg-qRPzzk&t=8s

 

Madison Square Garden, 08/21/1998 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMgzXXxAVBg&t=16s

opening act for the Beastie Boys

concert traded within the live music trading community

 

 

If anyone knows where to find other rare ATCQ concerts, I'd love to hear about them...

 

I think their performance at the Tibetan Freedom Concert on June 7, 1997, at Randall’s Island, NY, was once shared in the live music trading community (along with a 1993 concert, according to the site: https://prince4649.dayuh.net/index.htm)

Just a little edit I put together for fun, since the a cappella track for the “Oh My God” remix isn't the same as the one on the LP.

It's a bit disorienting the first time you hear it—it sounds different, but not out of place...

That's it, peace :)

edit : Reddit compressed the audio, so it doesn't sound as clear as it did originally. Too bad... but oh well

The divine Anthology by A Tribe Called Quest !!

I found the 3-LPs UK version from 1999—which is pretty hard to come by—for just 10 euros while rummaging through the obscure bins in the back of my local record store !

The discs and sleeves are worn, but that doesn’t take away from the clear, powerful sound of these incredible anthology tracks !

That’s the story ! Peace !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyw2BuNIYuQ

This is taken from the “Capital Rap Show” on August 10, 1991 (one month before the official release of *The Low*...), so I guess this was the track's premiere on the Westwood show

This version doesn't censor Q-Tip's profanity, and is probably taken from a promo or demo tape of ATCQ's second album

I tried to improve the audio, but unfortunately the original quality wasn't up to par

It's not much, but it's always cool to hear unreleased versions of songs like this

full Capital Rap Show :

https://archive.org/details/CapitalRapShow-19910810