“Batches” were what Jay called his musical dispatches—the primary way he communicated musically from his Detroit basement to the outside world. Another Batch is the crucial turning point, not only in ...

In an exclusive interview, De La Soul discuss why J Dilla beat tapes were treated as the holy grail amongst his peers and contemporaries, how they pulled off a heist to secure the instrumental for ...

Last year, Fayetteville experienced the vision of LeJuane “El’Ja” Bowens come to life with the inaugural D’Jilla Weekend, an immersive artistic weekend full of spoken word, music, and the release of ...