Dilla Time by Dan Charnas

Dilla Time by Dan Charnas

It's Dilla Time. Finally. Dilla Time is the story of the invention of a new kind of time, a new kind of sound by the most influential music producer of the last 25 years, someone you may never heard of: J. Dilla. He's revered by rappers, producers, and living legends of music-but Dilla himself never rose to mainstream fame, despite revolutionizing the way music sounds before his untimely death at the age of 32.

Dan Charnas, a hip-hop industry veteran, started his career evaluating talent and promoting recordings for legendary rap label Profile Records and Rick Rubin's Def American Recordings. He was one of a generation of young writers that helped to create hip-hop journalism, and he wrote some of the first cover articles for The Source magazine. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Village Voice, among other publications. He also worked for MTV's The Lyricist Lounge Show as a segment producer. Charnas received a Pulitzer Fellowship and a master's degree from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. He was born in New York City and currently resides there.