![]() ![]() Taken from a song by funk legends Tower of Power, it’s light and laid back, but complex and interesting.ģ. Taken from the “Eternal Sunshine” soundtrack, it’s reminiscent of the piano samples that Nujabes often used in his own music.Ģ. The resulting compilations, “50 Days for Dilla” and “25 Nights for Nujabes,” are both worth a listen, but for some reason, this particular track just won’t stop playing in my head.ġ. (J Dilla at age 32 of a rare blood disorder, Nujabes at 36 in a car accident.)įinally, they were both memorialized by Australia’s Ta-ku, who paid tribute to his two main influences by creating a track per day in their honour. (Yancey under the name J Dilla, Seba under the name Nujabes, an anagram of Jun Seba.) Second, they both became highly influential hip-hop producers. Despite being born on opposite sides of the world, James Yancey and Jun Seba have several important things in common.įirst, they were born on the exact same day February 7, 1974.
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