Jay Deelicious: The Delicious Vinyl Years is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 that catalogues hip hop

Hip hop

Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 producer J Dilla

J Dilla

James Dewitt Yancey , better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan...

's early production career. The album showcases Dilla's first work with Pharcyde, and consequently, his rise to fame with other artists. As well all proceeds from the sale of this album will be given to his mother, Maureen (Ma Dukes) Yancey.

All tracks are produced by J Dilla.

Disc one

1. "Runnin'" (5:05)
   • Performed by Pharcyde
2. "Sometimes [Remix]" (4:12)
   • Performed by Brand New Heavies
     Brand New Heavies
     The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and funk group formed in 1985 in Ealing, a suburb of London, England.-Biography:The Brand New Heavies began in the 1980s as an instrumental acid jazz group called Brother International....
     
     
   • Featuring Q-Tip
     Q-Tip (rapper)
     Kamaal Ibn John Fareed , better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American hip hop artist, producer, singer, and actor from St. Albans, Queens, New York, part of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest...
     
     
3. "Somethin' That Means Somethin'" (3:33)
   • Performed by Pharcyde
4. "She Said [Remix]" (4:25)
   • Performed by Pharcyde
5. "Whatever You Want" (4:48)
   • Performed by N'Dea Davenport
6. "Drop" (5:45)
   • Performed by Pharcyde
7. "Saturday Night [Remix]" (4:58)
   • Performed by Brand New Heavies
   • Featuring Mos Def
     Mos Def
     Dante Terrell Smith is an American actor and Emcee known by the stage names Mos Def and Yasiin Bey. He started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, which...
     
     
8. "Bullshit" (4:14)
   • Performed by Pharcyde
9. "Y? [Remix]" (4:55)
   • Performed by Pharcyde
10. "Bullshittin'" (3:38)
    • Performed by N'Dea Davenport
      N'Dea Davenport
      N'Dea Davenport is an American recording artist, dancer, performer and producer, best known for her work as a vocalist in the UK funk band, The Brand New Heavies, and her pioneering contributions to the genre of acid jazz.-Biography:...
      
      
11. "Splattitorium" (2:59)
    • Performed by Pharcyde

Disc two

1. "Runnin' [Instrumental]" (5:03)
2. "Sometimes [Remix][Instrumental]" (4:04)
3. "Somethin' That Means Somethin' [Instrumental]" (3:33)
4. "She Said [Remix][Instrumental]" (4:31)
5. "Drop [Instrumental]" (3:50)
6. "Saturday Night [Remix][Instrumental]" (5:00)
7. "Bullshit [Instrumental]" (4:27)
8. "Y? [Remix][Instrumental]" (4:56)
9. "Bullshittin' [Remix][Instrumental]" (3:19)

Samples Used

• "Runnin'" contains samples of "Saudade Vem Correndo" by Stan Getz
  Stan Getz
  Stanley Getz was an American jazz saxophone player. Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott...
  
   and "Rock Box" by Run-D.M.C.
  Run-D.M.C.
  Run–D.M.C. was an American hip hop group from Hollis, in the Queens borough of New York City. Founded by Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell, the group is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture.Run–D.M.C...
  
  
• "She Said (Remix)" contains a sample of "Central Heating" by Heatwave
  Heatwave (band)
  Heatwave was an international funk/disco musical band featuring Americans Johnnie Wilder, Jr. and Keith Wilder of Dayton, Ohio, Englishman Rod Temperton , Swiss Mario Mantese , Czechoslovak Ernest "Bilbo" Berger , Jamaican Eric Johns and Briton Roy Carter .They were known for their successful...
  
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• "Drop" contains a sample of "The New Style" by Beastie Boys
  Beastie Boys
  Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
  
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• "Bullshit" contains samples of "Sing Me Softly of the Blues" by Gary Burton, "What's Going On
  What's Going On (song)
  "What's Going On" is a song written by Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Al Cleveland, and Marvin Gaye. It was the title track of Gaye's groundbreaking 1971 Motown album What's Going On, and it became a crossover hit single that reached #2 on the pop charts and #1 on the R&B charts...
  
   (Live)" by Les McCann
  Les McCann
  Les McCann is an American soul jazz piano player and vocalist whose biggest successes came as a crossover artist into R&B and soul.-Biography:...
  
   and "Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley & the Wailers
  Bob Marley & The Wailers
  Bob Marley & The Wailers were a Jamaican reggae, ska and rocksteady band formed by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in 1963. Additional members were Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Cherry Smith and Aston and Carlton Barrett...
  
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• "Splattitorium" contains a sample of "Fly Me to the Moon" by Vince Guaraldi
  Vince Guaraldi
  Vincent Anthony "Vince" Guaraldi was an Italian American jazz musician and pianist noted for his innovative compositions and arrangements and for composing music for animated adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip...
  
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