J Dilla
Producer — historical
, United StatesThe story
He switched off the drum machine's grid and let the beat stumble on purpose — a rhythmic dialect so influential that producers now teach 'Dilla time' as theory. Reprogrammed hip-hop's rhythmic feel by deliberately un-quantizing the MPC, creating a loose, human 'drunk' swing.
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