Steve Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 A portion of J Dilla's record collection has been put up for sale on eBay.After his Detroit studio flooded, Dilla put his massive collection of "records, personal test presses and audio master tapes" into storage before moving to Los Angeles in 2004.The late hip hop producer – real name James Yancey – passed away in 2006 at the age of 32, dying from a cardiac arrest related to the rare blood disease he was suffering from.After his death, the storage unit was lost, but last spring was recovered by Dilla's mother, Maureen 'Ma Dukes' Yancey, reports J-Dilla.com.Maureen Yancey is now selling off a portion of the collection on eBay, at eBay.com/dillavinylcollection. Every purchase comes with a signed and numbered certificate from Maureen Yancey. An online registry of the J Dilla LPs is planned.The eBay listing reads: "All the J Dilla (Slum Village...etc.) test pressings, personal recordings, personal items, tapes, along with a large portion of the record collection are being held by Ma Dukes for inclusion in a possible future Hip Hop museum and upcoming record release projects."The records for sale are being chosen randomly by Maureen Yancey. Proceeds from their sale will go to the J Dilla Foundation. http://www.nme.com/news/j-dilla/68305 Here's the eBay account, but there's nothing for sale there yet: - http://myworld.ebay.com/dillavinylcollection/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squaddy Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Good find! Thanks for the heads up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest broke Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 A portion of J Dilla's record collection has been put up for sale on eBay. After his Detroit studio flooded, Dilla put his massive collection of "records, personal test presses and audio master tapes" into storage before moving to Los Angeles in 2004. The late hip hop producer – real name James Yancey – passed away in 2006 at the age of 32, dying from a cardiac arrest related to the rare blood disease he was suffering from. After his death, the storage unit was lost, but last spring was recovered by Dilla's mother, Maureen 'Ma Dukes' Yancey, reports J-Dilla.com. Maureen Yancey is now selling off a portion of the collection on eBay, at eBay.com/dillavinylcollection. Every purchase comes with a signed and numbered certificate from Maureen Yancey. An online registry of the J Dilla LPs is planned. The eBay listing reads: "All the J Dilla (Slum Village...etc.) test pressings, personal recordings, personal items, tapes, along with a large portion of the record collection are being held by Ma Dukes for inclusion in a possible future Hip Hop museum and upcoming record release projects." The records for sale are being chosen randomly by Maureen Yancey. Proceeds from their sale will go to the J Dilla Foundation. http://www.nme.com/news/j-dilla/68305 Here's the eBay account, but there's nothing for sale there yet: - http://myworld.ebay.com/dillavinylcollection/ There was when I had a look. As far as I could tell, nothing's getting listed individually. You buy each record for $29.99 without knowing what it will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00ban Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 i nearly bought one but then realised you'd just end up with a piece of shit record probably. I'm defo not that much of a fan boy, that's a lot for one record! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waxdestroyer Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Many producers buy/bought cheap 70s records just to sample from..most of them are not gonna buy some rare gem just to sample..so the average record in that collection must be worth a few dollars. idc if his mom signed them, the value of a record is about the song/label/rarity/quality i remember someone put the original pressing of Rammelzee vs K-Rob up for sale for $1000 on ebay..now thats a record that actually has some value Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Funksmith Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 you get a certificate signed by Ma Dukes too EDIT now I see you already knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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