Dilla Confession #2


If I remember correctly, Dilla's "Welcome to Detroit" was the first producer-based BBE album that was released.  I bought the album right when it came out and initially didn't give it more than one listen (though I burned the 'Pause' 12" like nobody's business).  A few weeks later, I was hanging out with my man Omega:NYC and I remember him raving about the production on "Welcome to Detroit."  As he continued to rave about the album I started to think to myself that maybe I missed something.  As we were driving around L.A. together going to local record shops diggin' for records I finally broke down and asked him to put the "Welcome to Detroit" cd in the stereo deck so I could give it another listen...
In typical Omega fashion, he replied: "Nah man, I only copped it on vinyl."  "Oh well," I thought.  It wasn't the first nor last time we musically disagreed.  After an evening of diggin', Omega drove me back to my car so that could head home.  Before starting my engine, I reached into my backseat to grab my still virgin copy of "Welcome to Detroit" and tossed the cd into Omega's car.  "Here, you can have the cd.  You'll clearly use it more than I will."  Obviously, I just "didn't know."  Last year, I bought "Welcome to Detroit" for the second time. True story.

1 comment:

druff said...

I know this is late but just wanted to say I had the exact same experience with that album. You are not alone, brother.