Collin Venuto uses crisp graphics and monochrome photography to represent the memory of Jay Dee in Akai drum machine-inspired visual style for KicDrum Clothing. With the combination of MPC3000 imagery and logo style merged with Dilla's portrait, this shirt design is for fans to wear proudly as a symbol of a producer who innovated a new direction of sample-based music.


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This is a lovingly and expertly constructed journey through the building blocks of Dilla’s beats – the dusty OG vinyl grooves that he sampled. From the basis of a Frank-N-Dank cult favorite, through that of a Fantastic SV moment, to Donuts’ irresistible ingredients, Shoes’ thorough work shines the light on his friend’s ear for a sneaky loop, his affection for perfectly imperfect chops and his knack for extracting the soul from a forgotten musical fragment and making it something altogether new, something his own. Long Live King James" -Chairman Mao XXLMag

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