Tidigare i vår lät Nas och Mass Appeal Records meddela att demonproducenten J Dilla’s postuma albumprojekt “The Diary” skulle släppas den 15:e april. Albumet i fråga var tänkt att droppa redan 2002 som Dillas rap-solodebut men gavs aldrig ut efter skivbolagstrubbel. På albumet hör vi fler gäster såsom Snoop Dogg, Bilal, Frank and Dank, Nottz samt med produktioner av Dilla, Madlib, Pete Rock, Hi-tek, Nottz, House Shoes, Supa Dave West, Bink! och Karriem Riggins.

“The Estate of James Yancey has revived J Dilla’s longstanding company PayJay as a functioning imprint to release Dilla’s long lost vocal album, The Diary on April 15th, in conjunction with Mass Appeal Records. Initially intended for release in 2002, The Diary is the final batch of unissued material that Dilla had assembled for release during his lifetime, lending crucial insight into the producer’s prowess and thought process in the period leading up to his break with the major label system and the extremely fertile period that followed (which encompassed the making of the canonical classics Ruff Draft, Jaylib, and Donuts).”

Nu släpps den animerade musikvideon till det iTunes-exklusiva albumspåret “The Sickness” med Nas och produktion av Madlib: