The Doc will just say, sometimes it's the record used, and other
times, it's what Dilla does... but every time it's the finished
product.

Now for the tracks, outside of "contraband"...


Slum Village - "Players" - while others were speeding it up,
Dilla was slowin' it down. But taking an acapella song and layering
it, adding his own elements so it sounds like a real groove...
SICK. And you ain't even gotta like choppin' to grove with this.

Common - "Dooinit"

This is when The Doc really started to buy into the Dilla "hype".
The Doc thought this was a dope track alone, but that technique...
The Doc thought Dilla was putting a live bassline in this and
playing the keys until someone showed him the light...that man
had an incredible ear, ITDO. To make something so musical from
bits and pieces of something else...that's what rap music is all
about.

Slum Village - "Get Dis Money"

No brainer. Rhyming over a meticulously filtered loop of one of
the best Herbie Hancock songs ever recorded = automatic favorite
of Dr. Claw. But Dilla showed his more musical side, an ear for
good music, beyond just a loop and some drums here. There's
a demo version of this somewhere, without as much garnish...
trust, the version on Fantastic Vol. 2 beats it over and over
and over again.

Slum Village - "5 Ela (Remix)"

Dilla always had a flair for flipping the familar and putting
his own flavor on it. This was no different. Patrice Rushen's
"Remind Me" was given a signature Dilla clap-groove and a
little kick in the low-end just to make it funkier than originally
conceived. Dilla left no stone unturned here... and gave
truth to the adage, "Rap is an art, you don't own no loops --
it's how you hook 'em up..." (© Guru).