“No rapper can rap quite like I can, I'll take a musclebound man and put his face in the sand… Not the last Mafioso, I'm a MC cop, make you say, "Go LL" and do the Wop.” - LL Cool J, I’m Bad, Bigger and Deffer
WARLORD OF MARS no.1 • cover art • J. Scott Campbell [Oct 2010]
The original warrior of Mars returns from Dynamite! Warlord of Mars is an enhancement of the classic Edgar Rice Burroughs story, Princess of Mars! If you thought you knew the story, think again! This series will capture the ?grit and action of the original while expanding on it with new elements. The story is about John Carter, an ex-cavalry officer in the Confederate Army who finds himself mysteriously transported to Mars! Joining him in his adventures there are Tars Tarkas, his Martian comrade, and Dejah Thoris, a Martian Princess.
James DeWitt Yancey aka J Dilla, was born on this date February 7, 1974, in Detroit, Michigan.
“He came across like an angel on earth,” singer and songwriter Steve “Spacek” White told Fader magazine in 2006.
Most people tend to speak of him this way. His contributions to music were indeed felt as angelic, no matter the alias John Doe, MC Silk, Jay Dee, or J Dilla. But the James Yancey legacy is wide-ranging. What he contributed to the culture and lives of others was duly as significant.
Today you can visit the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. and see on display the MIDI Production Center 3000 Limited Edition used by J Dilla