Two blocks away from his Harlem home,

88-Keys sits back and recalls the day Q-Tip introduced him to a little detroiter named Jay-Dee
during a Beats, Rhymes and Life recording session.

Back in 1994, Dilla hadn't accomplished much yet,
but somehow skillz recognized skillz, and 88 gave him a beat-tape with his beeper number on it...

NB : if you're from Newark and remember jacking this guy's backpack in the mid-90's,
you might be the owner of the greatest Dilla beat-tapes collection ever.

Unless you recorded some bad boy shit on them
or just threw these no-rap tapes away.

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