Video Exclusive: Dilla's "We Must Be In Love" Breakdown By DJ Amir
February 27, 2012
Okayplayer is proud to team up with the Detroit players at Bling47 to bring you this exclusive Dilla month video of master-of-records DJ Amir (of Kon & Amir) pulling sleeves and breaking down the sample of the late-Dilla classic "We Must Be in Love." This final episode of Bling47 Breaks closes out their Dilla month series of exclusives, and it's definitely a special one for everybody involved (not to mention all diehard Jay Dee fans). As Waajeed eloquently puts it:
One winter morning in 2009, I packed up my lights and camera, leaving my beloved Brooklyn to go to Harlem. Not just Harlem, but Spanish Harlem -- El Barrio. When I got off the train at 110th Street, I could feel the history. It made sense that a record historian like Amir would live there.We filmed for a couple hours and this was one of the last records he discussed. I don’t know about you but this was definitely a jewel off, The Shining. I would’ve never imagined Dilla to chop this the way he did. SALUTE!! --Jeedo