Ruff Draft [Reissue] - J Dilla aka Jay Dee
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  • Summary: The second posthumous release from the acclaimed hip-hop producer, this double-disc set is actually a greatly-expanded resissue of his hard-to-find 2003 EP of the same name.

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    One of hip-hop's few essential EPs.
  2. Dusted Magazine
    80
    Situated between his production for Common’s Electric Circus and Champion Sound with Madlib, the record scripts Dilla’s now triumphant escape from the majors and represents the more mercurial facet of his vision.
  3. Uncut
    80
    This is raw, inventive stuff. [May 2007, p.88]
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  4. Spin
    60
    Though Dilla's rapping is never more than competent, Ruff Draft is still a platform for the versatility of his eccentric genius. [Apr 2007, p.88]
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. nazat
    10
    its too sick. plain and simple
  2. RuffB
    9
    This album is a hit.

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