J Dilla Foundation x Joey Bada$$ x Akomplice

Akomplice, the J Dilla Foundation, and Joey Bada$$ have joined forces for the love of music. Their upcoming collection unearths previously unreleased music, serves up fresh goods and gives back to the community through the donation of 100% of the collection profits to youth music.

Akomplice has melded the posthumous talents of J Dilla (partnering with the J Dilla Foundation) with those of the burgeoning Brooklyn emcee, Joey Bada$$ in a collaborative capsule that will enable youth access to music. Included within the collection is a t-shirt and crew neck that pay homage to the hallowed producer through an angelic cloud-graphic of J Dilla "s face cleanly printed across both. But a collaboration of this magnitude wouldn "t be complete without original music. Also included is a 45 record exclusive to the capsule which contains an unreleased Dilla beat dubbed "Two Lips" on Side A and an unreleased Joey Bada$$ track over the aforementioned beat on Side B.

This collaboration began at Dilla Day Detroit 2013 when Akomplice joined the promotion of the concert with the Yancey Media Group. Since this past February, Jonathon Taylor, Chief Executive of the Yancey Media Group, has worked directly with Akomplice to foster the concept from start to finish. The unreleased J Dilla track comes directly from the #LostScrolls, the cache of unreleased Dilla masters that were unearthed in 2012.

"I want to thank Akomplice, as the creative architects of this collaboration. As chief executive of Yancey Media Group I believe Joey Bada$$ was an excellent choice to serve as a bridge for J Dilla "s music to the younger generations. It "s been a long road to get to this point but we are proud to have the J Dilla Foundation team with Joey Bada$$ and Akomplice to support music programs for our youth." -Jonathon Taylor / Yancey Media Group

Along with this collaboration and many more in the works, the Yancey Media Group remains firmly committed to gatekeeping the legacy of J Dilla "s genius and music. With the vast cache of unreleased music and intellectual properties that J Dilla left behind, the work continues in securing the proper place in history for the greatest hip hop producer of all time. The performer lineup for Dilla Day Detroit, February 7th, 2014 (J Dilla "s 40th Birthday) will be announced soon.

The limited capsule collection will be available in 29 countries at select Akomplice retailers starting November 29th. The complete collection will also be available online in the Akomplice webstore.