The first in a long line of posthumous release by the man known to his mum as James Yancey, aka Jay Dee, who, in his tragically curtailed lifetime, was responsible for killer remixes of Tribe Called Quest, Angie Stone, Janet Jackson and, not least, his own Slum Village outfit.  This is stunning and, listening to these irresistibly head-nodding grooves, you appreciate just how great a loss to contemporary music Dilla’s death is.  His uncanny ability to build the perfect beat, add some lush samples and then so intricately weave the sum with on-point delivery from his MCs has few rivals, if any.  Often, just when you think he’s given a track everything it’s got, he unveils a completely new hook, sucking you right back in all over again.  The list of guest acts on this LP is probably sufficient alone to ensure its place in hip hop history: Busta Rhymes, Common, Dwele and Pharoah Monch among some less well-known, but by no means lesser, talents.  With samples from Stanley Kubrick’s eponymous film classic also a motif throughout, The Shining screams genius from start to finish.