That really, you know, that struck a chord with me. I just felt, you know, there's just such an injustice. I'll be damned if I'm giving it to any record company. In the moment, I just was trying to do the right thing, you know what I mean?

Jeff Bubeck as transcribed by Glynn Washington, J. Dilla's Lost Scrolls

About This Quote

Pretty beautiful story about the record store owner Jeff Bubeck buying a record collection that unknowingly was J Dilla's. Rather than cashing in he gave it all away to J Dilla's mother, who was struggling with debt due to her late son's illness.