Pet Sounds in the Key of Dee
An edited version of The Beach Boys's Pet Sounds album cover. The Beach Boys are at the zoo, feeding apples to goats, while J Dilla stands behind them. The header reads "Bullion Presents... The Beach Boys vs J Dilla" and "Pet Sounds: In the Key of Dee".
Remix album by
Bullion
Released2007 (2007)
GenreMashup, instrumental hip hop
Length24:44
LabelSelf-released
ProducerBullion
Bullion chronology
Pet Sounds in the Key of Dee
(2007) 		You Drive Me To Plastic
(2011)

Pet Sounds in the Key of Dee is a mashup album by United Kingdom-based record producer Bullion,[1] released for free online download in 2007.[2] It is a tribute to American rapper/producer J Dilla and the Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds.[3] According to hip hop producer Questlove, Dilla had been a fan of the Pet Sounds album.[4]

Reception

Gorilla vs. Bear described it as a "more adventurous version of The Grey Album, but with J Dilla and the Beach Boys standing in for Jay-Z and the Beatles".[5] Pitchfork called it "a surprisingly deft, quasi-mash-up record",[6] while The Guardian wrote that the album "highlighted the beauty of the music by chopping it up into byte-size chunks and putting it back together in fabulous new shapes".[7] In 2013, Fact magazine placed Pet Sounds in the Key of Dee in its list of the essential instrumental hip hop albums of the last 15 years.[2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Pet Sounds" 
2."Sloppy Jay D" 
3."Let's Go Away For a While" 
4."I Just Wasn't Made for These Times" 
5."Here Today" 
6."Caroline, No" 
7."God Only Knows" 
8."You Still Believe in Dee" 
9."I Know There's an Answer" 
10."Wouldn't It Be Nice" 
11."That's Not Dee" 
12."I'm Waiting for the Day" 
13."Don't Talk (Close Your Eyes)" 
Total length:24:44

References

  1. ^ Gillespie, Blake (September 25, 2008). "MIXTAPE: BULLION, PET SOUNDS: IN THE KEY OF DEE". Impose.
  2. ^ a b Morpurgo, Joseph (4 September 2013). "Some of my best friends are beat tapes: Essential instrumental hip-hop from the last 15 years". Fact. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  3. ^ Lindsay, Cam (July 4, 2007). ""Pet Sounds: In The Key Of Dee"". Exclaim.
  4. ^ Ross, Danny (November 1, 2018). "Questlove Talks Beach Boys, Podcasting And His 19 Jobs". Forbes. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  5. ^ Chris (November 13, 2007). "J DILLA VS. THE BEACH BOYS". Gorilla vs. Bear.
  6. ^ Kelly, Zach (10 October 2011). "Bullion: You Drive Me to Plastic Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  7. ^ Lester, Paul (11 December 2009). "New band of the day – No 688: Bullion". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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