{"id":77085,"date":"2026-11-13T17:06:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T17:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/idk-brings-together-eminem-and-j-dilla-on-new-song-welcome\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T17:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T17:06:38","slug":"idk-brings-together-eminem-and-j-dilla-on-new-song-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/idk-brings-together-eminem-and-j-dilla-on-new-song-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"IDK Brings Together Eminem and J Dilla on New Song &#8216;Welcome&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Detroit legends finally link up on fellow Motor City rapper&#8217;s first single from upcoming album <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/idk\/\" id=\"auto-tag_idk\" data-tag=\"idk\">IDK<\/a> brings together a pair of Detroit legends \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/eminem\/\" id=\"auto-tag_eminem\" data-tag=\"eminem\">Eminem<\/a> and the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/j-dilla\/\" id=\"auto-tag_j-dilla\" data-tag=\"j-dilla\">J Dilla<\/a> \u2014 for the first time on the rapper\u2019s new single \u201cWelcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSlim Shady contributes the chorus over a hard-edged, choppy Dilla beat while IDK shows off his dark lyricism on the all-Motor City affair; in the music video, IDK is driven around by Nissan, the son of D12 rapper Proof, who collaborated with both Eminem and J Dilla.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IDK &amp; Eminem \u2014 WELCOME (Prd. By J Dilla) [Official Music Video]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zT104EktdOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHowever, despite the Detroit ties, \u201cWelcome\u201d marks the first time that Eminem has appeared on a Dilla production; the producer born James Yancey died in 2006 from complications from lupus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWhen I first started working on this music, I remember looking up at my ceiling and saying \u2018thank you\u2019. I was speaking to Dilla because it felt like everything that could have been, in a way, started to clear itself organically. I knew this was an important opportunity and a statement for hip hop itself,\u201d IDK said of the track in a statement. He recorded it shortly after completing his debut mixtape, <em>Even the Devil Smiles<\/em> released in January. \u201cI had received [the beat] from some people from the Dilla estate. The prospect of doing some music came up in a conversation with Dilla\u2019s brother and a close friend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThe first rap album I\u2019ve ever owned was 50 Cent\u2019s <em>Get Rich or Die Tryin\u2019.<\/em> A Shady Records release,\u201d he added. \u201cThe first raps I made it a point to memorize were Eminem raps. I\u2019ve been at it for some time now, so to be at the point in my journey seems surreal. I\u2019m excited for this next chapter in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn an accompanying mini-documentary, IDK travels around his native Motor City, even stopping at a local record store where Dilla used the shop; the proprietor tells IDK that the late producer used to play hide-and-seek with her now-grown kids at the store. Next, IDK visits Eminem in the studio, where the two rappers shared stories about their artistic drive:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NO PLAN B (Mini-Documentary ft. IDK &amp; EMINEM)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C86auTCXI5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWelcome\u201d is the introductory single from IDK\u2019s upcoming album, his first under a new partnership between the rapper, Shady Records, and Interscope Records.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/idk-eminem-j-dilla-new-song-welcome-1235657529\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit legends finally link up on fellow Motor City rapper&#8217;s first single from upcoming album IDK brings together a pair of Detroit legends \u2014&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":77086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}