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title: J Dilla - Clap Your Hands - Freestyle from 1997
description: <p>It's that type of year again, with the anniversary of J Dilla's birth and passing coming up next week, there's a lot of Dilla tributes and previously unreleased gems hitting the world wide web. I caught this over at bling47.com, it's a freestyle from a tape circa 1997.</p>
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# [J Dilla - Clap Your Hands - Freestyle from 1997](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/post/news/j-dilla-clap-your-hands-freestyle-from-1997)

 Written by [Andy Pitre](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/author/andy-pitre) | Feb 4

It's that time of year again, with the anniversary of J Dilla's birth and passing coming up next week, there's a lot of Dilla tributes and previously unreleased gems hitting the world wide web. I caught this over at [bling47.com](http://bling47.com/site/listen-to-this-j-dilla-freestyle/), it's a freestyle from a tape circa 1997.

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a recording from this tape?

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