Dillagence II
2026 studio album by Busta Rhymes and J Dilla
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Dillagence II is a collaborative studio album by American rapper Busta Rhymes and record producer J Dilla. It was posthumously released on August 25, 2026, through the Conglomerate. Prior to its release, Busta Rhymes revealed that he received over 300 beats from J Dilla prior to his death, which all remained private except for Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II (2009). The album served as a follow-up to his previous album, Blockbusta (2023)
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| Studio album by Busta Rhymes and J Dilla | ||||
| Released | August 25, 2026 | |||
| Genre | Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 60:20 | |||
| Label | The Conglomerate | |||
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Dillagence II features guest appearances from D'Angelo, Big Sean, Anderson .Paak, Ludacris, Lil Wayne, Common, Jon Batiste, Talib Kweli, T3, Honey Bxby, and La Reezy. In promotion of the album, Busta Rhymes released the music videos for "Spazzz", "Talk Ya Shit" (with Lil Wayne), and "This Woman" (with D'Angelo), with the former two being released as singles. The album was approved by J Dilla's estate and his mother, Maureen Yancey, and features a different rapping approach from Busta Rhymes in contrast to its speeding technique.
Background
Busta Rhymes and J Dilla held a long-standing professional relationship prior to the latter's death. J Dilla contributed to six of Busta Rhymes' first seven studio albums, excluding Extinction Level Event: The Final World Front (1998).[1] Various tracks that J Dilla produced for Busta Rhymes included "Still Shining" (1996), "Show Me What You Got" (2000), and "Turn Me Up Some" (2002).[2]
In November 2007, over a year after J Dilla's death, Busta Rhymes released the mixtape Dillagence, hosted by DJ Mick Boogie. It features Busta Rhymes rapping over J Dilla's beats and guest appearances from Q-Tip, Phonte, Talib Kweli, Raekwon, M.O.P., and Rah Digga.[1]
During an interview with GQ in 2020,[1] Busta Rhymes revealed that J Dilla gave him over 300 beats that he considered to be "extremely selective with", revealing that the only time he gave a beat from the collection was for Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II (2009). Busta Rhymes considered J Dilla as one of his favorite three producers, which includes Dr. Dre and Q-Tip.[3]
Production
Dillagence II contains nineteen tracks[4] and features guest appearances from Big Sean, Anderson .Paak, Ludacris, Lil Wayne, Common, Jon Batiste, Talib Kweli, T3, Honey Bxby, and La Reezy,[5] as well as posthumous vocals from D'Angelo recorded over 20 years ago for an unfinished J Dilla collab prior to the album.[4] Maureen Yancey, J Dilla's mother,[2] appears on the album's intro and outro tracks.[4][6] Conceptualizing the album began in November 2025, from the approval of J Dilla's estate and Yancey. During an interview with Popcast's Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, Busta Rhymes said that his rapping style on J Dilla's beats was different in contrast to his speeding technique.[7]
Promotion and release
On February 19, 2026, Busta Rhymes held a listening session for a project with production from J Dilla. He announced the album under the name Dillagence 2, which serves as a sequel to the 2007 original mixtape released by Busta Rhymes and DJ Mick Boogie. With details of the album remaining scarce, it was noted that Lil Wayne was featured on one of the tracks, which a video of the preview was recorded by Statik Selektah and posted on Instagram.[3]
On August 4, 2026, Busta Rhymes announced that Dillagence 2 would release soon with a release date of August 25. The teaser posted on Instagram features a clip of Maureen Yancey, J Dilla's mother, listening to one of the album's tracks.[2] On August 6, Busta Rhymes released the album's lead single "Spazzz", which contains multiple beat switches throughout.[8] A music video for the single was released three days later.[9]
On August 13, 2026, the album's second single "Talk Ya Shit" was released, featuring an appearance from Lil Wayne.[10][11] Its music video was released three days later.[12] On August 20, Busta Rhymes revealed the track list from Dillagence II, featuring various artists on many of its tracks.[5] On August 23, Busta Rhymes shared a snippet of the music video for "This Woman", which was directed by Hype Williams. Featuring posthumous vocals from D'Angelo, the track's music video was released two days later.[13][14] Dillagence II was released on streaming services on August 25,[4] through the Conglomerate.[6]
Track listing
All music is produced by J Dilla, except when noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ma Dukes Speak Again" | 1:21 | ||
| 2. | "How the Boss Will Deliver" |
| 1:22 | |
| 3. | "Entry" (featuring La Reezy) |
| 2:06 | |
| 4. | "Spazzz" |
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| 3:09 |
| 5. | "Back Pain, Chest Pain, Head Pain" |
| 4:20 | |
| 6. | "Royalty" (featuring CIE and Trillian) |
| 4:20 | |
| 7. | "This Woman" (featuring D'Angelo) |
| 4:21 | |
| 8. | "Shoo" |
| 2:05 | |
| 9. | "Drugs" (featuring C.S. Armstrong) |
| Karriem Riggins | 2:24 |
| 10. | "The Story of the Old Man" |
| 1:21 | |
| 11. | "Run Em Down" (featuring Watch the Duck) |
| 3:16 | |
| 12. | "Lay Down" (featuring T3) |
| 2:28 | |
| 13. | "Wait 4 U" (featuring Big Sean and Honey Bxby) |
| 4:12 | |
| 14. | "Kingpin (Knock Ya Head Off)" (featuring Anderson .Paak and Ludacris) |
| 4:28 | |
| 15. | "How You Want It" |
| 3:40 | |
| 16. | "Love & War" (featuring C.S. Armstrong and Talib Kweli) |
| 4:57 | |
| 17. | "Talk Ya Shit" (featuring Lil Wayne) |
| 2:27 | |
| 18. | "What We Got in Common" (featuring Common and Jon Batiste) |
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| 6:21 |
| 19. | "Ma Dukes & J Dilla Closing Word" |
| 1:42 | |
| Total length: | 60:20 | |||