J Dilla - Donuts black vinyl 2LP

J Dilla - Donuts
J Dilla - Donuts

J Dilla Donuts

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MyVinyl presents Donuts - the 2nd studio album by the American hip hop producer J Dilla, released on February 7, 2006 by Stones Throw Records. It was released on the day of his 32nd birthday and three days before his death.

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Catalog details about Donuts

  • Artist
    J Dilla
  • Label
    Stones Throw Records ‎– STH2126
  • Format
    Vinyl, 2LP, Album
  • Pressing
    2011 - Reissue, Smile Cover
  • Orig. Release
    2006
  • Origin
    US
  • Genre
    Hip Hop
  • Condition
    Sealed, New vinyl
  • Style
    Instrumental
  • EAN13
    0659457212612
  • Reference
    MV-1096-1

J Dilla - Donuts in details

Donuts is an instrumental hip hop album; the only lyrics on it are short phrases and gasps taken from various records. Donuts contains 31 tracks, which was J Dilla's age at the time of recording. Most songs are quite short, running at lengths of 1–1.5 minutes each, and vary in style and tone. Clash called the album "a conversation between two completely different producers". The original press release for the album compared it to scanning radio stations in an unfamiliar city.

The track order is also unusual: the album begins with an outro and ends with the intro. According to Collin Robinson of Stereogum, "it's almost too perfect a metaphor for Dilla's otherworldly ability to flip the utter shit out of anything he sampled". The ending of the final track flows right into the beginning of the first one, forming an infinite loop, and alluding to donuts' circular form.

A1 Donuts (Outro) 0:12
A2 Workinonit 2:57
A3 Waves 1:38
A4 Light My Fire 0:35
A5 The New 0:49
A6 Stop 1:39
A7 People 1:24
A8 The Diff'rence 1:52
B1 Mash 1:31
B2 Time: The Donut Of The Heart 1:38
B3 Glazed 1:21
B4 Airworks 1:44
B5 Lightworks 1:55
B6 Stepson Of The Clapper 1:01
B7 The Twister (Huh, What) 1:16
C1 One Eleven 1:11
C2 Two Can Win 1:47
C3 Don't Cry 1:59
C4 Anti-American Graffiti 1:53
C5 Geek Down 1:19
C6 Thunder 0:54
C7 Gobstopper 1:05
D1 One For Ghost 1:18
D2 Dilla Says Go 1:16
D3 Walkinonit 1:15
D4 The Factory 1:23
D5 U-Love 1:00
D6 Hi. 1:16
D7 Bye. 1:27
D8 Last Donut Of The Night 1:39
D9 Welcome To The Show 1:11

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