Dilla, J - Donuts (Cassette)

J Dilla - Donuts (Cassette)

Donuts began simply enough as an idea to turn a particularly good demo beat tape into a full-length release, and has since became a classic hip-hop album, one of the defining works of J Dilla's life.

Completed during a year in which J Dilla spent in and out of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and released on his birthday Feb. 7, 2006, Donuts would gain particular poignancy when the producer died on Feb. 10, 2006.

Announced in Fall 2005, the concept of a “rap album without rappers” struck some as novelty but Donuts would prove to transcend the rigid definitions of what a hip-hop album could be.

Tracklisting:

1. Donuts (Outro)
2. Waves   
3. Light My Fire   
4. The New   
5. Workinonit   
6. Stop   
7. People   
8. The Diff'rence   
9. Mash   
10. Time: The Donut Of The Heart   
11. Glazed   
12. Airworks   
13. Lightworks   
14. Stepson Of The Clapper   
15. The Twister (Huh, What)   
16. One Eleven   
17. Two Can Win   
18. Don't Cry   
19. Anti-American Graffiti   
20. Geek Down   
21. Thunder   
22. Gobstopper   
23. One For Ghost   
24. Dilla Says Go   
25. Walkinonit   
26. The Factory   
27. U-Love   
28. Hi.   
29. Bye.   
30. Last Donut Of The Night   
31. Welcome To The Show