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Donuts

J Dilla

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Donuts proves that the cliché about some people just having to make music is true: producer Jay Dee/J Dilla (Common, A Tribe Called Quest) reportedly completed much of the album in his hospital bed, using vinyl, a portable turntable and a Powerbook. One of the Slum Village founder’s last works before his death just after turning 32, this is a fantasia of loops, bringing together soft-soul guitar lines and verbal warnings (Eddie Kendricks: “People, the time has come”), an early electronic-music demo record, a yearning line from “For Once in My Life” and a holler from the Beasties’ “It’s the New Style” in a dreamscape that’s playful, challenging and repays the compulsive listening it invites. Included are “One for Ghost” and “Hi,” two beats Dilla provided for Ghostface’s Fishscale.

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I don't normally put forth the effort to write a review; coincidentally I hardly ever read the darn things. But I was appalled to see that some tasteless listener gave this album 1 star. So in lieu of that person’s bad judgment, I have decided to jump on the 5 star bandwagon. Let me say this is one album that any true music fan, being a hip-hop, soul, funk, or r n b head, will truly come to adore and love. Dilla goes above and beyond with this one kiddies, it is mental ingenuity at its finest. The samples are A class; the rhythms are unorthodox, one minute syncopated and the next min totally switching bpms. Some of the tracks have a deep emotional feel that touch the very root of existence. With this album it is very clear, that Jd is in among the sample gods that grace our ears today. Along with Doom, Madlib, Pete Rock, dj shadow, and so on, he is now an elite member within the sampling lexicon. Good on you Dilla, good on ya. One last word to the wise, if dirty south hip hop or pop hop stuff is what you prefer, don’t waste you time with this album, I recommend that you go rot your brain with that un-mitigated dreck, I think dem franchise boys just released something.

R.I.P J Dilla

I never post any reviews, but I just found out that Jay Dee died earlier today, February 10th, 2006. I'm a huge fan of his work, and I think that nobody in the game today was doing anything that could even come close to touching Jay's skills. Cop this album, and every other one of his pieces of work. His music takes a little time to get used to, but once you're in, it makes you feel like no other music out there. RIP Jay Dee. You're already missed.

The art of hip hop: J Dilla's final statement

Might not want to miss this. Did you hear Jay Dee/J-Dilla of Slum Village/Soulquarians/Stones Throw/organic Detroit hip hop/Common/De la Soul fame passed on? Crazy, crazy another young brother died and crazy is his diverse, blacktronic music. If you did not know the medical culprit was a blood disorder akin to lupus.  His new album "Donuts" is an emotional nonstop collection of instrumental vignettes. A lo key banger full of 31 tracks about one minute to two minutes long. Straight old school soul(full) vocals layered with subtle scratches and pushed by extreme, crisp head nodding production. Peep it. It's worth the money and worthy of your time. Makes me lean easy when I drive, sing the samples throughout the day to my wife's annoyance/amazement, bop my head like it's the early nineties and openly pray for Dilla's soul and fam.  Commercial, capitlaist hip hop pales in comparison. Word.

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