We're celebrating 20 years of J Dilla's Donuts with a brand new Anniversary Audiophile Edition. The Donuts Audiophile Edition is lacquer cut at Bernie Grundman and manufactured at Fidelity Record Pressing - 2LP 180g vinyl at 45rpm. Deluxe art printed Stoughton jacket.
When J Dilla, aka Detroit’s James Yancey, made Donuts, he was 31 years old and widely celebrated as a producer of rare talent, having worked with Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, and De La Soul, among many others. He had an encyclopedic knowledge of obscure jazz, funk, and soul, and, as a talented drummer in his own right, he brought a rare sense of groove to the samples he chopped up on his trusty Akai MPC.
Donuts began simply enough - an idea to turn a good demo tape into a full-length album. It would end up being one of the defining works of Dilla's life. Completed during the year Dilla spent in and out of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and released on his birthday, February 7, 2006, Donuts gained particular poignancy when he died three days later on February 10th.
A1. Donuts (Outro)
A2. Workinonit
A3. Waves
A4. Light It
A5. The New
A6. Stop!
A7. People
A8. The Diff'rence
B1. Mash
B2. The Donut of the Heart
B3. Glazed
B4. Airworks
B5. Lightworks
B6. Stepson of the Clapper
B7. The Twister (Huh, What)
C1. One Eleven
C2. Two Can Win
C3. Don't Cry
C4. Anti-American Graffiti
C5. Geek Down
C6. Thunder
C7. Gobstopper
D1. One for Ghost
D2. Dilla Says Go
D3. Walkinonit
D4. The Factory
D5. U-Love
D6. Hi.
D7. Bye.
D8. Last Donut of the Night
D9. Welcome to the Show
