J Dilla Donuts on 2LP 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 J Dilla mostly spent in a hospital bed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Donuts would gain particular poignancy when, only three days after it's release, February 10, 2006, the artist passed away, losing his battle with a rare blood disease.Announced in the Fall of 2005, the concept of a “rap album without rappers” struck some as minor novelty, but Donuts would prove to transcend the rigid definitions of what a hip-hop album could be. It plays part like a DJ mix, part like a hip-hop beat maker at work, its songs starting and stopping unexpectedly, like someone turning the dial on an imaginary radio station. But it's an unmistakably modern album, and one which perfectly encapsulated the artist's reputation among his peers and fans as a top-rated architect of soulful hip-hop. J Dilla Donuts Track Listing:1. Donuts2. Workinonit3. Waves4. Light My Fire5. The New6. Stop7. People8. The Diff'rence9. Mash10. Time: The Donut of the Heart11. Glazed12. Airworks13. Lightworks14. Stepson of the Clapper15. The Twister (Huh, What)16. One Eleven17. Two Can Win18. Don't Cry19. Anti-American Graffiti20. Geek Down21. Thunder22. Gobstopper23. One for Ghost24. Dilla Says Go25. Walkinonit26. The Factory27. U-Love28. Hi29. Bye30. Last Donut of the Night31. Donuts (Intro)
