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. Tracklist: 1 Donuts (Outro) 3 Waves 4 Light My Fire 5 The New 2 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
