LABEL: Stones Throw RecordsVINYL RELEASE DATE: 10/04/2011ALBUM RELEASE DATE: 2/07/2006VARIANT: DOUBLE BLACK VINYL LP (Smile Cover) 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 the artist's life. Completed during a year in which J Dilla spent mostly 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 Fall 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. Check out all the Dilla records we have in the shop. Tracklist:A1 Donuts (Outro) 0:12A2 Workinonit 2:57A3 Waves 1:38A4 Light My Fire 0:35A5 The New 0:49A6 Stop 1:39A7 People 1:24A8 The Diff’rence 1:52B1 Mash 1:31B2 Time: The Donut Of The Heart 1:38B3 Glazed 1:21B4 Airworks 1:44B5 Lightworks 1:55B6 Stepson Of The Clapper 1:01B7 The Twister (Huh, What) 1:16C1 One Eleven 1:11C2 Two Can Win 1:47C3 Don’t Cry 1:59C4 Anti-American Graffiti 1:53C5 Geek Down 1:19C6 Thunder 0:54C7 Gobstopper 1:05D1 One For Ghost 1:18D2 Dilla Says Go 1:16D3 Walkinonit 1:15D4 The Factory 1:23D5 U-Love 1:00D6 Hi. 1:16D7 Bye. 1:27D8 Last Donut Of The Night 1:39D9 Donuts (Intro) 1:11
