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J Dilla

Donuts (2LP)

Stones Throw Records (STH2126)

2x Vinyl Reissue

Release date: May 1, 2011, US

Donuts is the second studio album by the American hip hop producer J Dilla, released on February 7, 2006, by Stones Throw Records. It was released on the day of his 32nd birthday, three days before his death.

The album was recorded in 2005, largely during J Dilla's extended stay at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center due to complications from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and lupus. Twenty-nine of the album's thirty-one tracks were recorded in J Dilla's hospital room, using a 45-rpm record player and a Boss SP-303 sampler.

Donuts received widespread critical acclaim for its dense, eclectic sampling and its perceived confrontation of mortality. Pitchfork placed the album at number 38 on their list of the top 50 albums of 2006 and at number 66 on their list of the top 200 albums of the 2000s. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album at 386 in their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It is regarded, by fans and critics alike, as J Dilla's magnum opus, a classic of instrumental hip hop, and one of the most influential hip hop albums of all time, with artists of many genres citing it as an inspiration.

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A1

Donuts (Outro)

0:12

A2

Workinonit

2:57

A3

Waves

1:38

A4

Light My Fire

0:35

A5

The New

0:49

A6

Stop

1:39

A7

People

1:24

A8

The Diff'rence

1:52

B1

Mash

1:31

B2

Time: The Donut Of The Heart

1:38

B3

Glazed

1:21

B4

Airworks

1:44

B5

Lightworks

1:55

B6

Stepson Of The Clapper

1:01

B7

The Twister (Huh, What)

1:16

C1

One Eleven

1:11

C2

Two Can Win

1:47

C3

Don't Cry

1:59

C4

Anti-American Graffiti

1:53

C5

Geek Down

1:19

C6

Thunder

0:54

C7

Gobstopper

1:05

D1

One For Ghost

1:18

D2

Dilla Says Go

1:16

D3

Walkinonit

1:15

D4

The Factory

1:23

D5

U-Love

1:00

D6

Hi.

1:16

D7

Bye.

1:27

D8

Last Donut Of The Night

1:39

D9

Welcome To The Show

1:11