Wednesday, May 24, 2006

J Dilla • Donuts




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It seems fitting that the first words heard on J Dilla's instrumental swan song are 'I Don't Care...', because despite the one-dimensional trappings of hip-hop as a musical form, Dilla's was one of the few voices who stood up and said just that. He didn't care what anyone was doing in hip-hop, he was too busy doing it better. And with Donuts, he does exactly that.

An instrumental album--save for some vocal samples spliced in here and there--consisting of 31 tracks (only one track is longer than 2 minutes), Donuts is a breath of fresh air in an asthma-infected genre. If I had to sum up the album in one sentence: Donuts is like switching the dials on a radio found in The Twilight Zone.

J Dilla RIP
February 7, 1974 - February 10, 2006

posted by Josh Whitehead at 11:07 AM

2 Comments:

Blogger Sir Jon said...

What can I say, but truth! Donuts grabs your throat from the first track and doesn't let up until the very end. A tragic loss for not only hip hop but the entire music world. Thank godDilla for all his work and all that he has left us.

1:27 PM  
Blogger the idiot said...

i would have called it "Donutholes" since these instrumentals were like fatty little nuggets you pop in your mouth, or in this case your ear. them's tasty little suckers

4:56 PM  

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