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Issued in a 6-panel digipak. This edition has no `Jay Dee` printed on the front cover and has no manufacturing or distribution mentions printed on the artwork.


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Label: Stones Throw Records – STH2126
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Country: US
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Genre: Hip Hop
Style: Instrumental, Abstract, Lo-Fi

Studio album by J Dilla
Released February 7, 2006
Recorded Summer 2005
Studio Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
Genre
Instrumental hip hopexperimental hip hopneo soulplunderphonics[1]
Length 43:24
Label Stones Throw
Producer J Dilla
J Dilla chronology
Champion Sound
(2003) Donuts
(2006) The Shining
(2006)

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.[2] 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.[2][3][4]

Donuts received widespread critical acclaim for its dense, eclectic sampling and its perceived confrontation of mortality.[5] Pitchfork placed the album at number 38 on their list of the top 50 albums of 2006[6] and at number 66 on their list of the top 200 albums of the 2000s.[7] In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album at 386 in their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[8] It is regarded, by fans and critics alike, as J Dilla`s magnum opus,[9] a classic of instrumental hip hop, and one of the most influential hip hop albums of all time,[10] with artists of many genres citing it as an inspiration.[11]

Background
In 2002, J Dilla had been diagnosed with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, an incurable disease of the blood, while also battling lupus, which had been diagnosed a year previously. According to close friend and fellow producer Karriem Riggins, the impetus for Donuts came during an extended hospital stay in the summer of 2005.

In his last interview, which was granted to Scratch Magazine in November 2005, Dilla briefly spoke about the creation of the album:

It’s just a compilation of the stuff I thought was a little too much for the MCs. That’s basically what it is, ya know? Me flipping records that people really don’t know how to rap on but they want to rap on. There’s a bunch of that.[12]

In the December 2006 issue of The Fader, J Dilla`s mother Maureen Yancey, a former opera singer, spoke of watching her son`s daily routine during the making of Donuts:

I knew he was working on a series of beat CDs before he came to Los Angeles. Donuts was a special project that he hadn`t named yet. This was the tail end of his `Dill Withers` phase, while he was living in Clinton Township, Michigan. You see, musically he went into different phases. He`d start on a project, go back, go buy more records and then go back to working on the project again.

I saw him all day, everyday. I would go there for breakfast, go back to Detroit to check on the daycare business I was running, and then back to his house for lunch and dinner. He was on a special diet and he was a funny eater anyway. He had to take 15 different medications, we would split them up between meals, and every other day we would binge on a brownie sundae from Big Boys. That was his treat.

I didn`t know about the actual album Donuts until I came to Los Angeles to stay indefinitely. I got a glimpse of the music during one of the hospital stays, around his 31st birthday, when [friend and producer] House Shoes came out from Detroit to visit him. I would sneak in and listen to the work in progress while he was in dialysis. He got furious when he found out I was listening to his music! He didn`t want me to listen to anything until it was a finished product.

He was working in the hospital. He tried to go over each beat and make sure that it was something different and make sure that there was nothing that he wanted to change. `Lightworks`, oh yes, that was something! That`s one of the special ones. It was so different. It blended classical music (way out there classical), commercial and underground at the same time.[13]

Composition
Donuts is an instrumental hip hop album;[14] the only lyrics on it are short phrases and gasps taken from various records.[15] Donuts contains 31 tracks,[16] which was J Dilla`s age at the time of recording.[17] Most songs are quite short, running at lengths of 1–1.5 minutes each,[18] and vary in style and tone.[15] Clash called the album `a conversation between two completely different producers`.[19] The original press release for the album compared it to scanning radio stations in an unfamiliar city.[20]

The track order is also unusual: the album begins with an outro and ends with the intro.[21][15] According to Collin Robinson of Stereogum, `it`s almost too perfect a metaphor for Dilla`s otherworldly ability to flip the utter shit out of anything he sampled`.[21] The ending of the final track flows right into the beginning of the first one,[22] forming an infinite loop,[23] and alluding to donuts` circular form.[21][24]

Recording
In 2005, J Dilla underwent treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for complications brought on by thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and a form of lupus.[25] While in the hospital, he worked on two albums: Donuts and The Shining.[26] 29 out of 31 tracks from Donuts were recorded in hospital,[2] using a Boss SP-303 sampler and a Numark PT-01 record player his friends brought him.[4] Records his mother and friends would bring were used as the source of the samples for the album.[15] In the Crate Diggers documentary, his mother recalled: `When I took the crate up, and he looked through it, I think out of a whole milk crate full of 45s, I think he might have taken a dozen out of there and set them aside. He said `you can take that back to the house`. He said `none of that`s good`.`[3]

Throughout the year his condition worsened. His legs swelled, making it difficult to walk. At times his hands swelled so much he could barely move them. If the pain was too intense, his mother would massage his fingertips, so he could continue working on the album. Occasionally he would wake up in the middle of the night and ask his mother to move him from his bed to the instruments. According to Kelley L. Carter of Detroit Free Press, Dilla told his doctor he was proud of the work, and that all he wanted to do was to finish the album.[27]

While working on the album, Dilla didn`t allow anyone to listen to the unfinished version and was furious when he found out his mother listened to it while he was in dialysis.[3][13]

Track listing
No. Title Length
1. `Donuts (Outro)` 0:11
2. `Workinonit` 2:57
3. `Waves` 1:38
4. `Light My Fire` 0:35
5. `The New` 0:49
6. `Stop!` 1:39
7. `People` 1:24
8. `The Diff`rence` 1:52
9. `Mash` 1:31
10. `Time: The Donut of the Heart` 1:38
11. `Glazed` 1:21
12. `Airworks` 1:44
13. `Lightworks` 1:55
14. `Stepson of the Clapper` 1:01
15. `The Twister (Huh, What)` 1:16
16. `One Eleven` 1:11
17. `Two Can Win` 1:47
18. `Don`t Cry` 1:59
19. `Anti-American Graffiti` 1:53
20. `Geek Down` 1:19
21. `Thunder` 0:54
22. `Gobstopper` 1:05
23. `One for Ghost` 1:18
24. `Dilla Says Go` 1:16
25. `Walkinonit` 1:15
26. `The Factory` 1:23
27. `U-Love` 1:00
28. `Hi.` 1:16
29. `Bye.` 1:27
30. `Last Donut of the Night` 1:39
31. `Welcome to the Show` 1:12
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album`s liner notes.[63][64]

J Dilla – producer
Peanut Butter Wolf – executive producer
Dave Cooley – mastering
Jeff Jank – design
Andrew Gura – photography
Sample credits

Donuts (Outro)
`Stay with Me` by Gary Davis
Workinonit
`The Worst Band in the World` by 10cc[65]
`King of the Beats` by Mantronix
`The New Style` by The Beastie Boys[66]
`Six Figures` by Skillz and Ras Kass
`Pee-Wee`s Dance` by Joeski Love
`Buffalo Gals` by Malcolm McLaren
`Sprite: Melonball Bounce` by Raymond Scott
`Yes It`s You` by `Sweet` Charles Sherrell
Waves
`Johnny, Don`t Do It` by 10cc
`King of the Beats` by Mantronix
`Intro` by B.R. Gunna
Light My Fire
`Light My Fire` by Africa[67]
`My Thang` by James Brown
The New
`What`cha Gonna Wear Tomorrow` by The Detroit Emeralds
`The New Style` by The Beastie Boys
Stop!
`You`re Gonna Need Me` by Dionne Warwick
`Why?` by Jadakiss
`Six Figures` by Skillz and Ras Kass
People
`My People... Hold On` by Eddie Kendricks[17][18]
`King of the Beats` by Mantronix
`Mujhe Maar Daalo` by Asha Bhosle and Laxmikant-Pyarelal
`Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)` by Run-D.M.C.
The Diff`rence
`The Fruitman` by Kool & the Gang[17]
`King of the Beats` by Mantronix
`Jungle Boogie` by Kool & the Gang
`Six Figures` by Skillz and Ras Kass
Mash
`Golden Apples Pt. 2` by Galt MacDermot
`Season of the Witch` by Lou Rawls
`Dance Contest` by Frank Zappa
Time: The Donut of the Heart
`All I Do Is Think of You` by The Jackson 5
`Yes It`s You` by `Sweet` Charles Sherrell
`Strangers in the Night` by `Sweet` Charles Sherrell
Glazed
`You Just Can`t Win (By Making the Same Mistake)` by Gene Chandler and Jerry Butler
`Dreams` by Ramsey Lewis
`Ball of Confusion (That`s What the World Is Today)` by Edwin Starr
`Season of the Witch` by Lou Rawls
Airworks
`I Don`t Really Care` by L.V. Johnson
Lightworks
`Lightworks` by Raymond Scott[68]
`King of the Beats` by Mantronix
`Bendix 1: The Tomorrow People` by Raymond Scott
`Six Figures` by Skillz and Ras Kass
Stepson of the Clapper
`Long Red (Live)` by Mountain
The Twister (Huh, What)
`Kick the Can (Part 1)` by Fred Frith
`Cloud Nine (Live)` by The Temptations
`For Once in My Life (Live)` by Stevie Wonder
`Buffalo Gals` by Malcolm McLaren
`His Name Is Mutty Ranks` by A Tribe Called Quest
`Pee-Wee`s Dance` by Joeski Love
One Eleven
`A Legend in Its Own Time` by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
`Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)` by Run-D.M.C.
`King Tim III (Personality Jock)` by The Fatback Band
Two Can Win
`Only One Can Win` by The Sylvers
Don`t Cry
`I Can`t Stand (to See You Cry)` by The Escorts
`Comedy Routine: Hello, Young Lovers / Cloud Nine / If I Didn`t Care` by The Temptations
Anti-American Graffiti
`Family Tree` by Tin Tin
`Pee-Wee`s Dance` by Joeski Love
`Emergency Program Over-Ride` by David Ossman[69]
Geek Down
`Charlie`s Theme` by The Jimi Entley Sound
`UFO` by ESG
Thunder
`Sweet Misery` by Martha Reeves
`King of the Beats` by Mantronix
`Who`s Making Love (Live)` by Bobby Taylor
`I Can`t Turn You Loose (Live)` by Blinky
`For Once in My Life (Live)` by Stevie Wonder
`Sing a Simple Song (Live)` by The Originals
Gobstopper
`To the Other Man` by Luther Ingram
`King of the Beats` by Mantronix
One for Ghost
`To the Other Man` by Luther Ingram
`King of the Beats` by Mantronix
Dilla Says Go
`Rubber Bands` by The Trammps
`Do Ya Thing` by B.R. Gunna
`No Games` by Jaylib
`Intro` by B.R. Gunna
Walkinonit
`Walk on By` by The Undisputed Truth
`Six Figures` by Skillz and Ras Kass
The Factory
`Animosity` by Fred Weinberg
`King of the Beats` by Mantronix
`Mean Old Devil` by Bruce Haack
U-Love
`Just Because I Really Love You` by Jerry Butler
`Do Ya Thing` by B.R. Gunna
`Intro` by B.R. Gunna
Hi.
`Maybe` by The Three Degrees
Bye.
`Don`t Say Goodnight (It`s Time for Love) (Parts 1 and 2)` by The Isley Brothers
Last Donut of the Night
`To You with Love` by The Moments
`Rainbow `65` by Gene Chandler
Welcome to the Show
`When I Die` by Motherlode
`Stay with Me` by Gary Davis