Donuts

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On September 27, 2014, Donuts was released on compact cassettes, as a part of Cassette Store Day. [38] Heaton, Dave. "The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s: 80-61". PopMatters. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017 . Retrieved September 23, 2017. Christgau, Robert (August 2009). "Consumer Guide". MSN Music. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015 . Retrieved September 14, 2015.

a b c d e Kellman, Andy. "Donuts – J Dilla". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 21, 2018 . Retrieved March 30, 2018.Talib Kweli - I Feel You (J Dilla)". Archived from the original on February 26, 2023 . Retrieved February 26, 2023– via YouTube. Kaye, Ben (August 24, 2014). "Cassette Store Day to return in 2014, with releases from Julian Casablancas, Karen O, and Foxygen". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on January 17, 2023 . Retrieved September 23, 2017. A Decade Old, Still Fresh: How J Dilla Wrote the Future With 'Donuts' ". Observer. February 9, 2016. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020 . Retrieved April 18, 2021. Barber, Sam (January 23, 2018). "Album Spotlight: J Dilla – Donuts". The Avocado. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023 . Retrieved February 26, 2023. 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. [11]

a b c d e f Frauenhofer, Michael (February 13, 2006). "J Dilla: Donuts". PopMatters. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 . Retrieved September 14, 2015. Lee, Morgan (February 5, 2016). "J Dilla's Donuts gets 10th anniversary reissue on Stones Throw". Fact. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016 . Retrieved September 23, 2017. Completed during a year J Dilla mostly spent 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. Dilla's death, three days after the album's release, was widely mourned by the hip hop community, including all those who worked with him in the past and the years closer to his death, especially Detroit's hip-hop community (which included rapper Proof, a friend and associate of Dilla's, who died soon after Dilla). The original LP pressing of Donuts had the "Donut" album cover, illustrated by Jeff Jank. The vinyl was later reissued with the "Smile" photograph cover, and the version with the drawing sleeve slowly went out of print. For the 10th anniversary of Donuts, the album was reissued with the original 'Donut' cover, for a limited run with a gatefold sleeve that includes liner notes about the making of the album from the book Donuts 33 1/3, written by Jordan Ferguson. Also released as a 45rpm boxed set (STH2309) consisting of seven 7-inch singles ... plus one extra.A Decade Old, Still Fresh: How J Dilla Wrote the Future With 'Donuts' ". Observer.com. February 9, 2016. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022 . Retrieved February 26, 2023. 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.