Track Listing

1. Donuts (Outro)
2. Workinonit
3. Waves
4. Light My Fire
5. The New
6. Stop
7. People
8. The Diff’rence
9. Mash
10. Time: The Donut Of The Heart
11. Glazed
12. Airworks
13. Lightworks
14. Stepson Of The Clapper
15. The Twister (Huh, What)
16. One Eleven
17. Two Can Win
18. Don’t Cry
19. Anti-American Graffiti
20. Geek Down
21. Thunder
22. Gobstopper
23. One for Ghost
24. Dilla Says Go
25. Walkinonit
26. The Factory
27. U-Love
28. Hi
29. Bye
30. Last Donut Of The Night
31. Donuts (Intro)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27942 in Music
• Released on: 2007-12-10
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

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I'm not going to claim I was a massive Dilla fan before he died. I knew that he had connections with A Tribe Called Quest and Common, but that's about it -- and given the nature of music fans to name any deceased artist as a "tortured genius", albums like this should be approached with a clear mind. With Donuts though, the hype is well deserved.

What may initially sound jarring gains cohesiveness with further listens, creating a stream-of-consciousness style that continues through all 31 tracks. Each individual Donut offers something different as Dilla effortlessly twists old soul samples, combining them with some of the best beats in hip hop. Would this album have garnered so much attention had he not passed away? Probably not, but then it wouldn't have been the same album. Donuts is, after all, his parting message to the world; a man with a genuine love for music pouring his soul out onto record.

Donut underestimate the Genie-arse.
A work of beauty. A glimmering gem of musical honesty, delivered just days before the artist's untimely departure from this here planet. Lest we take for granted over a decade of seemless production skills and indellible beats n breaks, then this may well be the music to remember him by. At it's best, simply uplifting, head nodding, neck snapping frivolity. At it's core, a driving explosion of noise and frenetic ear drum bashing. It's painful and luscious in the same breath. Dilla's beats conjour up the meaning of hip hop. Briefly touching, always reminding you to be alive.
Enjoy fellow beat lovers...
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Enough Donuts from being hungry
I ain't an oldhead, but I've evolved from hiphop to 'real' hiphop throughout the years.
I've experienced J Dilla beats on Common's Be, Pharcyde's Runnin' amongst others. I notice his work, usually stand-out tracks on cd's, before I even know it's him behind the music.

At first listen, some of the tracks on Donuts were messy/unorganized, I expected way too much of the album 'cause of the other reviews I read.

But some tracks are real awesome/greats - can't get enough of 'em!!
And the messy tracks, they actually work after the second listen or more.
The tracks are all less than 2 minutes, but in acceptable pieces, anyways you can put 'em on repeat.

All in all, it's a good one, makes you enjoy the music, the beats are varied, pick yours and do what you do!!

It deserves more than 3! I give it 4 stars.