Donuts was made on a hospital bed and in a home studio on a stripped-down setup with a stack of vinyl. Released on its maker's 32nd birthday three days before he passed away, the album has a resonance deeper than anyone could've hoped for or even imagined. Some who were close to Dilla have said that there are hidden messages in the samples, track titles, and who knows where else. On Metacritic, Donuts received "universal acclaim" from critics based on an aggregate score of 84/100 from fifteen reviews. Donuts was made on a hospital bed and in a home studio on a stripped-down setup with a stack of vinyl. Released on its maker's 32nd birthday three days before he passed away, the album has a resonance deeper than anyone could've hoped for or even imagined. Some who were close to Dilla have said that there are hidden messages in the samples, track titles, and who knows where else. On Metacritic, Donuts received "universal acclaim" from critics based on an aggregate score of 84/100 from fifteen reviews. false 2023-07-15 12:02:10 Donuts 9.5 2006 2006-02-07 2006-02-07 44 Hip Hop Instrumental Instrumental Hip Hop 127974 2201899 d5f87adc-f67c-47e7-a8f5-f94a5b3d2ff5 cbcbb22c-3a8d-46af-b4ba-09c98f0d7931 6b78c33a-64c4-3472-99e9-be45a392acb4 J Dilla AlbumArtist J Dilla Artist J Dilla J Dilla 1 Donuts (outro) 00:12 2 Workinonit 02:57 3 Waves 01:38 4 Light My Fire 00:35 5 The New 00:49 6 Stop 01:39 7 People 01:23 8 The Diff’rence 01:52 9 Mash 01:31 10 Time: The Donut of the Heart 01:38 11 Glazed 01:21 12 Airworks 01:44 13 Lightworks 01:55 14 Stepson of the Clapper 01:01 15 The Twister (Huh, What) 01:16 16 One Eleven 01:11 17 Two Can Win 01:47 18 Don’t Cry 01:59 19 Anti‐American Graffiti 01:53 20 Geek Down 01:19 21 Thunder 00:54 22 Gobstopper 01:05 23 One for Ghost 01:18 24 Dilla Says Go 01:16 25 Walkinonit 01:15 26 The Factory 01:23 27 U‐Love 01:00 28 Hi. 01:16 29 Bye. 01:27 30 Last Donut of the Night 01:39 31 Welcome to the Show 01:11 James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer and rapper. He emerged during the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan, as a member of the group Slum Village. He was also a member of the Soulquarians, a musical collective active during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Yancey died at the age of 32 from a combination of TTP and lupus. Although his life was short, he is considered one of the most influential producers in hip hop and popular music. J Dilla's music raised the artistic level of hip-hop production in Detroit. According to The Guardian, "His affinity for crafting lengthy, melodic loops peppered with breakbeats and vocal samples took instrumental hip-hop into new, more musically complex realms." In particular, his approach to drum programming, with its loose, or "drunk" style that experimented with non-standard quantization, has been influential on producers and drummers.