Donutsbegan simply enough as an idea to turn a particularly good demo beat tape into a full-length release, and has since became a classic hip-hop album, one of the defining works of J Dilla’s life.

Completed during a year in which J Dillaspent in and out of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and released on his birthday Feb. 7, 2006,Donutswould gain particular poignancy whenthe producer died on Feb. 10, 2006.

Announced in Fall 2005, the concept of a rap album without rappers struck some as novelty butDonutswould prove to transcend the rigid definitions of what a hip-hop album could be.

TRACKLIST

1. Donuts (Outro)
2. Workinonit
3. Waves
4. Light My Fire
5. The New
6. Stop
7. People
8. The Diff’rence
9. Mash