- hip hop
- 54 min
- 24 tracks
- Play It Again Sam
Ruff Draft is an EP reissued as a studio album by American hip hop producer and rapper J Dilla released under the moniker "Jay Dee". It was originally released in February 2003 as an EP, by his then-newly founded label, Mummy Records, and distributed by Groove Attack, a German record label.
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Character
Spare, grave, character-led and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 81/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- HipHopDX4/5
- MusicOMH3/5 ★
- Pitchfork6.8/10
- RapReviews8/10
- Slant Magazine3.5/5 ★
- The Skinny4/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
- URB4.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Intro0:17
- 2Let’s Take It Back2:10
- 3Reckless Driving2:41
- 4Nothing Like This2:33
- 5The $2:43
- 6Interlude0:49
- 7Make’em Nv2:25
- 8Interlude0:45
- 9Crushin’ (Yeeeeaah!)3:43
- 10Shouts0:51
- 11Intro (alt)0:48
- 12Wild2:19
- 13Take Notice4:25
- 14Shouts (alt)1:47
- 1Let’s Take It Back (instrumental)2:06
- 2Reckless Driving (instrumental)2:41
- 3Nothing Like This (instrumental)2:33
- 4The $ (instrumental)2:45
- 5Make’em Nv (instrumental)2:24
- 6Crushin’ (instrumental)3:41
- 7Intro (alt) (instrumental)0:46
- 8Wild (instrumental)2:21
- 9Take Notice (instrumental)4:26
- 10Shouts (alt) (instrumental)1:47
24 tracks, 54 minutes.
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