- hip-hop, instrumental hip hop, instrumental, hip hop
- 44 min
- 31 tracks
- Stones Throw Records
Donuts is the second studio album by the American hip hop producer J Dilla, as well as the final album to be released in his lifetime. It was released on February 7, 2006, by Stones Throw Records, on his 32nd birthday, just three days before his death. Produced in 2005, it is an instrumental hip-hop album structured in an infinite loop, consisting of 31 tracks with 34 different samples from rock, jazz, and soul.
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- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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Metacritic 84/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB+
- Clash10/10
- The Irish Times4/5 ★
- Now4/5
- Pitchfork7.9/10
- PopMatters9/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- URB4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Donuts (outro)0:13
- 2Workinonit2:57
- 3Waves1:39
- 4Light My Fire0:36
- 5The New0:50
- 6Stop1:39
- 7People1:24
- 8The Diff’rence1:52
- 9Mash1:31
- 10Time: The Donut of the Heart1:39
- 11Glazed1:21
- 12Airworks1:45
- 13Lightworks1:55
- 14Stepson of the Clapper1:01
- 15The Twister (Huh, What)1:17
- 16One Eleven1:11
- 17Two Can Win1:47
- 18Don’t Cry1:59
- 19Anti‐American Graffiti1:54
- 20Geek Down1:20
- 21Thunder0:54
- 22Gobstopper1:05
- 23One for Ghost1:18
- 24Dilla Says Go1:16
- 25Walkinonit1:15
- 26The Factory1:24
- 27U‐Love1:01
- 28Hi.1:17
- 29Bye.1:28
- 30Last Donut of the Night1:40
- 31Welcome to the Show1:12
31 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- J Dilla
- Label
- Stones Throw Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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