Donuts

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Staff Lists: Top 50 Albums of 2005 | Features". Pitchfork.com. December 19, 2006. Archived from the original on February 28, 2016 . Retrieved April 1, 2015. It’s just a compilation of the stuff I thought was a little too much for the MCs. That’s basically what it is, ya know? Me flipping records that people really don’t know how to rap on but they want to rap on. There’s a bunch of that. [11] Sanneh, Kelefa (February 14, 2006). "James Yancey, 32, Producer Known for Soulful Hip-Hop". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 . Retrieved February 15, 2017.

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Lee, Morgan (February 5, 2016). "J Dilla's Donuts gets 10th anniversary reissue on Stones Throw". Fact. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016 . Retrieved September 23, 2017. Nas - The Season (Prod. By J Dilla)". Archived from the original on February 26, 2023 . Retrieved February 26, 2023– via YouTube. I didn't know about the actual album Donuts until I came to Los Angeles to stay indefinitely. I got a glimpse of the music during one of the hospital stays, around his 31st birthday, when [friend and producer] House Shoes came out from Detroit to visit him. I would sneak in and listen to the work in progress while he was in dialysis. He got furious when he found out I was listening to his music! He didn't want me to listen to anything until it was a finished product. J Dilla: Donuts (45 Box Set)". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on July 13, 2018 . Retrieved April 18, 2021. Dilla's death, three days after the album's release, was widely mourned by the hip hop community, including all those who worked with him in the past and the years closer to his death, especially Detroit's hip-hop community (which included rapper Proof, a friend and associate of Dilla's, who died soon after Dilla).

In the December 2006 issue of The Fader, J Dilla's mother Maureen Yancey, a former opera singer, spoke of watching her son's daily routine during the making of Donuts:David, Charles (February 11, 2012). "Big Sean - "Only Two Can Win" ". Earmilk.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022 . Retrieved February 26, 2023. O'Neill, Connor (February 10, 2016). "Life Is A Donut: Reassessing J Dilla's Legacy". Red Bull Music Academy. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021 . Retrieved April 18, 2021. a b c d Patrin, Nate (January 16, 2013). "J Dilla: Donuts (45 Box Set)". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013 . Retrieved January 16, 2013.