Where his 2001 vocal album Welcome 2 Detroit ably showed off his chops, the all-instrumental Donuts proved how much was possible from sampling alone. It’s likely the album would have become legendary under any circumstances. He had an encyclopedic knowledge of obscure jazz, funk, and soul, and, as a talented drummer in his own right, he brought a rare sense of groove to the samples he chopped up on his trusty Akai MPC.Īn entire tradition of beat music has been constructed atop the unique sense of swing that Dilla brought to the classic boom-bap cadence “Dilla-esque” has become shorthand for a certain sensibility-a mixture of taste, timing, and restraint-that was present in all his productions, and almost impossible to imitate, no matter how many have tried.īut Donuts was Yancey’s final missive, notwithstanding a flood of posthumous releases: He suffered from lupus-he recorded some of Donuts in his hospital bed, in fact-and died just three days after the record hit shelves in February, 2006. When J Dilla, aka Detroit’s James Yancey, made the album, he was 31 years old and widely celebrated as a producer of rare talent, having worked with Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, and De La Soul, among many others. You may have to select a menu option or click a button.There should have been more records like Donuts, many more. Follow the instructions for disabling the ad blocker on the site you’re viewing.You may have more than one ad-blocker installed. You’ll usually find this icon in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.

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