Who's Diggin' J Dilla's "Donuts"?

that shit has enchanted people i know who arent even really hiphop fans.

ahh yes the sign of a great hip hop producer

i prefer reading a forum where this album's perfection is in question because the obligation im supposed to feel to call this the 'a love supreme' of hip-hop when i read soulstrut or wherever else is real obnoxious to me, even tho i do like this record

here i was thinking that alex posting old fennessey columns on the graduation thread was a landmark event :(

how did he die? that's sad...

-- M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Sunday, 12 February 2006 15:41 (1 year ago) Bookmark Link

He had his heart broken by this thread, and just faded away.

-- Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Sunday, 12 February 2006 16:44 (1 year ago) Bookmark Link

^^^Classic Passantino

love love love this album

deej - if dilla praise annoys you NEVER go to okayplayer - they literally worship him there

"ahh yes the sign of a great hip hop producer"

it is the sign of making great music. when someone can do something that is within a genre but its appeal is far

"i prefer reading a forum where this album's perfection is in question because the obligation im supposed to feel to call this the 'a love supreme' of hip-hop when i read soulstrut or wherever else is real obnoxious to me, even tho i do like this record

-- deej"

i mean, if you want to question the greatness of an awesome record, that's up to you. you can think whatever you want about this album, but my guess is that this record is only going to be more revered as time goes on, and for good reason.

"there was a really old benji b radio broadcast w/the slum village cats talking about music and they said in detroit there wasn't really a differentiation between listening to techno and listening to hip hop. it was all just good music to them.

-- jaxon"

the detroit scene is insane. it really is something to experience. if you ever get a chance to hear it, Waajeed did a mix CD for 555 Soul that is all electro and non-hiphop. its a dope mix.

its not that i dont think its good, and i in fact think it is excellent - its that i think its a beat tape and getting all 'omg transcendent' about it is weird

and i love dilla

"its not that i dont think its good, and i in fact think it is excellent - its that i think its a beat tape and getting all 'omg transcendent' about it is weird

and i love dilla

-- deej"

but it isnt just a beat tape. what i like about it is that it mines some similar emotional territory to DJ Shadow's Endtroducing, but in a completely different manner. Shadow's stuff is long, epic, and structured. Dilla did it short, loopy, and choppy. i think the tracks that were on Donuts that have also been released with people rapping over them show that the beats on Donuts are certainly not bettered by being made into a song instead of a part of the big collage that is Donuts. the way the little vocal snippets change the atmosphere, the way the tracks go together, it is very impressive.

beat tape my ass; his beat tapes are good but this has so much more going on

yeah, people love this record for a reason, and i don't think its just dilla's legacy

like his life flashing before his eyes

this is pretty apt

Have folks heard this bit of awesomeness: http://www.wevegotthejazz.com/?p=10616

It's an awesome live performance of Donuts front to back.

should i listen to the avalanches?

― team jaxon (jaxon), Sunday, February 12, 2006 12:17 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

did u ever do this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qXm4nzyev8

amazing thread

lol @ pipecock's dilla changed my t-shirt essay upthread

I would like to point out that deej was otm on this thread

Guys the main reason I listened to this album is it seemed to be about my mortal enemy, the donut.

should i listen to the avalanches?
― team jaxon (jaxon), Sunday, February 12, 2006 12:17 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

did u ever do this?
― *gets the power* (deej), Thursday, January 20, 2011 9:01 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this never happened

ha
too bad. i honestly dont know if you would like it or not

Does anyone have a (preferably unmixed) copy of the Okayplayer/DJ Soul "Assorted Donuts" that used to be up for free download? U will be my friend 4 life

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=assorted+donuts+rar+mediafire&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

I love jamming this in the morning

Steppin' to the a.m.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VgOvNkqFe8

happy bday JD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek_cufWYvjE

Best motherfucking ever.

lol ethan padgett was such a shithead

nah, yung padgett was a god

J Dilla’s classic Donuts track “Workinonit” is the subject of a new copyright infringement lawsuit https://t.co/RMz9QWvolp

— Pitchfork (@pitchfork) September 1, 2020

boooooooooooo