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

this came as no small surprise, even as someone unfamiliar with his previous work. i've listened to it twice now.

very sad thing that has happened tho, RIP

i've got a few old beat cdrs of his and he's always sampled them. the most recent one has some tracks that made it to donuts, the dollar track from the spacek album and supposedly some stuff that's gonna be on q-tip's new one.

the thing with jay dee that i've seen happen over the years is that he sorta see's what's going on in mainstream rap and tries to turn it into his own and one up them. for the q-tip album he went puffy upbeat party rap. for the frank-n-dank album he did synthy neptunes beats (especially on "Take Dem Clothes Off"). and then on donuts he's trying to do a kanye/justblaze/heatmakers soul vocal snippet thing. i think on the beat cd he even has a few sped up vocal samples. i think this is the least jay dee sounding thing i've heard from him. there's hardly any of the non-quantized off beat thump. it completely shows how much he's been hanging out with madlib.

for some reason I only have that shitty sounding version on here, I'll see if i can find the CD i burned with the LP on it that has better quality.

one of the best producers in the game - these guys dont know what there on about. Cant wait for your other stuff to be released that you were workin on before u passed!!

if u guys dont respect dilla as a producer im sorry u dnt know what ure talkin bout!

http://rapidshare.de/files/13365085/Beat_CD_2004.zip.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/13365373/Beat_CD_2005.zip.html

Jax, if you'd like to pass along those Beat CD's, I'd be mighty appreciative.

He should've done a lot more.

my friend just sent me this email: yo, chris has an ipod playlist of originals from Donuts. It's crazy because that album is fraught with hidden messages. They're all messages from his death bed. when you go back and listen to the original songs they're all ominous like "Fruitman" by Kool & the Gang about the importance of good food (he got sick by not eating right), and "When I die" by Motherlode. Real real deep. It's really apparent when you hear the originals.

also the new qtip album kinda sux. i really liked Kamaal and this is more of the same live band funk/soul/rock type shit, but it's way jammier and just doesn't do it for me. my favorite track on the album is a jay dee produced number.

Am I the only one that likes the similiar Madlib album that came out a few months ago better than Donuts?

The Shining is sitting real well with me right now.

He should've done a lot more.

No doubt. How is the rest of the Steve Spacek album after "Dollar," and did Dilla do any more beats on it? I've been going to this club lately where they use that song as an end of the night wind-down thing, I love it more each time.

i love the first jaydee produced one. the 'jazz' one you're talking about is called Kamaal the Abstract. i think it's pretty great, and this new one is pretty similar but just not as good to me.

jay dee only produced 'dollars' on the spacek album. spacek produced most of it himself. i think it's pretty good. here's a thread i started about it. The new Steve Spacek album is really good...

deej was right: this isn't so much like the avalanches record.

i've been listening to this album a lot the past couple days, and i just can't believe how great it is. things i like about it:

1. the anti-cohesive cohesiveness, i came to really enjoy the abrupt track changes, there is definitely a flow to this album that isn't apparent at first
2. the different textures of the static in the background of the samples is a very pleasing sound to me, especially on the more relaxed tracks. that combined with off-kilter unusual melodies and sample choices, such an awesome sound.
3. the sentimental part of me hears it as a kind of nostalgic montage that was meaningful to dilla, like his life flashing before his eyes
4. the brevity of each track pulls me into listening to the whole album instead of skipping around. one track just makes me want to hear the next one because i can already hear the transition coming up, but at the same time i don't get bored of the transitions because they're still so suprising. it also just gives the album a really unique "shape" (i guess that ties into #1)
5. tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 (a good example of the static-y textures thing that i like), 15, 16... i guess listing tracks is kinda pointless, i pretty much love all of em

i've been listening to the shining and welcome 2 detroit, but neither have grabbed me as much as this one. any recommendations?