NEW DOUBLE LP
New sealed copy. 2025 20th anniversary audiophile remastered reissue. Remastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering and pressed by Fidelity Record Pressing. Plays back at 45 RPM.
Donuts is the second studio album by American producer J Dilla, released in 2006 through Stones Throw Records. Issued on his 32nd birthday and three days before his death, it was the final album released during his lifetime. The instrumental hip hop record contains 31 short tracks built from 34 samples drawn from soul, jazz, rock, and other sources.
The album is constructed as a continuous sequence, with many tracks lasting little more than a minute and ending abruptly before moving into the next piece. Its sequencing begins with an outro and ends with an intro, allowing the record to form a loop. Tracks such as "Workinonit," "Stop!," "Time: The Donut of the Heart," "Don't Cry," and "Last Donut of the Night" demonstrate Dilla's use of chopped vocals, altered rhythms, and heavily reworked samples.
Donuts received widespread acclaim and became one of the most influential instrumental hip hop albums of its era. Its approach to sampling and beat construction has been cited by producers and artists across multiple genres, and the album was later included on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
TRACKLIST:
A1 Donuts (Outro)
A2 Workinonit
A3 Waves
A4 Light My Fire
A5 The New
A6 Stop
A7 People
A8 The Diff'rence
B1 Mash
B2 Time: The Donut Of The Heart
B3 Glazed
B4 Airworks
B5 Lightworks
B6 Stepson Of The Clapper
B7 The Twister (Huh, What)
C1 One Eleven
C2 Two Can Win
C3 Don't Cry
C4 Anti-American Graffiti
C5 Geek Down
C6 Thunder
C7 Gobstopper
D1 One For Ghost
D2 Dilla Says Go
D3 Walkinonit
D4 The Factory
D5 U-Love
D6 Hi.
D7 Bye.
D8 Last Donut Of The Night
D9 Donuts (Intro)
