
7 February 2006 · 21 YEARS
Donuts
J Dilla
Using a portable turntable and a sampler, the producer constructed this project while confined to a hospital room. The result functions as a bittersweet collage that acts as a beat tape and a final goodbye to the world.
Stones Throw Records issued these tracks shortly before the artist died in 2006. Its reliance on unconventional loops and soul samples shifted the way creators approach texture in instrumental hip hop music.