Donuts (album)

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Donuts
Studio album by J Dilla
Released February 7, 2006
Recorded 2006
Genre Hip hop, instrumental hip hop
Length 43:25
Label Stones Throw
Producer J Dilla
J Dilla chronology
Champion Sound
(2003)		 Donuts
(2006)		 Donuts EP: J. Rocc's Picks
(2006)
Alternative cover
LP release

Donuts is an instrumental hip hop album by producer J Dilla. Donuts was released on February 7, 2006, his 32nd birthday, and only three days before his death. On Metacritic, Donuts received "universal acclaim" from critics based on an aggregate score of 84/100 from fifteen reviews.[1]

Contents

[edit] Creative process

J Dilla had been diagnosed with an incurable blood disease TTP in 2002 and he had also been diagnosed with lupus previously. According to close friend and fellow producer Karriem Riggins the impetus for Donuts came during an extended hospital stay in the summer of 2005. Dilla's friends from the L.A.-based indie label Stones Throw came to visit and brought him a Boss SP-303 sampler and a small 45 record player so he could make music while in the hospital. Dilla completed 29 of the 31 songs on Donuts while still in the hospital.[2]

In the December 2006 issue of The Fader magazine, J Dilla's mother, Maureen Yancey, who is a former opera singer, spoke of watching her son's daily routine while working on Donuts:

I knew he was working on a series of beat CDs before he came to Los Angeles. Donuts was a special project that he hadn't named yet. This was the tail end of his "Dill Withers" phase, while he was living in Clinton Township, Michigan. You see, musically he went into different phases. He'd start on a project, go back, go buy more records and then go back to working on the project again.

I saw him all day, everyday. I would go there for breakfast, go back to Detroit to check on the daycare business I was running, and then back to his house for lunch and dinner. He was on a special diet and he was a funny eater anyway. He had to take 15 different medications, we would split them up between meals, and every other day we would binge on a brownie sundae from Big Boys. That was his treat.

I didn't know about the actual album Donuts until I came to Los Angeles to stay indefinitely. I got a glimpse of the music during one of the hospital stays, around his 31st birthday, when [friend and producer] House Shoes came out from Detroit to visit him. I would sneak in and listen to the work in progress while he was in dialysis. He got furious when he found out I was listening to his music! He didn't want me to listen to anything until it was a finished product.

He was working in the hospital. He tried to go over each beat and make sure that it was something different and make sure that there was nothing that he wanted to change. "Lightworks", oh yes, that was something! That's one of the special ones. It was so different. It blended classical music (way out there classical), commercial and underground at the same time.[3]

[edit] Aftermath

Dilla's death, three days after the album's release, was widely mourned by the hip hop community, including all those who he worked with in the past and the years closer to his death, especially Detroit's hip-hop community (which included rapper Proof, a friend and associate of Dilla's, who also died 2 months later on April 11).

In regards to the name, "Donuts," The New York Times published an article on Dilla's death, on February 14, 2006, saying:

The record company issued a brief note about the title: Easy explanation. Dilla likes donuts. Yesterday his mother managed a chuckle when she confirmed that fact. I just bought two dozen a week ago, she said.[4]

[edit] Re-use of beats

The tracks "One for Ghost" and "Hi" were used in Ghostface Killah's Fishscale, under the names ""Whip You With a Strap" and "Beauty Jackson", respectively. Ghostface Killah also used "Geek Down" for the song Murda Goons released on his Hidden Darts: Special Edition album. Busta Rhymes and Rah Digga used "Gobstopper" and "Last Donut of the Night" as beats for "Just Another Day at the Range" and "Best That Ever Did It." "Workinonit" was used by The Roots for a collaboration with Saigon for the album Game Theory, however it was not included out of respect for Dilla's passing.[5] The verse from Saigon can be heard on his mixtape Return of the Yardfather. J Dilla's posthumously released album The Shining, also released with new verses on Common's Finding Forever, uses a re-edited version of "Bye."

The aforementioned tracks were, for the most part, recorded or planned during Dilla's lifetime. After Dilla's passing, The Roots used "Time: The Donut of the Heart" for their J Dilla tribute "Can't Stop This" on the album Game Theory. In 2005, the track "Mash" was rapped over by MF DOOM and Guilty Simpson on the track "Mash's Revenge" feature on the Stones Throw compilation "B-Ball Zombie War". DOOM also used "Anti-American Graffiti" which appeared on the Dilla Ghost Doom release Sniperlite, under the track name "Sniper Elite". DOOM later used "Lightworks" on a track of the same name on his album "Born Like This". "Lightworks" was also used for the "B-Ball Zombie War" track "Lightworking," which features Talib Kweli and Q-Tip. Busta Rhymes added a verse to Q-Tip and Talib Kweli's on "Lightworks". This was included in his Dillagence mixtape, 2007.

Cartoon Network has used many of the album's tracks as bumper music during the Adult Swim programming block. Adult Swim, which has been in a partnership with Stones Throw records, cited the track "Stepson of the Clapper" as their addiction.[6]

Many notable rappers and hip hop artists started to use many of the beats from Donuts:

  • Termanology also recorded a track titled, "Only One Can Win" using J Dilla's track "Two Can Win." The song is a tale about a man choosing between rap and a woman. He pays respect to Dilla in the beginning of the song.
  • Talib Kweli has used "Bye" on a track called "I Feel You" from the mixtape Blacksmith: The Movement and "Dilla Says Go" on a track called "Kweli Says Go" from the mixtape with Clinton Sparks "Get Familiar".
  • Credo used "People" in a track titled, "The Clearing (My People)" on his Dont Give Up The Fight II mixtape.
  • Big Pooh had used "Gobstopper" for a track titled "Plastic Cups" he also used "One Eleven" for a track with the same name featuring O-Dash on a mixtape with Mick Boogie.
  • Ghostface Killah used "One For Ghost" in a song called "Whip You with a Strap" and used "Hi" for "Beauty Jackson" on his album Fishscale. Those two songs were initially created for Ghostface, hence the title "One For Ghost".
  • Ghostface Killah also recorded a song called "Murder Goons" over the beat from "Geek Down" in the Fishscale sessions, but the song remained unreleased until 2007 when it appeared on Hidden Darts (Special Edition).
  • Drake used "Time: The Donut of the Heart" in a song called "Where to Now" on his mixtape Comeback Season (2007).
  • Charles Hamilton created a mixtape titled And Then They Played Dilla rapping over tracks from Donuts. He also created a sequel, which is named "And Then They Played Dilla 2".
  • Peanut Butter Wolf used the song "Mash" as the instrumental for a song called "Mash's Revenge" for his album B-Ball Zombie War (2007).
  • Rapper Skyzoo has recorded tribute tracks using "Two Can Win" and "Last Donut," among others.
  • Rapper Jay Electronica used "Gobstopper" for his track "Abracadabra" and several other Dilla beats for various tracks of his Victory mixtape
  • XV released Thanks For The Donuts, a tribute EP using J Dilla beats, on February 7, 2011 (Dilla's birthday as well as the fifth anniversary of Donuts).
  • Big Sean has a song on his mixtape F.F.O.E. which uses the beat for Two Can Win, and uses the same title.

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[7]
The A.V. Club B+[8]
BBC (positive)[9]
Dusted Magazine (favorable)[10]
IGN (7.3/10)[11]
Pitchfork Media (7.9/10)[12]
PopMatters 9/10 stars[13]
Prefix Magazine 9/10 stars[14]
RapReviews 9.0/10 stars[15]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[16]
Stylus Magazine B[17]

Online music service Rhapsody ranked the album #3 on its "Hip-Hop’s Best Albums of the Decade" list.[18] "Dilla has always been one of the most stylistically adventurous producers in hip-hop, flipping between the warm, jazzy boom-bap of his earlier years and the colder, more forceful electro of his middle period. But Donuts—in its fractured, ADD glory—presented the producer at his most naked. Culled from a series of beat CDs that had been circulating for some time, most of the songs on Donuts are little more than sketches. Only one song even approaches the three-minute mark, and a few barely even progress beyond simple loops. Though fragments, they collectively offer an intensely personal meditation on the soul music that dominated Dilla’s childhood in Detroit."

The album ranked number 9 on ClashMusic.com's Essential 50 countdown in April 2009.[19]

In a interview for Pitchfork Media, Panda Bear of Animal Collective stated that Donuts was "By far the album I've listened to most over the past year, and I feel like almost any of the songs off there I could say is my favorite."[20]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Donuts (Outro)" – 0:11
  2. "Workinonit" – 2:57
  3. "Waves" – 1:38
  4. "Light My Fire" – 0:35
  5. "The New" – 0:49
  6. "Stop!" – 1:39
  7. "People" – 1:24
  8. "The Diff'rence" – 1:52
  9. "Mash" – 1:31
  10. "Time: The Donut of the Heart" – 1:38
  11. "Glazed" – 1:21
  12. "Airworks" – 1:44
  13. "Lightworks" – 1:55
  14. "Stepson of the Clapper" – 1:01
  15. "The Twister (Huh, What)" – 1:16
  16. "One Eleven" – 1:11
  17. "Two Can Win" – 1:47
  18. "Don't Cry" – 1:59
  19. "Anti-American Graffiti" – 1:53
  20. "Geek Down" – 1:19
  21. "Thunder" – 0:54
  22. "Gobstopper" – 1:05
  23. "One for Ghost" – 1:18
  24. "Dilla Says Go" – 1:16
  25. "Walkinonit" – 1:15
  26. "The Factory" – 1:23
  27. "U-Love" – 1:00
  28. "Hi." – 1:16
  29. "Bye." – 1:27
  30. "Last Donut of the Night" – 1:39
  31. "Welcome to the Show" – 1:12

[edit] Samples

  • "Waves"
    • "Do Ya Thang" by B.R. Gunna [28]
    • "Johnny Don't Do It" by 10cc [29]
    • "King of the Beats" by Mantronix [30]
  • "Airworks"
  • "Lightworks"
    • "Bendix 1: 'The Tomorrow People'" by Raymond Scott [49]
    • "Lightworks" by Raymond Scott [50]
    • "King of the Beats" by Mantronix [51]
  • "Stepson of the Clapper"
  • "Anti-American Graffiti"
  • "One For Ghost"
    • "To the Other Man" by Luther Ingram [69]
    • "King of the Beats" by Mantronix [70]

[edit] Donuts: J Rocc's Picks

In promotion for the album, Stones Throw released a limited edition EP called Donuts EP: J. Rocc's Picks. This EP contained five extended versions of Donuts instrumentals and the exclusive track, "Signs."

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006)[85] Peak
position
U.S. Independent Albums 21

[edit] References

  1. ^ J Dilla aka Jay Dee: Donuts (2006): Reviews. Metacritic. Accessed May 20, 2008.
  2. ^ Aku, Timmhotep "Fantastic Voyage", The Source, April 05, 2006, accessed March 22, 2011.
  3. ^ The FADER - Shine On...and On (Extended Sentimental Remix)
  4. ^ The New York Times - James Yancey, 32, Producer Known for Soulful Hip-Hop
  5. ^ Exclusive Hip Hop News, Audio, Lyrics, Videos, Honeys, Wear, Sneakers, Download Mixtapes
  6. ^ Stones Throw
  7. ^ Allmusic review
  8. ^ The A.V. Club review
  9. ^ BBC review
  10. ^ Dusted Magazine review
  11. ^ IGN review
  12. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  13. ^ PopMatters review
  14. ^ Prefix Magazine review
  15. ^ RapReviews review
  16. ^ Rolling Stone review
  17. ^ Stylus Magazine review
  18. ^ "Hip-Hop’s Best Albums of the Decade" Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  19. ^ "Clash Essential 50 - Number 9 | Clash Music Exclusive Best of Clash". Clashmusic.com. 2009-04-16. http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/clash-essential-50-number-9. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  20. ^ Lennox, Noah "Pitchfork: Guest Lists: Panda Bear", Pitchfork, February 15, 2007, accessed March 22, 2011.
  21. ^ "J Dilla's Donuts (Intro) sample of Shuggie Otis's Not Available". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/53425/J%20Dilla-Donuts%20%28Intro%29_Shuggie%20Otis-Not%20Available/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  22. ^ "J Dilla's Workinonit sample of 10cc's The Worst Band in the World". WhoSampled. 2009-04-29. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/3400/J%20Dilla-Workinonit_10cc-The%20Worst%20Band%20in%20the%20World/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  23. ^ "J Dilla's Workinonit sample of Raymond Scott's Sprite: Melonball Bounce". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/63029/J%20Dilla-Workinonit_Raymond%20Scott-Sprite:%20Melonball%20Bounce/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  24. ^ "J Dilla's Workinonit sample of Beastie Boys's The New Style". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/49714/J%20Dilla-Workinonit_Beastie%20Boys-The%20New%20Style/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  25. ^ "J Dilla's Workinonit sample of Mantronix's King of the Beats". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/14852/J%20Dilla-Workinonit_Mantronix-King%20of%20the%20Beats/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  26. ^ "J Dilla's Workinonit sample of Malcolm McLaren's Buffalo Gals". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/63168/J%20Dilla-Workinonit_Malcolm%20McLaren-Buffalo%20Gals/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  27. ^ "J Dilla's Workinonit sample of Joeski Love's Pee-Wee's Dance". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/58576/J%20Dilla-Workinonit_Joeski%20Love-Pee-Wee%27s%20Dance/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  28. ^ "J Dilla's Waves sample of B.R. Gunna feat. J Dilla's Do Ya Thing". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/68381/J%20Dilla-Waves_B.R.%20Gunna%20feat.%20J%20Dilla-Do%20Ya%20Thing/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  29. ^ "J Dilla's Waves sample of 10cc's Johnny, Don't Do It". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/1022/J%20Dilla-Waves_10cc-Johnny,%20Don%27t%20Do%20It/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  30. ^ "J Dilla's Waves sample of Mantronix's King of the Beats". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/14853/J%20Dilla-Waves_Mantronix-King%20of%20the%20Beats/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  31. ^ "J Dilla's Light My Fire sample of Africa's Light My Fire". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/20961/J%20Dilla-Light%20My%20Fire_Africa-Light%20My%20Fire/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  32. ^ "J Dilla's Light My Fire sample of James Brown's My Thang". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/62984/J%20Dilla-Light%20My%20Fire_James%20Brown-My%20Thang/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  33. ^ "J Dilla's The New sample of Beastie Boys's The New Style". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/6137/J%20Dilla-The%20New_Beastie%20Boys-The%20New%20Style/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  34. ^ "J Dilla's Stop! sample of Dionne Warwick's You're Gonna Need Me". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/4662/J%20Dilla-Stop!_Dionne%20Warwick-You%27re%20Gonna%20Need%20Me/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  35. ^ "J Dilla's Stop! sample of Jadakiss feat. Anthony Hamilton's Why". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/30703/J%20Dilla-Stop!_Jadakiss%20feat.%20Anthony%20Hamilton-Why/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  36. ^ "J Dilla's People sample of Eddie Kendricks's My People...Hold On". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/7831/J%20Dilla-People_Eddie%20Kendricks-My%20People...Hold%20On/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  37. ^ "J Dilla's People sample of Mantronix's King of the Beats". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/53377/J%20Dilla-People_Mantronix-King%20of%20the%20Beats/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  38. ^ "J Dilla's People sample of Run-DMC's Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/53380/J%20Dilla-People_Run-DMC-Here%20We%20Go%20(Live%20at%20the%20Funhouse)/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  39. ^ "J Dilla's The Diff'rence sample of Kool & the Gang's Fruitman". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/37484/J%20Dilla-The%20Diff%27rence_Kool%20%26%20the%20Gang-Fruitman/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  40. ^ "J Dilla's The Diff'rence sample of Mantronix's King of the Beats". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/53376/J%20Dilla-The%20Diff%27rence_Mantronix-King%20of%20the%20Beats/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  41. ^ "J Dilla's Mash sample of Galt MacDermot's Golden Apples (Part II)". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/3769/J%20Dilla-Mash_Galt%20MacDermot-Golden%20Apples%20(Part%20II)/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  42. ^ "J Dilla's Mash sample of Frank Zappa's Dance Contest". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/33511/J%20Dilla-Mash_Frank%20Zappa-Dance%20Contest/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  43. ^ "J Dilla's Mash sample of Lou Rawls's Season of the Witch". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/58678/J%20Dilla-Mash_Lou%20Rawls-Season%20of%20the%20Witch/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  44. ^ "J Dilla's Time: The Donut of the Heart sample of The Jackson 5's All I Do Is Think of You". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/4663/J%20Dilla-Time:%20The%20Donut%20of%20the%20Heart_The%20Jackson%205-All%20I%20Do%20Is%20Think%20of%20You/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  45. ^ "J Dilla's Glazed sample of Gene Chandler and Jerry Butler's You Just Can't Win (By Making the Same Mistake)". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/38296/J%20Dilla-Glazed_Gene%20Chandler%20and%20Jerry%20Butler-You%20Just%20Can%27t%20Win%20(By%20Making%20the%20Same%20Mistake)/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  46. ^ "J Dilla's Glazed sample of Lou Rawls's Season of the Witch". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/58679/J%20Dilla-Glazed_Lou%20Rawls-Season%20of%20the%20Witch/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  47. ^ "J Dilla's Airworks sample of L.V. Johnson's I Don't Really Care". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/5612/J%20Dilla-Airworks_L.V.%20Johnson-I%20Don%27t%20Really%20Care/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  48. ^ "J Dilla's Airworks sample of Raymond Scott's Bendix the Tomorrow People". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/58360/J%20Dilla-Airworks_Raymond%20Scott-Bendix%20the%20Tomorrow%20People/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  49. ^ "J Dilla's Lightworks sample of Raymond Scott's Bendix the Tomorrow People". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/36595/J%20Dilla-Lightworks_Raymond%20Scott-Bendix%20the%20Tomorrow%20People/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  50. ^ "J Dilla's Lightworks sample of Raymond Scott's Lightworks". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/1375/J%20Dilla-Lightworks_Raymond%20Scott-Lightworks/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  51. ^ "J Dilla's Lightworks sample of Mantronix's King of the Beats". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/14854/J%20Dilla-Lightworks_Mantronix-King%20of%20the%20Beats/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  52. ^ "J Dilla's Stepson of the Clapper sample of Mountain's Long Red". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/4183/J%20Dilla-Stepson%20of%20the%20Clapper_Mountain-Long%20Red%20(Live)/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  53. ^ "J Dilla's The Twister (Huh, What) sample of Stevie Wonder's For Once in My Life". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/53387/J%20Dilla-The%20Twister%20(Huh,%20What)_Stevie%20Wonder-For%20Once%20in%20My%20Life/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  54. ^ "J Dilla's The Twister (Huh, What) sample of Malcolm McLaren's Buffalo Gals". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/53427/J%20Dilla-The%20Twister%20(Huh,%20What)_Malcolm%20McLaren-Buffalo%20Gals/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  55. ^ "J Dilla's The Twister (Huh, What) sample of Fred Frith's Kick the Can (Part 1)". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/67886/J%20Dilla-The%20Twister%20(Huh,%20What)_Fred%20Frith-Kick%20the%20Can%20(Part%201)/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  56. ^ "J Dilla's The Twister (Huh, What) sample of Joeski Love's Pee-Wee's Dance". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/53431/J%20Dilla-The%20Twister%20(Huh,%20What)_Joeski%20Love-Pee-Wee%27s%20Dance/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  57. ^ "J Dilla's One Eleven sample of Smokey Robinson and The Miracles's A Legend in It's Own Time". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/21457/J%20Dilla-One%20Eleven_Smokey%20Robinson%20and%20The%20Miracles-A%20Legend%20in%20It%27s%20Own%20Time/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  58. ^ "J Dilla's One Eleven sample of Run-DMC's Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)". WhoSampled. 2010-08-24. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/20956/J%20Dilla-One%20Eleven_Run-DMC-Here%20We%20Go%20(Live%20at%20the%20Funhouse)/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  59. ^ "J Dilla's Two Can Win sample of The Sylvers's Only One Can Win". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/2868/J%20Dilla-Two%20Can%20Win_The%20Sylvers-Only%20One%20Can%20Win/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  60. ^ "J Dilla's Don't Cry sample of The Escorts's I Can't Stand (To See You Cry)". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/3505/J%20Dilla-Don%27t%20Cry_The%20Escorts-I%20Can%27t%20Stand%20(To%20See%20You%20Cry)/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  61. ^ "J Dilla's Anti-American Graffiti sample of Tin Tin's Family Tree". WhoSampled. 2011-03-23. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/3622/J%20Dilla-Anti-American%20Graffiti_Tin%20Tin-Family%20Tree/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  62. ^ "J Dilla's Anti-American Graffiti sample of Joeski Love's Pee-Wee's Dance". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/53728/J%20Dilla-Anti-American%20Graffiti_Joeski%20Love-Pee-Wee%27s%20Dance/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  63. ^ "J Dilla's Geek Down sample of The Jimi Entley Sound's Charlie's Theme". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/1378/J%20Dilla-Geek%20Down_The%20Jimi%20Entley%20Sound-Charlie%27s%20Theme/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  64. ^ "J Dilla's Geek Down sample of ESG's UFO". WhoSampled. 2009-10-03. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/5111/J%20Dilla-Geek%20Down_ESG-UFO/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  65. ^ "J Dilla's Thunder sample of Martha Reeves's Sweet Misery". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/1380/J%20Dilla-Thunder_Martha%20Reeves-Sweet%20Misery/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  66. ^ "J Dilla's Thunder sample of Mantronix's King of the Beats". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/53433/J%20Dilla-Thunder_Mantronix-King%20of%20the%20Beats/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  67. ^ "J Dilla's Gobstopper sample of Luther Ingram's To the Other Man". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/9272/J%20Dilla-Gobstopper_Luther%20Ingram-To%20the%20Other%20Man/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  68. ^ "J Dilla's Gobstopper sample of Mantronix's King of the Beats". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/14855/J%20Dilla-Gobstopper_Mantronix-King%20of%20the%20Beats/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  69. ^ "J Dilla's One for Ghost sample of Luther Ingram's To the Other Man". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/35732/J%20Dilla-One%20for%20Ghost_Luther%20Ingram-To%20the%20Other%20Man/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  70. ^ "J Dilla's One for Ghost sample of Mantronix's King of the Beats". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/67257/J%20Dilla-One%20for%20Ghost_Mantronix-King%20of%20the%20Beats/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  71. ^ "J Dilla's Dilla Says Go sample of The Trammps's Rubber Band". WhoSampled. 2009-07-19. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/3399/J%20Dilla-Dilla%20Says%20Go_The%20Trammps-Rubber%20Band/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  72. ^ "J Dilla's Dilla Says Go sample of B.R. Gunna feat. J Dilla's Do Ya Thing". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/51789/J%20Dilla-Dilla%20Says%20Go_B.R.%20Gunna%20feat.%20J%20Dilla-Do%20Ya%20Thing/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  73. ^ "J Dilla's Walkinonit sample of The Undisputed Truth's Walk on By". WhoSampled. 2010-08-02. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/6139/J%20Dilla-Walkinonit_The%20Undisputed%20Truth-Walk%20on%20By/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  74. ^ "J Dilla's Da Factory sample of Mantronix's King of the Beats". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/53435/J%20Dilla-Da%20Factory_Mantronix-King%20of%20the%20Beats/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  75. ^ "J Dilla's U-Love sample of Jerry Butler's Just Because I Really Love You". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/1376/J%20Dilla-U-Love_Jerry%20Butler-Just%20Because%20I%20Really%20Love%20You/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  76. ^ "J Dilla's Hi sample of The Three Degrees's Maybe". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/38380/J%20Dilla-Hi_The%20Three%20Degrees-Maybe/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  77. ^ "J Dilla's Bye. sample of The Isley Brothers's Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love) (Parts 1 & 2)". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/2796/J%20Dilla-Bye._The%20Isley%20Brothers-Don%27t%20Say%20Goodnight%20(It%27s%20Time%20for%20Love)%20(Parts%201%20%26%202)/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  78. ^ "J Dilla's Last Donut of the Night sample of The Moments's To You With Love". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/19965/J%20Dilla-Last%20Donut%20of%20the%20Night_The%20Moments-To%20You%20With%20Love/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  79. ^ "J Dilla's Last Donut of the Night sample of Gene Chandler's Rainbow '65". WhoSampled. 2010-07-23. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/38292/J%20Dilla-Last%20Donut%20of%20the%20Night_Gene%20Chandler-Rainbow%20%2765/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  80. ^ "J Dilla's Donuts (Intro) sample of Motherlode's When I Die". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/3506/J%20Dilla-Donuts%20(Intro)_Motherlode-When%20I%20Die/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  81. ^ "J Dilla's Donuts (Intro) sample of Shuggie Otis's Not Available". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/53425/J%20Dilla-Donuts%20(Intro)_Shuggie%20Otis-Not%20Available/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  82. ^ "J Dilla | Signs | Stones Throw Records". Stonesthrow.com. http://stonesthrow.com/store/7-inch/jdilla/signs-1. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  83. ^ "J Dilla's Signs sample of Brenton Wood's Gimme Little Sign". WhoSampled. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/20788/J%20Dilla-Signs_Brenton%20Wood-Gimme%20Little%20Sign/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  84. ^ "J Dilla's Signs sample of Syl Johnson's Different Strokes". WhoSampled. 2010-11-13. http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/68362/J%20Dilla-Signs_Syl%20Johnson-Different%20Strokes/. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  85. ^ allmusic ((( Donuts - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums ))). Allmusic. Accessed May 20, 2008.
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