There's a lot I don't know about James Dewitt Yancey. But I do know this album full of hip hop instrumentals is more than just some dapper beats ready to be rapped over. James, or J Dilla, died just three days after Donut's release. He suffered from the incurable blood disease TTP and lupus. Many people believe the different tracks to have subtle meanings relating to his sickness. The blog No Trivia wrote a great series of reviews for all 31 songs off the album. Read those here.
Dilla has influenced such hip hop greats as Kanye West, Flying Lotus, The Roots, Common, Pharrell Williams, and many others. Donuts is a legendary must-have.
www.stonesthrow.com/jdilla
1 comment:
WOW.
Another PersoN Writes About The Late GREAT J Dilla..x..
AWSOME.x.
AMAZING!!
Its amazing how much people dont know about Lupus.x.
R.I.P...x...
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