Daily album for April 6, 2026 Donuts by J Dilla (2006)

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Cover art for Donuts

Genres

  • hip hop
  • instrumental
  • instrumental hip hop

Donuts is the second studio album by the American hip hop producer J Dilla, as well as the final album to be released in his lifetime. It was released on February 7, 2006, by Stones Throw Records, on his 32nd birthday, just three days before his death. Produced in 2005, it is an instrumental hip-hop album structured in an infinite loop, consisting of 31 tracks with 34 different samples from rock, jazz, and soul.

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