J DILLA - DONUTS Format:Shop Cover Vinyl LP influenced a generation of independent

influenced a generation of independent music

Their breakout release

5 minutes with two tracks right around a minute apiece

Olsen’s flight is both upward and inward

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J DILLA - DONUTS Format:Shop Cover Vinyl LP influenced a generation of independentDonuts began simply enough as an idea to turn a particularly good demo beat tape into a full length release, and has since became a classic hip hop album, one of the defining works of the artist's life. Completed during a year in which J Dilla spent mostly in a hospital bed at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Donuts would gain particular poignancy when, only three days after its release, February 10, 2006, the artist passed away, losing his