Announced in Fall 2005, the concept of a "rap album without rappers" struck some as minor novelty, but Donuts would prove to transcend the rigid definitions of what a hip-hop album could be. 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 it's release, February 10, 2006, the artist passed away, losing his battle with a rare blood disease. Donuts 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. Vinyl purchase comes with immediate digital download. 2/LP and CD digipack with the ""Smile"" photo album cover.
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