J Dilla's Donuts

by Jordan Ferguson

Book Overview

From a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, James "J Dilla" Yancey crafted a set of tracks that would forever change the way beatmakers viewed their artform. The songs on Donuts are not hip hop music as "hip hop music" is typically defined; they careen and crash into each other, in one moment noisy and abrasive, gorgeous and heartbreaking the next. The samples and melodies tell the story of a man...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623561833
• ISBN13: 9781623561833
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.7" x 6.4"