Pitchblack Playback: J Dilla "Donuts" 20th Anniversary [Late Session—UPSTAIRS]
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About This Event
Pitchblack Playback stages a late-night upstairs session at Public Records marking the 20th anniversary of J Dilla’s Donuts. Dilla, a Detroit-bred producer who came to prominence with Slum Village and later worked with the Soulquarians and Madlib, favored off-kilter swing, dense sampling and emotional restraint—qualities that playback and close-listening formats, and the DJ interpretations they invite, foreground.
About Donuts
Donuts is the second studio album by 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 containing an infinite loop, consisting of 31 tracks with 34 samples from rock, jazz, and soul.
About the Artist
J Dilla
J Dilla, also known as Jay Dee, was a Detroit-bred producer, rapper, and composer whose work helped define the feel of mid-1990s underground hip hop. He first gained recognition with Slum Village, then moved through the late-’90s circle of the Soulquarians and later partnered with Madlib as Jaylib.