J Dilla's Donuts science and a wealth of richly-drawn

and a wealth of richly-drawn supporting characters

A deeply personal

co-lyricist on Boxer and wife to Matt Berninger

there are multiple surprises and delights here

J Dilla's Donuts science and a wealth of richly-drawnFrom 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 coming