Donut Shop

Donut Shop
EP by J Dilla
Released	June 2010
Genre	Hip hop, instrumental hip hop
Label	Stones Throw Records Serato Pay Jay Productions
Producer	J Dilla
J Dilla chronology
Jay Stay Paid (2009) Donut Shop (2010) Dillatroit (2012)

Donut Shop is a 2-disc collection of previously unrealeased instrumental hip hop songs by J Dilla, former founding member of Slum Village. The collection was posthumously released in 2010 by joint venture of Stones Throw, the J Dilla Estate, and Serato.^[1][2][3]

Background

The collection is made of three previously unreleased instrumentals personally selected by J Rocc from Dilla's archives, which are “Safety Dance”, “Sycamore”, and “Bars & Twists”. The other three unreleased instrumentals are versions of Dilla's productions for Mos Def, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes. The collection was remastered by Elysian Masters, who mixed and mastered Dilla's Donuts, The Shining, and Ruff Draft albums. Also included are Serato Scratch Live DJ software and two donut slipmats.^[4]

Track listing

1. Safety Dance
2. Sycamore
3. Bars & Twists
4. History (Mos Def)
5. Move (Q-Tip)
6. You Can't Hold A Torch (Busta Rhymes)

Samples

• "Safety Dance"
• "Sycamore"
  • "King of the Beats" by Mantronix ^[5]
  • "Do Ya Thang" by B.R. Gunna ^[6]
• "Bars & Twists"

References

1. "J Dilla Donut Shop (Serato/Stones Throw) 2 Discs, 2 Slipmats & Dilla beats | Stones Throw Records". Stonesthrow.com. 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
2. "J Dilla – Donut Shop EP". Trees for Breakfast. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
3. "download J Dilla’s Donut Shop". Gorilla Vs. Bear. 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
4. "J. Dilla - Donut Shop". Slamxhype. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
5. "J Dilla's One for Ghost sample of Mantronix's King of the Beats". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
6. "J Dilla's Dilla Says Go sample of B.R. Gunna feat. J Dilla's Do Ya Thing". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2014-05-14.