Donut Shop

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Donut Shop
EP by J Dilla
Released	June 11, 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 unreleased 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 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. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. 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.