J Dilla - Donuts Cassette Ghostface Killah The Dripstick 861DS is more

The Dripstick 861DS is more than just a squeeze marker

The release was initially titled Snowblind in reference to the many tracks centered around drug use which was running rampant in the band at the time of the recording

Aesop Rock

the vocals are dusky and deep

my feelings are kind of all over the place

J Dilla - Donuts Cassette Ghostface Killah The Dripstick 861DS is moreDonuts began simply enough as an idea to turn a particularly good demo beat tape into a full length release, and has since became a classic hip hop album, one of the defining works of the artists life. Completed during a year in which J Dilla spent mostly in a hospital bed at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Donuts would gain particular poignancy when, only three days after its release, February 10, 2006, the artist passed away, losing his