NOEXTEHO

it pisses me off that jay dee (a.k.a. j-dilla) died recently. we had just gotten this promo a week or two before the album dropped, and i was listening to it at least once a day (sorry i forgot to mention it sooner on here)... then the album comes out and he dies. sure, dying probably helped sales of this album, but it's so awesome that i want more! i want to team up with him somehow and make music! i want to see a j-dilla + mf doom album! i want more.... more future posibilities.... and all i have is his back catalog. well, at least he squeezed out this album before passing. about the album: its instumental hip hop. yes, yes, i know, instrumental hip hop is usually rather boring, just begging the question "why the hell isn't there an MC?!?"..... but not this one. all the songs are so perfect of a length that you get the gist of it, then it's on to another one. its always interesting, yet it doesnt just sound like one-beat-after-another nonstop rapid-fire. while artists like RJD2 typically have a few awesome songs on their instrumental albums, Donuts is solidly entertaining from beginning to end. and unlike dj shadow's stuff (which i think isnt so much hiphop as it is more like electronic music), Donuts is definately hiphop. awesome awesome hiphop, to be specific.

[SIDE NOTE mini suggestion: also check out the jay dee and madlib collaboration they did under the name Jaylib entitled Champion Sound. sweet beats, sweet rhymes.... its my second favorite madlib thing, next to Madvillain. and my second favorite Jay Dee thing, next to Donuts, of course...]