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J Dilla – Bye.
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Another message is getting across: he’s leaving.
While this doesn’t sound true and rather more disrespectful, it isn’t. Donuts is a deep album, even though it is a beat tape. In
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J Dilla – Bye. Samples
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J Dilla (Ft. Common & D'Angelo) – So Far to Go
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[Produced by J Dilla] / [Intro: D'Angelo] / I wanna get closer to you baby / [Hook: D'Angelo] / You have come so far, you've got so far to go (yeah) / You have come so far, you've
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J Dilla – The New
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[Produced by J Dilla] / [Beastie Boys Sample] / And on the cool check in / Center stage on the mic / And we're puttin' it on wax / It's the new... / It's the new / It's the new
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J Dilla – So Far to Go Samples
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Cons3pt – Bye (Frame a' Mind)
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Part 1 - Bye / [Intro] / Oh yea / Oohh yeaaa yea, yea / Ooh yea / Ooh yea / Oohh yeaaa yea, yea / Oooooohhh / [Verse 1] / I rock you flow / Staying high in your lows / I am ashamed
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J Dilla – Dilla Says Go
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“Dilla Says Go” is built around a few samples. J Dilla primarily lifted the instrumental from The Trammps‘ 1972 track “Rubber Band,” and looped snippets of the vocals to give this
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Common & D'Angelo – So Far to Go Samples
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The Pharcyde – Drop
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Drop is arguably the most popular song on The Pharcyde’s second studio album Labcabincalifornia. The production of this album was mainly handled by J. Dilla as opposed to J-Swift
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J Dilla – Thunder
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[Produced by J Dilla] / Ladies and gentleman / Ladies and gentleman / Ladies and gentleman / The Original
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Yasiin Bey (Ft. Talib Kweli) – History
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Black Star reunites on Mos Def’s Ecstatic to give us another quality track over a beautiful J Dilla beat
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J Dilla – Drop
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[Bootie Brown:] / Let me freak the funk / Obsolete is the punk that talk more junk than Sanford sells / I jet propel at a rate that complice their mental state / As I invade their
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J Dilla – One Eleven
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This song clocks in at 1:11 in length, hence the name One Eleven.
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J Dilla – Motor City Twirl (Instrumental)
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Instrumental
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Shittyoldshirt – Mom can't cook tears Samples
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J Dilla – Two Can Win
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[Produced by J Dilla] / [Intro] / Only one can win / Ooh only / Only one can win / Only one can win / Ooh only / [Verse] / Can win, only one can win your love / Ohoo / One can win
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J Dilla – Stop!
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[Produced by J Dilla] / [Jadakiss sample] / *Laugh* / It's dat real / [Dionne Warwick sample] / Mmm, you're gonna want me back in your arms / You're gonna need me, one day / Mmm
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J Dilla – Gobstopper
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The instrumental basically speaks for itself. The two things that can be noted here is that Nas and Jay Electronica used this instrumental.
Nas – The Season
Jay Electronica
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J Dilla – Glazed
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One of the handful of tracks on the record that actually refer to donuts, “Glazed” is a dynamic instrumental track that is a companion piece of sorts to “Mash” in that both feature
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J Dilla – The Factory
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[Produced by J Dilla] / ..This ungodly hour? / ...Is a factory / It can hurt / It can hurt / Hold your hand out / Give a shout / ...Free
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J Dilla – Don't Cry
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In a 2012 XXL interview, Questlove, a close friend and collaborator of Dilla’s, said “Don’t Cry” was a message to his mother.
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Common & D'Angelo – So Far to Go
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Produced by J Dilla, 9th track from Common’s Finding Forever album.
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KAM$ (@kamdollarsign) (Ft. MF DOOM) – DOOM$DAY
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Mic Check / Madlib / Peanut Butter Wolf / Special Guest J Dilla / Of course The METAL FACE Man MF DOOM Himself / Were at Cosmo's Record Shop / (Tape loads up) / Hello / Is this
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J Dilla – The Diff'rence
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[Produced by J Dilla] / The fruit man / The fruit man / The fruit man / The fruit man / You will see the diff'rence / The diff'rence / Come on / The diff'rence / The diff'rence
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J Dilla – Stepson of the Clapper
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This song primarily features a sample from Mountain’s “Long Red,” one of the most sampled drum beats in history. However, unlike most other tracks that simply keep the beginning
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J Dilla – Donuts (Outro)
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This track opens Donuts and already introduces the major thematic concern of the record: Dilla himself. Donuts is a highly autobiographical work, and a meditation on life itself as
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J Dilla – Light My Fire
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[Produced by J. Dilla] / [Intro] / Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea / [Chorus] / Come on baby, light my fire / (Light my fire now baby) / Come on baby, light my fire / (Light my fire baby
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The Isley Brothers – Don’t Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love) (Parts 1 & 2) Samples
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Common – The Light
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“The Light” is the second single from Common’s 2000 album Like Water For Chocolate. The song is a love letter devoted to his then-girlfriend Erykah Badu, whom he parted ways with
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J Dilla – The Twister (Huh, What)
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[Produced by J Dilla] / Would you join me please in welcoming / The Tempt... / Long before I knew / Someone warm like you / Huh, what / Huh, what
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J Dilla – Mash
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The bulk of J Dilla’s “Mash” consists of two primary samples: a looped, tuned-down piano sample of Galt MacDermot’s “Golden Apple” and vocals from Frank Zappa’s “Dance Contest”. In
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J Dilla – One for Ghost
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The title “One for Ghost” is directed at Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan. J Dilla made this song just for him and this sample appears on Ghost’s track “Whip You With a Strap” from
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J Dilla – Time: The Donut of the Heart
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Timeless track from the late great J Dilla.
Black Thought used this beat for the track “Can’t Stop This,” a tribute song to James Yancey on The Roots’ album Game Theory (Def Jam
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J Dilla – Geek Down (Donuts)
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[Instrumental]
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J Dilla – Airworks
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[Produced by J Dilla] / I don't really care / I never never needed..
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J Dilla – Workinonit
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With one of the most memorable beats on the album, Dilla uses choppy samples to create a smooth sound scape at a perfect opening track to his last record created while alive
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J Dilla – People
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[Produced by J Dilla] / People! / People, the time has come / Alright / Say it say it say it / My people...Hold on / My people / My people... Hold on / Say it say it say it / My
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Larry June, The Alchemist & Slum Village – Orange Village Samples
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J Dilla – Waves
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J Dilla’s final message to his younger brother, John “Illa J” Yancey.
This is the second track on the album to feature extensive sampling from 10cc, following the previous song “
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J Dilla – Lightworks
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J Dilla’s “Lightworks” mainly samples a Raymond Scott track with the same name.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWbzAa_c1VY
J Dilla’s rendition of the track was described by his
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J Dilla – Welcome to the Show
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On some editions this track is titled “Donuts (Intro).” In both that case and when it is called “Welcome to the Show,” the irony of its title and purpose is immediately apparent
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J Dilla – Anti-American Graffiti
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My family tree, my family, it's my history, my family / My family tree, my family, it's my history / Ah! Ah! / What's up... he-hey baby! / Have mercy, have mercy, you bet your life
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J Dilla – Walkinonit
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In one of the many examples of mirroring and progression on the album, the title alludes to the earlier, similarly titled track “Workinonit.” However, unlike the earlier upbeat
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J Dilla – Hi.
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[Produced by J Dilla] / ...Standing at the bus stop and I hear a voice behind me say / "Hi, baby" / Aw, I just fell all apart inside / Because I hadn't heard that voice in such a
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Cypress Hill (Ft. Fugees) – Boom Biddy Bye Bye (Fugees Remix)
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[Intro] / Refugee camp, with Cypress Hill / Yo, bringin' it on Cubans meet the Haitians / Perfect combination, check it / [Verse 1: Wyclef Jean & B-Real] / You say guns, I say
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J Dilla – Motor City 9
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[Instrumental] / [Samples] / "Now he's found someone new, and you want him back again" / "Can't you see, that I still love you" / "Can't you see, that I still love you" / "Can't
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