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Donuts was ready to be released by October 2005, but according to Stones Throw, their distributor, EMI, "didn't think a weird, difficult instrumental album by an underground producer would move the projected 10,000 copies", since Dilla's previous album, Champion Sound, failed to achieve commercial success. [28] Later the label came to an understanding with the distributor and the album was set for release in early February 2006, along with a bonus single "Signs". [29] Stay Down," A Busta Rhymes And Drake Collab Produced By J Dilla, Leaks". Okayplayer. June 18, 2020. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021 . Retrieved April 21, 2021.Nas - The Season (Prod. By J Dilla)". Archived from the original on February 26, 2023 . Retrieved February 26, 2023– via YouTube. It’s just a compilation of the stuff I thought was a little too much for the MCs. That’s basically what it is, ya know? Me flipping records that people really don’t know how to rap on but they want to rap on. There’s a bunch of that. [11] J Dilla - Donuts, 10th anniversary vinyl". Stones Throw. Archived from the original on February 8, 2016 . Retrieved September 23, 2017. On September 27, 2014, Donuts was released on compact cassettes, as a part of Cassette Store Day. [38]

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Donuts (liner notes). J Dilla. Los Angeles, California: Stones Throw Records. 2006. STH2126. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Donuts (liner notes). J Dilla. Los Angeles, California: Stones Throw Records. 2014 [First released 2006]. STH2126CS. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Donuts 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 J Dilla's life.

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