Donuts EP: J. Rocc's Picks
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Donuts EP: J. Rocc's Picks is an EP released by Detroit producer
/rapper
J Dilla
, released by the Stones Throw label
in 2006.
The follow-up to his Donuts
album, this EP features tracks picked by J. Rocc, a fellow producer on Stones Throw. The tracks on the EP are extended versions of the original tracks from Donuts, with the exception of "Signs", which is not included on the original album.
Hip hop production
Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. Though the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music, it's most commonly used to refer to the instrumental, non-lyrical aspects of hip hop. This means that hip hop producers are the instrumentalists involved in a work...
/rapper
Rapping
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J Dilla
J Dilla
James Dewitt Yancey , better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan...
, released by the Stones Throw label
Record label
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in 2006.
The follow-up to his Donuts
Donuts (album)
Donuts is an instrumental hip hop album by producer J Dilla. Donuts was released on February 7, 2006, his 32nd birthday, and only three days before his death...
album, this EP features tracks picked by J. Rocc, a fellow producer on Stones Throw. The tracks on the EP are extended versions of the original tracks from Donuts, with the exception of "Signs", which is not included on the original album.
Side A
- "Lightworks"
- samples "Bendix 1: 'The Tomorrow People'" & "Lightworks" by Raymond ScottRaymond ScottRaymond Scott was an American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor....
- samples "Bendix 1: 'The Tomorrow People'" & "Lightworks" by Raymond Scott
- "Two Can Win"
- samples "Only One Can Win" by The SylversThe SylversThe Sylvers were a popular R&B/soul and disco family group during the 1970s. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, the family would later relocate to Watts, California.- Beginnings :...
- samples "Only One Can Win" by The Sylvers
- "Signs"
- samples "Gimme Little Sign" by Brenton WoodBrenton WoodBrenton Wood is an American singer and songwriter, best known for his two 1967 hit singles: "The Oogum Boogum Song" and "Gimme Little Sign".-Career:...
& "Different Strokes" by Syl JohnsonSyl JohnsonSyl Johnson is an American blues and soul singer and record producer.-Biography:Born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States, Johnson sang and played with blues artists Magic Sam, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and Howlin' Wolf in the 1950s, before recording with Jimmy Reed...
- samples "Gimme Little Sign" by Brenton Wood
Side B
- "People!"
- samples "People Hold On" by Eddie KendricksEddie KendricksEddie Kendricks was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971. His was the lead voice on such famous songs as "The Way You Do The Things...
& "Here We Go (Live at the Fun House)" by Run-D.M.C.Run-D.M.C.Run–D.M.C. was an American hip hop group from Hollis, in the Queens borough of New York City. Founded by Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, and Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell, the group is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture.Run–D.M.C...
- samples "People Hold On" by Eddie Kendricks
- "Light It Again"
- samples "Light My FireLight My Fire"Light My Fire" is a song by The Doors which was recorded in August 1966 and released the first week of January 1967 on the Doors' debut album. Released as a single in April, it spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and one week on the Cash Box Top 100, nearly a year after...
" by Africa
- samples "Light My Fire
- "High"
- samples "Maybe" by The Three DegreesThe Three DegreesThe Three Degrees are an American female vocal group. Formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,, the group has always been a trio though there have been a number of personnel changes and a total of fourteen women have represented the group so far. The original members were Fayette Pinkney,...
- samples "Maybe" by The Three Degrees