{"product_id":"j-dillas-donuts-9781623561833","title":"J Dilla's Donuts","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a Los Angeles hospital bed, equipped with little more than a laptop and a stack of records, James \"J Dilla\" Yancey crafted a set of tracks that would forever change the way beatmakers viewed their artform. The songs on \u003ci\u003eDonuts \u003c\/i\u003eare not hip hop music as \"hip hop music\" is typically defined; they careen and crash into each other, in one moment noisy and abrasive, gorgeous and heartbreaking the next. The samples and melodies tell the story of a man coming to terms with his declining health, a final love letter to the family and friends he was leaving behind. As a prolific producer with a voracious appetite for the history and mechanics of the music he loved, J Dilla knew the records that went into constructing \u003ci\u003eDonuts \u003c\/i\u003einside and out. He could have taken them all and made a much different, more accessible album. If the widely accepted view is that his final work is a record about dying, the question becomes why did he make this record about dying? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from philosophy, critical theory and musicology, as well as Dilla's own musical catalogue, Jordan Ferguson shows that the contradictory, irascible and confrontational music found on \u003ci\u003eDonuts \u003c\/i\u003eis as much a result of an artist's declining health as it is an example of what scholars call \"late style,\" placing the album in a musical tradition that stretches back centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jordan Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e 33 1\/3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 4.70w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623561833","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42441330065545,"sku":"9781623561833","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_4d0d8bca-43b2-48b6-8b2b-9b48fb58dbbc.jpg?v=1716243254","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/j-dillas-donuts-9781623561833","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}