How J Dilla’s Donuts Influenced Hip Hop

How J Dilla’s Donuts Influenced hiphop is about a legendary producer. His Moog synthesizer and MPC 3000 sampler are featured in the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and and Culture. That alone should help you realise the impact this man had on music as a whole He’s worked with some of hip hops greatest artists and been revered by critics and fans alike. Pharell named him his favourite producer of all time, Kanye said “One of the best days of my life was when he handed me a record with drums on it”. This video is firstly an introduction to J Dilla if you don’t already know about him and secondly will be a detailed analysis of some of his tracks from a hip hop classic, Donuts. J Dilla born, James Yancey ,was a product of Motown, a style of music that fused soul and pop elements in the 1960s that was immensely popular His dad Beverly Yancey worked for the ford motor company for 40 years and was a friend of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy. His dad was a vocal coach who pl