Detroit hip-hop producer J Dilla (aka James Yancey) passed away February 10, 2006, just three days after he turned 32 and Stones Throw released his solo album Donuts. Dilla had been suffering from a ...

J. Dilla‘s massively influential, crate-digging 2006 masterpiece, Donuts, is at the center of a new copyright infringement lawsuit alleging that the album included a sample of 10cc‘s “The Worst Band ...

The 33 1/3 book series from Bloomsbury, which sees authors focus on the creation of specific albums, has produced some real gems, including Nicholas Rombes’ Ramones, Don McLeese’s Kick Out the Jams, ...

Super7 is honoring one of hip-hop’s most influential producers with a new J Dilla ReAction Figure, modeled after the iconic Donuts album cover. The figure is available now on Complex Shop, bringing a ...

Baked and buzzed are debating who should be baked and who should be buzzed. Great points being made around the board. But Dilla is staying constant for sure. It’s strange that music has been compared ...

At 5.a.m. on April 8, 2016, Dilla's Delights opened its doors for a one-day-only preview of its new brick and mortar location in Detroit. The shop is a tribute to the late legendary producer, J. Dilla ...

A hip-hop national monument is in danger of going out of business as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Dilla’s Delights, the Detroit donut shop named for the late producer J Dilla and owned ...

J Dilla has been hit with a lawsuit over his Donuts cut “Workinonit” — 14 years after the album’s release and the esteemed producer’s death. The complaint, filed in March 2020 and amended in April by ...

Super7 are paying tribute to hip hop production great J Dilla with a new action figure. His classic 2006 album Donuts is the inspiration for the new ReAction Figure, which features a 3.75″ articulated ...

It's been ten years since the world lost J. Dilla and yet the producer's presence and influence continue to be felt. Mass Appeal Records issued the posthumous album The Diary last month, and Dilla's ...

Serato and Stones Throw have teamed with the J Dilla Estate for the official J Dilla Serato release, Donut Shop. This is 2 discs with six J Dilla tracks, 2 sides with Serato Control Tone (for use with ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Juan Pablo Marcos/MiC. When I think of an album that will stick with me for the rest of my life, I ...