The most impressive thing about Donuts is the confidence Jay must have had in his own catalog and ability, a confidence that allowed him to throw this many beats into one project.  Full text...

Donuts was his stepping-stone to greater fame, begun simply as a beat-tape that evolved into something bigger.   Full text...

He should be applauded, because he's just made the first essential hip-hop album of the year.   Full text...

"Donuts" is best described as a mix of past and present, bits and pieces carved from Motown, Kool And The Gang, Beastie Boys, obscure rock guitars and vocal snippets set to various beats.  Full text...

Fleshed-out, nearly any cut on Donuts could have been tweaked into a hit, but there was no time for that.  Full text...

Donuts is pure postmodern art-- which was hip-hop's aim in the first place.  Full text...

Donuts is a work of inspired wonder that constantly tugs at the very fabric from which it is woven, as though it were somehow unsatisfied with its own creativity.  Full text...

Dilla offers up full-bodied sounds to seek your teeth into.  Full text...

Donuts -- created from a hospital bed and home studio while Dee recuperated from a mystery ailment -- is a box-fresh assortment of thirty-one instrumentals, most barely more than a minute long, built from a basic palette of sweet soul loops, rudimentary scratches and glazed electronics.  Full text...