9781623561833-1623561833-J Dilla's Donuts (33 1/3)

J Dilla's Donuts (33 1/3)

ISBN-13: 9781623561833
ISBN-10: 1623561833
Author: Jordan Ferguson
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Paperback 152 pages
FREE US shipping
Buy

From $7.40

Book details

ISBN-13: 9781623561833
ISBN-10: 1623561833
Author: Jordan Ferguson
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Paperback 152 pages

Summary

J Dilla's Donuts (33 1/3) (ISBN-13: 9781623561833 and ISBN-10: 1623561833), written by authors Jordan Ferguson, was published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2014. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other History & Criticism (Music) books. You can easily purchase or rent J Dilla's Donuts (33 1/3) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used History & Criticism books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $2.2.

Description

From 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 Donuts are 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 Donuts inside 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?

Drawing 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 Donuts is 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.

Rate this book Rate this book

We would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book