J Dillas Donuts has been one of my favourite albums for a few years now. One of the most impressive thing about this collection of loops/beats is that J Dilla knows when to quit a loop. Tracks generally last about a minute thirty. The beats loop several times, a few changes might occur, or another layer might be added. Once the track has said everything it has to say, it ends.
For an instrumental hip-hop album, this really makes a lot of sense. MF DOOMs instrumental albums (Special Herbs, Vol. 0-9), while awesome, often feature unchanging loops that continue for 3-4 minutes at a time. That gets tedious. J Dilla, on the other hand, offers up 31 short, tasty donuts for your consumption.
I like brevity in music, so I'm going to try to make a bunch of short ambient works. Today I made the first of that set, using a drone I created a few weeks ago (another thing I like: music cannibalism). Please enjoy the original sourced drone, and the final ambient work.
Original drone: Space Drone 2
Spacedrone2 by Liam Dodds
Final work: Ambient 25-09-10
Ambient 25-09-10 by Liam Dodds
MF DOOM - Vinca Rosea
MF DOOM (prod. J Dilla) - Gazillion Ear
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