{"product_id":"j-dillas-donuts-by-jordan-ferguson-9781623561833","title":"J Dilla's Donuts","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 \u003cem\u003eDonuts\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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 \u003cem\u003eDonuts\u003c\/em\u003e 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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 \u003cem\u003eDonuts\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431256408300,"sku":"9781623561833","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781623561833.jpg?v=1774557979","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/j-dillas-donuts-by-jordan-ferguson-9781623561833","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}