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Put the headphones on and plan to keep your head nodding for the whole time, this week we have J Dilla's "Donuts!"
Christian Dueñas - host of the podcast Primer - drops by to chop it up about a record whose full story took a long time to be told. "Donuts" was made as Dilla was in between and during hospital stays. While the popular account is the stuff of legend, there is another, more grounded story that is as beautiful in its humanity.
It's impossible to see "Donuts" outside the context of J Dilla's death; his passing three days after its release is forever tied to this album. The result is what many see as a meditation on mortality, and a producer whose musical identity was continuing to evolve even as his body was failing him.
Thank you to Christian for sitting in!
Check out Primer!
@primerpod
Follow Christian!
@buttsonabutt
Thanks for listening! Check out everything we have going on via the info below:
Instagram: @earwaxpod
TikTok: @earwaxpod
Amoeba on Instagram:
@amoebahollywood
@amoebasf
@amoebaberkeley
Questions, Suggestions, Corrections (surely we're perfect): [email protected]
Credits:
Edited by Claudia Rivera-Tinsley
All transition music written and performed by Spencer Belden
"EarWax Main Theme" performed by Spencer Belden feat. David Otis
By EarWax Team4.9
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Put the headphones on and plan to keep your head nodding for the whole time, this week we have J Dilla's "Donuts!"
Christian Dueñas - host of the podcast Primer - drops by to chop it up about a record whose full story took a long time to be told. "Donuts" was made as Dilla was in between and during hospital stays. While the popular account is the stuff of legend, there is another, more grounded story that is as beautiful in its humanity.
It's impossible to see "Donuts" outside the context of J Dilla's death; his passing three days after its release is forever tied to this album. The result is what many see as a meditation on mortality, and a producer whose musical identity was continuing to evolve even as his body was failing him.
Thank you to Christian for sitting in!
Check out Primer!
@primerpod
Follow Christian!
@buttsonabutt
Thanks for listening! Check out everything we have going on via the info below:
Instagram: @earwaxpod
TikTok: @earwaxpod
Amoeba on Instagram:
@amoebahollywood
@amoebasf
@amoebaberkeley
Questions, Suggestions, Corrections (surely we're perfect): [email protected]
Credits:
Edited by Claudia Rivera-Tinsley
All transition music written and performed by Spencer Belden
"EarWax Main Theme" performed by Spencer Belden feat. David Otis

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