There’s a lot to break down on the massive hip-hop production pillar known as Donuts. In terms of emotion, technique, and legacy this thing is beastly. A 130-page book was written on it! So let’s begin with a bit of background and symbolism to ease into why it’s blasphemous among hip-hop heads to say you don’t like or at least appreciate J Dilla (aka Jay Dee, aka Dilla Dawg, government name James Dewitt Yancey), why fans and posers alike have unabashedly rocked “J Dilla Changed My Life” T-shirts for over a decade now, and why an actual donut shop is to be opened in his honor.