Welcome to the show! Ha ha! This video was so fantastically difficult to bring before you. First I was worldwide blocked by Ghostface Killah (which was very annoying and unfair!). And then the Roots' record label insisted that their music couldn't be used at the EXACT same time as I was reading a report that one of them died. I had the 'worldwide block' and the 'news item' on my screen at the same time. Talk about priorities! All so unfortunate. And then the song "Welcome to the Show" became the sticking point. Anyway... here we are. Apart from the fact that all of my music-related videos are blocked in Denmark (?!?)... this is my reaction (as much as any of my 'reactions' are reactions) to J Dilla's beautiful album, Donuts. Thank you. :-)

@beancake3241

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine a world where ‘fair use’ is actually acknowledged

@SuperSonicSourD

4 жыл бұрын

Is there any chance that you would be willing to review ppls music anytime soon? I got some stuff that me and band have been working on and I’d like ur input

@mercurialno6

4 жыл бұрын

I've done it in the past. The problem is that no-one would watch. It wouldn't be your fault... or my fault... or even the potential audience's fault. It is just for some reason the way it is. I suppose I'm not rushing to click on reactions to bands I've never heard of either so I can't talk. Although... thinking about it now... hmmmm... I do spend all my time listening to bands I've never heard of! Ha ha!

@SuperSonicSourD

4 жыл бұрын

The Mercurial Number Six well even if you never do a underground band reaction video, can I still send you my track? You don’t even have to give me any feedback on it or nothing, I just wanna share!

@mercurialno6

4 жыл бұрын

Sure, you're best off contacting me on Instagram.

He made most of this album in the hospital on his death bed with a portable record player and a small primative sampler. He sampled 45's that his mother and friends would bring him hence the title Donuts.

@badman22z

4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t call the 303 primitive but I feel you

@maydayk721

4 жыл бұрын

@@badman22z but compared to the samplers he used at the time it was alot more limited

@jamesmurray4312

3 жыл бұрын

Just think, he was in the process of dying and all he could think of was creating.

@kurtfromMichigan

3 жыл бұрын

Thats Determination.

@mrlevinielsen

3 жыл бұрын

@@maydayk721 wdym for like all his career he used an MPC from the 80s as a sampler which was pretty unconventional at the time he started up haha

J Dilla donuts is the staple album of a perfect loop. The ending of the final track flows right into the beginning of the first one, forming an infinite loop, and alluding to donuts' circular form.

@MentalPistol

3 жыл бұрын

on top of the fact that donuts are literally his favorite snack. The man was a genius.

@samimalandro4225

3 жыл бұрын

@@MentalPistol the facts!!

@isaiahromero9861

3 жыл бұрын

It's also just really beautiful to me that the album basically loops infinitely despite it being J Dilla's last album before his death, he might be gone but his music will live on forever

Last Donut of the Night is meant to represent his death, & Welcome to the Show is meant to represent his entrance to heaven. Dilla died 3 days after Donuts release

@TzaTed

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the show is both the end and the beginning, both literally & metaphorically

@pigammon7843

4 жыл бұрын

It goes much deeper than that. Several of the samples are communicating his feelings. "Is death real" and "you're gonna want me back" on Stop. Communicating his love for his family for the last time on U-Love. One Eleven makes me cry every time - listen to those Smokey Robinson lyrics and then think about why he picked that sample

@Zlagie

3 жыл бұрын

There was a certain point on the 20th or 30th listen for me, when it all came together. Dilla's creative passion to make this album right up to his death touched my soul, and Welcome to the Show filled my eyes up with tears. I hope one day to have half the passion for music that Dilla did.

@aidanmed1020

3 жыл бұрын

&& dont cry was for his mother

@clickclack3936

3 жыл бұрын

He knew it will be his last work, his last time to do what he was born for and lived for .. he produced most of it as I know in the hospital bed ..the whole album are his last steps and fights and fears and wins It’s like he try to crack the code to live, love and pain and fight Personally I get tears every I time I hear this album .. its like he s speaking true it .. Rest in love . DILLA

The chops on "Don't Cry" are ART. He shows us every part of the song he sampled from, before and after, and then chops it into a wholly new composition with a functional bassline. I can't comprehend it.

@offsetsface2135

2 жыл бұрын

It’s pure genius. He chopped up the samples as if he were creating a drum line and somehow it works seamlessly

@gdilla

4 ай бұрын

And dude here didn’t realize it ugh

I've always found it genuinely remarkable that Dilla managed to tell such a personal story, across an album, just using samples. The man was a genius.

@SamSeven214

3 жыл бұрын

THIS

22:58 for “Don’t Cry” ... my absolute favorite and top 3 greatest flips of all time. This song, according to QuestL in an interview was a message to his mother ... Rest easy Dilla, thank you for that beautiful music.

@dirtysouth8906

3 жыл бұрын

My g!! Exactly what I came for 👌💯

@nathan-lf7yc

3 жыл бұрын

That’s actually tragic I’m in tears

@steezgawdextraswa6906

3 жыл бұрын

@@dirtysouth8906 same

@jackfry5829

3 жыл бұрын

I can hear 'I'm still with you' in that song. I think he's used different parts to sound like that. Right after 'and I know....' Hidden gem of artistry

@hizzle8393

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of my favourite pieces of music. I don’t think anybody could ever do it justice rapping over it as a “beat”. It’s just so much more than that and has every right to remain untouched to preserve its greatness

i would 100% recommend reading the 33 1/3 book on donuts. the whole back story of dilla being on his death bed while finishing the album and how every sample is so consciously chosen to create his final goodbye letter to his loved ones and fans adds a whole other layer of brilliance to this absolute masterpiece

@mercurialno6

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers. I think I'll read it! Thank you.

You might be the first youtube to ever react to Donuts. Woaah. Keep going. Madvilliany Next.

Some recommendations: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata Common - Be (I'd strongly recommend Resurrection, Like Water For Chocolate, and One Day It'll All Make Sense too, LWFC and Be have a lot of Dilla on em) The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2 MF DOOM & Madlib - Madvillainy

@ilikemilkshake22

3 жыл бұрын

Be is a fucking brilliant record

@user-db1ub3lz7l

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilikemilkshake22 true his best raps and production

@BGKBEATS

3 жыл бұрын

Joe Dorben J88 too

@bkeene5231

3 жыл бұрын

Be is fantastic but produced by Kanye rather than dilla

@joedorben3504

3 жыл бұрын

@@bkeene5231 yeah but Dilla produced a couple of the best tracks on it

Thank you 100x over. J Dilla is such an inspiration to me and I'm glad you've checked Donuts out. I feel as though a lot of modern music sounds the way it does because of this album. So many risks, hours spent crate digging and fipping samples but it all pays off in the end.

Watching this dude mimic what my brain did the first time I heard this 15 years ago is legit amazing. Keep rocking out bro

I feel like you are a really underappreciated editor. Your use of effects, even though the effects themselves are really cheap and kinda shit, are placed really well and it actually adds a LOT to the videos.

@miguelfernandes9215

4 жыл бұрын

I think them being shitty adds a comedic taste to it

@thomasduffy3035

4 жыл бұрын

Theyre bad but good at the same time

@marcobazan4187

4 жыл бұрын

He deserves a lot more subscriber just based on his editing and effects they're charming

@mercurialno6

4 жыл бұрын

I genuinely thought my effects were great! :-D

@benhoyle8276

4 жыл бұрын

lalalalalalalala

I highly recommend the book about it by Ferguson. The story behind the album is dismal, but very inspiring. J Dilla was a maverick. His last show, he was onstage in a wheelchair spitting on that mic. Really powerful moment from a powerful artist - he loved his fans. A well respected legend. Knowing the powerful story behind it will give you a perspective. In the same vein, Bowie’s last album Blackstar was written while he knew he was going to die. Wild ride that album is. Give that one a shot - intense!!

My favorite KZreadr at the moment

@vinayarun2287

4 жыл бұрын

yeah this guys sick

@ca74050

4 жыл бұрын

Facts !!!

Dude you are still my fave youtuber, I can’t believe you are listening to this for the first time. Thanks so much for keeping an open mind and keep doing what ur doing man!!! ❤️

If you could react to The Avalanches - Since I left You it would make my life one step closer to completion

@pigammon7843

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my god I would love this

@miguelfernandes9215

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Either avalanches album would be great

@ZZ1sus1ZZ

4 жыл бұрын

That would be amazing!

@alexandreavelar9384

3 жыл бұрын

yessssss!

@ryanporterhouse

3 жыл бұрын

I second this

Imagine a whole album with this dude rapping and singing over it... I would buy that cd

@donuts8247

3 жыл бұрын

no

@mudaimusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@donuts8247 six slander will not be tolerated

@MoNaCheebaCheeba

3 жыл бұрын

Only if it comes with visuals🤣

@nagnot6718

3 жыл бұрын

he would probably ruin it

@Bigcheese6875

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

Love this album so much, its like structured chaos especially with how the samples are put in to contrast each other and the drum and sample patterns like on don't cry, we lost J-D too soon.

I’m so glad I found your channel. It’s awesome seeing someone get so much joy from great music!

I was so fortunate to see j dilla more than once live before his passing. RIP j dilla!

love that you reacted to this , one of my favorite albums ever.

J Dilla's music resonates with my soul.

@mercurialno6

4 жыл бұрын

This album is definitely a new favourite!

I can’t express enough how much I love this video! I always come back to it! It’s one of my most favorite records of all time and your reaction to it, or should I say your interaction with it, just gives me endless joy! Thank you so much for it, The Mercurial Number Six!!! Peace & Love 🧡

@mercurialno6

2 жыл бұрын

What a great comment! Thank you. :-)

Immediate sub off the riffed singing on Workinonit lmaoo. Donuts is my favorite album of all time both for its emotional weight and perfect production and it's so cool seeing a fresh reaction to its peculiar approach like this. The amount of character you add to what would be a standard, boring reaction video through both the exaggerated persona and the editing is perfect man. I'll absolutely be going through more of your videos and wish you the best on this platform

i love this album and the fact that he made on just an sp-303 and turntable whilst basically dying in hospital makes it even more incredible.

You're my new favorite reactor. I can tell how much you like love music. I know for a fact music has brought a tear to your eye before bc of how much you just appreciate the sounds. The content is great. You're entertaining and I look forward to finding new music through your channel.

This album has so many hidden things in it that help make it that much more beautiful. Dilla goes through the 5 stages of grief, the last song uses a haunting sample, the song(s) dedicated to his mom, and the way Dilla made the album have no beginning or end with the outro in the beginning and the intro at the end. Beautiful album and it’s definitely my favorite album ever

@afonsoconceicao6832

3 жыл бұрын

Among many other things

@miguelenriquez8001

2 жыл бұрын

We studied this album in my music theory class

Great video! I loved how you felt the vibe that this album brings, it's very inspiring for what Dilla went through in his last moments of life, this album is something that has to be enjoyed for a lifetime, it's that kind of music that at heart was done.

@mercurialno6

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite albums that I've 'done'. I've probably come back to this one more than any other.

GREAT choice for a reaction! Have just started the video, hella excited

You gotta do D’Angelo - Voodoo next, that vinyl is absolutely solid gold straight through

@jeff-ue2vw

4 жыл бұрын

All three D'Angelo albums are ESSENTIAL‼️‼️‼️ Although Black Messiah is my favorite

@alexandreavelar9384

3 жыл бұрын

yesssss please do D'Angelo, Voodoo or Black Messiah!!!

@TheDNAGroup

3 жыл бұрын

Hear, hear.

Dilla forever!! Dude you are cool af. Thank you for reviewing this project.

Thanks for doing this, Dilla would have loved your enthusiasm for the music.

this man be doin the absolute most 💀💀💀💀 he enjoyin the music tho thats all that matters

you're so entertaining while feeling the vibe i love it

Great reaction to a personal favourite album. Love your open mindedness to these projects, keep up the great work mate :)

I’m getting this album tatted on me. I first heard him on adult swim back in 06 and it was waves and mash that introduce me to a whole new sound. I remember this whole album always lit a fire in me everytime I felt down and damnnn so much memories and to find out he created this album while he was on his deathbed fucken inspirational. Whenever you feel like giving up or your having doubts just remember j dilla died till the very end doing what he loved

I just got back into listening to this album recently and now I see that you uploaded this, very good choice!

My favorite album of all time. I appreciate the review cause you're right, this is quite the experience when you first come across it. I didn't even really love a lotta tracks but when you listen to what he used for the songs he made, it gives a whole dimension to the album. Love this video man, you got a subscriber

@tecknowledjee6933

3 жыл бұрын

soundcloud.com/badshavingaccident/waves-instrumental-remake-j-dilla-tribute?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1 This took like 3 days to remake cause the chops were so specific from the record he used but yea Dilla gave a real obscure experience for this swan album

@mudaimusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@tecknowledjee6933 great job man it sounds spot on!

If you like Donuts listen to the Beat Konducta series by Madlib. I recommend starting with Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6 Dil Cosby & Dil Withers Suite. Its a record dedicated to Dilla and its probably the best one ever done. The first 2 beat konductas are also amazing. You also would love Champion Sound which is a collab album between Dilla and Madlib. And as always, listen to Madvilliany!!

Bro you are hilarious haha. I'm a Dilla head and you encapsulated the enjoyment that I get from his music so well. The technical expression, unexpected changes, broad range of sounds, and just enjoying Dilla's ear for music. Fun watch!

This man was pretty much just my brain when I first heard this album.

J Dilla pretty much changed the way os sampling and producing. The song "Don't cry" is the best example of it. The beginning of the track he shows you what he's working with, then... he just goes. He makes a whole new song using the instruments from the the song he played at the beginning. Its alot That J Dilla and inspired ALOT of producers Dj shadow being one (I believe)

@GhostSamaritan

3 жыл бұрын

Wyclef and Jerry Wonda were doing that in the 90's.

@jackrock121

3 жыл бұрын

@@GhostSamaritan sadly I haven't heard them. Mind giving me recommendation?

@dennisrodriguez1877

3 жыл бұрын

Great song, but I’m almost more impressed by how he changed the lyrics of his samples so that they would sound like they are saying something completely different

It’s brilliant seeing someone with such a pure and recognisable appreciation for this record in particular.

J Dilla sirens were a trademark of his...... He used to place them through out a lot of his songs

The genius sampling, context of J-Dillas death, and just how fantastic it all sounds make this my all time favorite record

Dilla had a great appreciation for his rock samples, he dove into weird obscure shit in his life, and I definitely can tell that you enjoy it!

Always come back to listen to this reaction episode 🥰❤️☺️

most of you guys hear music, this guy feels it. the ways it's supposed to be.

You use simple effects to their absolute fullest potential so well it's amazing. You're as crazy but measured in editing as you are in enjoying the music and it shows. One day you'll have to stop impressing me at some point lol.

Just found out about this album yesterday, completely fascinated by it! Was fun to watch your reactions and compare them to my first time hearing it!

I wonder how many times you have revisited this. It’s be nice to see a video where you do a dive into your favorite moments from your exploration journey.

@mercurialno6

2 жыл бұрын

I listened to it twice through today. Fact.

I watch your videos while I wash the dishes. I love washing up and this takes it to another level. Anyway, this means that I'm not constantly 100% of the time watching you (as entertaining as that is). I really enjoyed the snippets of the album featured but I want to give you part of the credit because as a result of not constantly watching there were quite a few awesome samples and adlibs you added that I thought were actually part of the original recording but in fact I discovered were you doing you when I checked the screen..... 😆

RIP J Dilla! ❤❤ one of my favorite producer.

Thanks for reviewing 🍩 masterpiece. 22:58 RIP Dilla!

Came here after watching you react to Madvillany. Thank you for helping me find this wonderful album!

Happy I recommended this to you

What people forget to mention is the fact u can actually eat the album sleeve, hence the title 'Donuts'.

Nothing compares to seeing JD do this in person! Rest in power to my favourite producer! Next you should do Madlib

@jasonsilva9654

Жыл бұрын

Jay Dee was one of a kind. great album

This album is so damn fun to freestyle over, whether it be vocals, guitar, drums, etc.

@colbyzur4642

Жыл бұрын

I like to think of that as the sprinkles to the donut, every person sprinkles differently and even every time we sprinkle it’s different.

the vibes from this video is mad good!

This man is in constant move

@oraclejmt

5 ай бұрын

Where is he now?

The first time I heard Donuts it was a magical experience. So much emotion juiced out of that MPC. R.I.P. Dilla

@pmaringe

11 ай бұрын

The first time putting it on a turntable and playing it changed my perception on music

glad you made this channel

I was jamming when I heard the album just like you did and I love it!

@colbyzur4642

Жыл бұрын

I mean how could you not jam out, I will play it on repeat all the time and still my head is just forced to bob once it starts and barely stops bopping unless I have to concentrate

@itsenzo3000

Жыл бұрын

@@colbyzur4642 that's true, involuntary bopping is something you can't control.

Love this, needs to look into the history of Dilla basically doing this record from his bed at the end of life. It's a collection of his thoughts

@anthonythompson9479

4 жыл бұрын

Oh and that Donuts can be listened in reverse and forwards

@mercurialno6

4 жыл бұрын

I've watched a couple of documentaries on him now. Interesting and sad. I'm kinda glad I did this video with no knowledge though. It would have been easy to dwell on the emotion and forget the simplicity of listening to music. This channel is about that immediacy.

Dude I'd love to see you react to Drunk by Thundercat and Deltron 3030

@ca74050

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely Drunk by thundercat

@rorymacleod993

4 жыл бұрын

I 100% second this. Drunk would be a fantastic album to react to.

@wotwot5212

3 жыл бұрын

Deltron 3030 is really unique, it has such a futuristic vibe all the way through

@OscarvSerrano

3 жыл бұрын

yessssss deltron 3030 one of my favs.

New fav channel

JayLib's (J-Dilla & Madlib) Champion Sound is another good listen

i actually grabbed a shaker of my own at 20:00 and then right after you started doing the same thing i was doing it was pretty cool

Fun fact: J Dilla made this album while he was in the hospital on his death bed

@Tim073

4 жыл бұрын

Thats right. There are alot of hidden messages in the samples used on te album. Like the vocals of Jadakiss on Stop. You can here: 'is death real?' Don't Cry is a beat he made for his mom. There's alot of stuff on the album hinting his upcoming death.

@seandwyer448

4 жыл бұрын

You’ve a morbid sense of humor

@Sighdafekt

3 жыл бұрын

least fun fact in the world

@lonelyfriendly4572

3 жыл бұрын

Sad fact actually

@jackfry5829

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tim073 the second song played on this video dilla made the sample sound like ‘Johnny do it’ encouraging his brother to keep producing. So sweet, this whole album is an emotional listen

You listen to records the same way I do! I love adding my own sounds as I listen lol

Love your videos, mate. On the hodge podge Jive Bunny type artists from back int day, I guess Coldcut's remix of Paid in Full and M.A.R.S with Pump up the Volume also utilised that cut-and-paste style!

RIP J dilla... you should listen to nujabes now Modal soul or the samurai Champloo sound track is s really good one

@wotwot5212

3 жыл бұрын

+1 on Nujabes, I prefer Metaphorical Music though

@jibjab6663

3 жыл бұрын

I think it'd be pretty difficult to find vinyl of any of nujabes' work, unfortunately. also, the samurai champloo soundtrack will definitely get copyright claimed immediately, even if he is lucky enough to find physical copies =/

@UNFUNBEATS

3 жыл бұрын

@@wotwot5212 one of (if not) my favorite lofi hip hop album. The vinyl is quite a few $$ though, I know from experience :(

@agaleas76

3 жыл бұрын

Modal soul is fire

@onceitisover

3 жыл бұрын

@@jibjab6663 Most Nujabes albums are out now on Vinyl

The album cover is a drawing of a popular donut shop in Los Angeles called Randy's Donuts

@mercurialno6

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, I see. I just googled it. Without the bite mark!

'Airworks' is my entire life crammed into one 1 minute and 44 seconds. The entire album is an intense, rapid-fire kaleidoscope of samples chopped, stretched, slowed down, sped up, sliced and diced by a man with an ear like no other.

Man. I would love to see you react to Madvillainy. That album is so rich with the samples and beats you would for sure love it.

I'm absolutely loving this, I've been watching your full videos but this editing is fucking brilliant, you're extremely cool dude. I recommend anything MF DOOM next! Cheers!

J Dilla, God of Sampling! Donuts is a masterpiece 🍩🍩🍩 One of my all time favorite albums

@jasonsilva9654

Жыл бұрын

agreed!

Hey merc! I feel like blonde - frank ocean or yeezus - Kanye west would be great reactions for you. The only downside is that they aren’t on vinyl :(

@vVincent.

2 жыл бұрын

blonde is on vinyl, just expensive. and yeezus is on CD, which he also likes to use

@26:18 Dilla sampled the guitar from a 1970 track called Family Tree by a band called Tin Tin. Great video man, thanks for dealing with the fair use police!

@mercurialno6

4 жыл бұрын

I dealt with them. But they still won and I still lost! :-)

I think my favourite part of the channel is when he pulls the record sleeves out. AAaaAAAaaAHHhh 😂 😂 😂

Loved the reaction but I gotta say… would’ve loved seeing the reaction Welcome to the show, the track that made me a Dilla fan

@mercurialno6

Жыл бұрын

mercurial6.com/2020/07/29/j-dilla-donuts/

J Dilla's Requiem. A sweet album. Like, literally. Meant to be played on infinite repeat. Kinda like the opposite of purgatory.

I love this album, one of my first hip hop albums

j dilla is the greatest hip hop producer of all time !!! im subscribe to your channel

@mercurialno6

3 жыл бұрын

This album is awesome. I need to check out his other work!

This had no reason to be this entertaining! Watching his initial reactions were hilarious!

Workinonit is def ahead of it's game

Some of his samples/beats were in adult swim Mash and waves

Love the channel. I know it has most likely been requested before, but would love to see you react to Kanye Wests - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy!

Okay but why did your breathing on gobstoppers fit so well

Always loved this album. 🍩❤️🍩❤️🍩 J Dilla! 💯🦉🔥

U know he produce this album using a Boss Sp-303 sampler and a 45 record player on a hospital bed and he die three days after the album's release right..

The most insane thing about this album is that he made it on his deathbed and died like 3 days after he finished it

@vickjr98

3 жыл бұрын

Best parting gift ever

I have to listen to this album everyday and now I have to watch this reaction video everyday now....wtf was in that coffee bruh lol

One of my favourite albums of all time

@mercurialno6

4 жыл бұрын

This one is definitely a grower. I suppose all albums are really... but this one seems to have exponential growth.

Music interpretation is funny. I always thought the “tune up” line was “you know.” Lol

You should react to the album 'It's Dark and Hell is Hot' by DMX. You would love it, its an older album that everyone knows & loves. A great first album to listen to get into some older Hip Hop

This fella is music. Subscribed.

@mercurialno6

3 жыл бұрын

:-)

You sound like a radio presenter I love it!