J DillaBest J Dilla Albums Ranked
8.7
Avg Score
28
Opinions
21
Albums
21
Reviewers
Summary from 28 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated J Dilla’s catalog across 21 albums from 28 opinions, with an overall average of 8.7/10. The top-rated J Dilla album is Donuts (2006) with a 9.4/10 average from 16 ratings, followed by Jay Stay Paid and The Diary. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2006 to 2017. Don't Cry ranks as the highest-rated J Dilla song on Rate.fm with a 10.0/10 average.
Jay Stay Paid
“Collection of unreleased material from the late producer runs the gamut from 90s Ummah-era loops to beats he put together from his hospital bed.”
The Diary
“If James Dewitt Yancey has been all but canonised by a certain corner of hip hop fandom, it’s easy to see why. In part it’s because the Detroit-born rapper and beat-maker died in tragic circumstances in 2006: aged 32, after having being diagnosed with the auto-immune disease lupus and rare blood disease TTP. But in larger part, it’s because of the music he produced – a scuffed-up, sample-based hip”
Donuts
“The songs on J Dilla's signature production opus, released the week of his death, are miniature lessons in how to take sample-based music and use it to build elaborate suites from the nagging little pieces of songs that stick with you long after you've last listened to them. While Donuts is best experienced as a self-contained album, Stones Throw has gone to the unusual step of reissuing it as a box set of 7" singles, complete with bonus material.”