| Ruff Draft | ||||
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| Released | February 25, 2003 (Original) March 20, 2007 (Re-issue) | |||
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| Length | 18:16 (Original EP) 53:46 (Stones Throw Re-release) | |||
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| Producer | Jay Dee | |||
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| Reissue album jacket | ||||
 The front cover of the Stones Throw re-release | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| HipHopDX | [3] |
| MusicOMH | [4] |
| No Ripcord | 9/10[5] |
| Slant Magazine |  [6] |
| Pitchfork | 6.8/10[7] |
Ruff Draft is an EP reissued as a studio album by American hip hop producer and rapper J Dilla released under the moniker "Jay Dee". It was originally released in February 2003 as an EP, by his then-newly founded label, Mummy Records, and distributed by Groove Attack, a German record label. In 2007, Ruff Draft was extended, remastered, and posthumously re-released as a "solo album" by Stones Throw Records. The re-release sold 8,049 copies in its first week, J Dilla's largest first-week sales as a solo artist.[8]
- ^ "Ruff Draft Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Honigman, Daniel (2007-03-24). "J Dilla - Ruff Draft". HipHopDX. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ^ Lee, Darren (2007-03-19). "J Dilla - Ruff Draft". MusicOMH. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ^ Coleman, David (2007-03-24). "J Dilla: Ruff Draft - Music Review". No Ripcord. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ^ Newlin, Jimmy (2007-03-18). "J Dilla: Ruff Draft". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ^ Patrin, Nate (2007-03-27). "J Dilla: Ruff Draft". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ^ "UC - Top Album Sales ANALYSIS - 28 March 2007". Urbanconnects.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-20.