DJ Shadow - Endtroducing - 2xLP: DJ Shadow could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the sounds of hip hop. Endtroducing shutters with electric samples and aural montages that reach the constraints of hip hop style. Enhancing the mix with fundamentals of rock, soul, funk, ambient, and jazz, the modern fusions fail to go unnoticed, even by the casual listener. While most of the tracks are compiled by layering samples from vinyl treasures pulled from the basement of his favorite record store, the production quality of the mosaic is unmatched. Darkened melodies carry throughout the album. The narrative samples come from numerous sources and keep the listener involved and waiting for resolution. With a message as fragmentary as an overheard conversation, Endtroducing conveys no apparent conclusion, but begs the mind, body, and soul for some rewind.
Features- Label: Mo' Wax / A&M Records
- Released: November 18, 1996
- - TRACK LISTING
- 1. Best Foot Forward
- 2. Building Steam with a Grain of Salt
- 3. The Number Song
- 4. Changeling
- 5. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)
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- 7. Stem / Long Stem
- 8. Mutual Slump
- 9. Organ Donor
- 10. Why Hip Hop Sucks in 96'
- 11. Midnight in a Perfect World
- 12. Napalm Brain / Scatter Brain
- 13. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1-Blue Sky Revisit)
