VINYL FORMAT. "As a suburban Californian kid, DJ Shadow tended to treat hip-hop as a musical innovation, not as an explicit social protest, which goes a long way toward explaining why his debut album Endtroducing... sounded like nothing else at the time of its release. Using hip-hop, not only its rhythms but its cut-and-paste techniques, as a foundation, Shadow created a deep, endlessly intriguing world on Endtroducing, one where there are no musical genres, only shifting sonic textures and styles. Shadow ...   [ read more ]

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Ditching the funk direction of the last albums, Funky Skunk is an hour long hip-hop mix, showcasing the finest tracks from over the last few decades. The majority of the set focuses on the early stages of the genre, with Shadow selecting the best in 80's hip hop and early electro - where tracks were made the good old fashioned way; a tight loop of beats, sampled breaks, primitive scratching and an MC. A far away place from the overproduced and overpaid stars of of today's stale hip hop / R&B. There are als...   [ read more ]

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CLASSIC. As a suburban Californian kid, DJ Shadow tended to treat hip-hop as a musical innovation, not as an explicit social protest, which goes a long way toward explaining why his debut album "Endtroducing..." sounded like nothing else at the time of its release. Using hip-hop -- not only its rhythms but also its cut-and-paste techniques as a foundation -- Shadow created a deep, endlessly intriguing world on "Endtroducing," one where there are no musical genres, only shifting sonic textures and styles. ...   [ read more ]

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