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quoted 2 lines BTW, is DJ Shadows "entroducing" any good, I'm afraid it's too

>> BTW, is DJ Shadows "entroducing" any good, I'm afraid it's too >> commercialised... lemmie know ok ;)

milo spat out this opin:

quoted 3 lines There are a few interesting tracks, but most of it is sloppy, casual

>There are a few interesting tracks, but most of it is sloppy, casual >cheesy r&b. Shadow's idea of an "epic" sound is pathetic. This is even >worse than most of the Ninja tune stuff. We need a new Depth Charge album!

perhaps our definitions of r&b differ. let me just state that i believe that endtroducing is possibly the finest hiphop album out this year thus far. a love for the music and technique shaped this album into what hiphop should be: music created for the sound and not as a playa's soundtrack. "why hiphop sucks in '96: it's the money" the sound is staight up hiphop genuine, with inventive avenues that peruse genres beyond the usual sampling games... i'm all into it because shadow doesn't borrow moods, he creates them. the whole is much more than the sum of the parts, but trust me, if it was parts alone the record would still slam. besides, doublespeed drumming creates the first punk/trip vibe i've come across (chek: "stem/long stem"). plus, his "transmissions" satisfy my noisemusic fetishes. of course, with miles clearly baiting the medium with a pointed remark about ninja, salt his "review" to taste. i say: buy. cameron ===================================== cameron bowden cameron@imagina.com "sometimes i want to push the pedal down a little further until the car is unhappy" _____________________________________