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From:
Lawrence Chandler
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Date:
Mon, 10 Mar 1997 03:12:22 -0500
Subject:
(idm) Re: idm V1 #1007
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quoted 15 lines At 11.53 97-03-09 -0500, you wrote:>At 11.53 97-03-09 -0500, you wrote: >the dj shadow album "endtroducing..." is the most brilliant item i've heard >from mo'wax so far. it's a 9,5 out of 10. without doubt. >dj shadow (josh davis) says he's doing hiphop. he is, but then again he's >not. for some of the homeboys down at NYC this album probably's an >anachronism, and totally unlistenable. i guess a lynching of djshadow would >be kinda fitting for them homies. josh davis probably hasn't written a >single melodi on "endtroducing..." (well, maybe one;), and he probably have >got that 100MB sampler we all wish we had, cuz everything on this album is >sampled. blacksabbath, james brown, africa bambaataa, bjork, everything has >it's place on this record. and it's just so brilliant. >kool dj herc is probably smiling at his foremost disciple. the homeboys >would probably want to see him rolled in tar and feathers and old vanilla >ice sleeves. i want to kiss the man for bringing me a record like this. >incredible and totally uttery awesome.
Hi Franz, No doubt a 9.5 on the scale v. other Mo Wax beat lite releases, but you might want to check out _Terminator X & the Valley of the Jeep Beats_ from around 1990 before you deny Shadow the Vanilla Ice award and plant a big wet one on him. Wordout.