<<does DJ Shadow have more than one CD? I have
.. Entroducing and I love and i am looking for more
of course he has more!
here's his discography:
http://www.endtroducing.com/djs_disco.html>>
I think _Endtroducing_ is the finest release
on the whole hip hop/acid jazz world. Stem/
Long Stem is an absolute masterpiece. That
said, I consider DJ Shadow's newer album,
_Preemptive Strike_, to be a complete waste
of money. I'm sure lots of people dig it,
but in general fans (including me) were
disappointed. I'm told _PS_ was put out in
a hurry in order to avoid new pending copy-
right laws (hence the name of the album)...
and it shows. I also got a Q-Bert remix
bonus disc with my _PS_ and that's crap. I
don't know about any DJ Shadow singles or
imports though. He is also half of Unkle
(along with James Lovell), so you might want
to check out _Psyence Fiction_, but I wasn't
too impressed with that album either. A lot
of "guests" were on that album, like Thom
Yorke and Mike D of the Beastie Boys. It's
mostly more rock-oriented hip hop songs in
the Beastie Boys vein. The best track on
there is the only electro track (#8), and it
was a direct rip-off of a Newcleus track from
the 80s with no credit given to Newcleus
whatsoever. To follow this tangent, I've got
the Newcleus "best of" disc in my portable
right now and it's really amazing stuff...
dated hip hop electro from the 80s, but really
dreamy. I love it.
ps. Orbital 2 *is* the brown album, right?
pps. I think it's funny that whenever good
labels (like Warp) release bad music everybody
applauds it because it's so unexpected or
kitsch or whatever, but then people don't
appreciate bad music in general (e.g., the Top
40). I really enjoy all bad music. I think
people don't give bad music enough credit. I
finally got Bodenstandig 2000 on Rephlex a
couple weeks ago and I just love it. There's
some good music on there, but the best music
on the album is the bad music.
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