| Endtroducing... | 
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Sales Rank: 4497
Category: Music
Artist: Dj Shadow
Publisher: Fontana Island
Studio: Fontana Island
Manufacturer: Fontana Island
Label: Fontana Island
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 124123
UPC: 769712412326
EAN: 0769712412326
ASIN: B000005DQR
Release Date: November 19, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | Best Foot Forward | | • | Building Steam with a Grain of Salt | | • | Number Song | | • | Changeling/Transmission 1 | | • | What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 4 | | • | Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2 | | • | Mutual Slump | | • | Organ Donor | | • | Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96 | | • | Midnight in a Perfect World | | • | Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain | | • | What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 1: Blue Sky Revisit |
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Album Description
DJ Shadow, a.k.a. Josh Davis, could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the gloating sounds of hip-hop. Condensed with urban oscillations and scatological beats, Endtroducing shutters with eclectic samples and aural montages that reach beyond 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 found in used-record bins, the production quality of the mosaic is unmatched. Darkened melodies carry throughout the album with its eye on the end of the tunnel. The narration 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. Universal. 2004.
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DJ Shadow, a.k.a. Josh Davis, could be credited with bringing newfound introspection to the gloating sounds of hip-hop. Condensed with urban oscillations and scatological beats, Endtroducing shutters with eclectic samples and aural montages that reach beyond 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 found in used-record bins, the production quality of the mosaic is unmatched. Darkened melodies carry throughout the album with its eye on the end of the tunnel. The narration 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. --Lucas Hilbert
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my favorite album of all time.. June 25, 2009
amazing so ndtrack to an urban world..so many sounds buried d ep in the mix and upfr nt beats keep your head bobbin..inc edible album composed entire y of samples..a true in ovator for our generation..don't be without th s perfect album..
Critical, Active, Passive June 16, 2009
Any way you choose to listen, this album provides incredible listening. Very expansive and spacious, yet intricate and detailed at the same time.
Took time, but what an album May 9, 2009
I remember a friend of me who had bought the album when it came out, and couldn't stop talking about it. Don't really now why, there's so much good music out there, but it took me some time to buy the album myself. Didn't know much about it, listened to it, then didn't listen to it again for quite a while. It didn't really move me, or made a deep impact.
Then I remember taking a bath one night, after working double shifts for a week, putting the CD on and finding myself in another world. The first track that really, really did it for me was stem/long stem, which I found scary at the time, and what a song!!! The guy talking about his traffic offenses, wow, pure genius. And then I was drawn by the album as a whole. It's incredible creative, one of THE proofs that indeed, sampling is music as much as singing or beating the hell out of drums.
I love this album. Just a pity he could never keep this level up, I thought the private press was good but by no means exceptional, and found the outsider an ordinary, generic hiphop album to my regret. But this album is remarkable, and just outright fantastic.
 Outroduction March 13, 2009
4 1/2
It's always sad when an awesomely promising artist breaks through on a debut that pushes any given genre forward and then simply walks away from that identity. That is what seemingly happened with former electronic mastermind Shadow, emerging from, with this profoundly consistent (minus a penchant for old-school, hip-hop inflected interludes) fusion of (some of the most) brilliant samples, creative beats, and smooth, visionary production where a subtle attention to detail belies surface simplicity. Yes, he made some decent cuts on a few other albums, but nothing near the wholehearted commitment to electro-evolution like this.
My favorite album February 12, 2009
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A lot has already been said about this album, I don't think I can contribute any more. It's my all-time favorite.
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