DJ Shadow – Endtroducing…..

Album Info

Artist: DJ Shadow

Title: Endtroducing.....

Year: 1996

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Tracklist

  • 1. Best Foot Forward (0:46)
  • 2. Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt (6:39)
  • 3. The Number Song (4:34)
  • 4. Changeling (7:16)
  • 5. Transmission 1 (0:35)
  • 6. What Does Your Soul Look Like , Pt. 4 (5:02)
  • 7. Untitled (0:24)
  • 8. Stem / Long Stem - Medley (7:47)
  • 9. Transmission 2 (1:29)
  • 10. Mutual Slump (4:00)
  • 11. Organ Donor (1:57)
  • 12. Why Hip-Hop Sucks In '96 (0:43)
  • 13. Midnight In A Perfect World (4:58)
  • 14. Napalm Brain / Scatter Brain - Medley (9:21)
  • 15. What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 1 - Blue Sky Revisit (6:17)
  • 16. Transmission 3 (1:10)

Review

"Endtroducing....." isn't just a sonic collage - it's a time machine, a fever dream, and a love letter to vinyl all rolled into one. DJ Shadow's debut album spins, scratches, and slices its way through genres like a mad scientist with a turntable. From the jazzy whispers of "Midnight in a Perfect World" to the funky frenzy of "Building Steam with a Grain of Salt," this 1996 gem is a kaleidoscope of sound that'll have your ears doing double-takes.

Recorded in The Glue Factory (how fitting for an album that sticks with you!), Shadow pieced together this patchwork masterpiece from the most obscure corners of record stores. It's like he went on a musical scavenger hunt and came back with gold. The result? A mostly instrumental journey that speaks volumes without saying much at all.

This isn't your grandma's hip-hop - unless your grandma's secretly a beat-juggling genius. "Endtroducing....." topped charts, turned heads, and basically told the music world, "Hey, look what I can do with these old records!" It's an album that doesn't just push boundaries - it breakdances right over them. So plug in, tune out, and let DJ Shadow take you on a wild ride through the grooves of music history. - Romy