As a suburban Californian kid, DJ Shadow tended to treat hip-hop as a musical innovation, not as an explicit social protest, which goes a long way toward explaining why his debut album Endtroducing..
sounded like nothing else at the time of its release.
Using hip-hop, not only its rhythms but its cut-and-paste techniques, as a foundation, Shadow created a deep, endlessly intriguing world on Endtroducing, one where there are no musical genres, only shifting sonic textures and styles.
Shadow created the entire album from samples, almost all pulled from obscure, forgotten vinyl, and the effect is that of a hazy, half-familiar dream -- parts of the record sound familiar, yet it's clear that it only suggests music you've heard before, and that the multi-layered samples and genres create something new.
And that's one of the keys to the success of Endtroducing -- it's innovative, but it builds on a solid historical foundation, giving it a rich, multi-faceted sound.
It's not only a major breakthrough for hip-hop and electronica, but for pop music.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best Foot ForwardJosh Davis | DJ Shadow | Play | 00:50 | 1 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Building Steam With a Grain of SaltJosh Davis, Jeremy Storch | DJ Shadow | Play | 06:40 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | The Number SongJosh Davis | DJ Shadow | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | [Untitled]Josh Davis | DJ Shadow | Play | 00:24 | 0 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Mutual SlumpBjörk, Josh Davis | DJ Shadow | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Organ DonorJosh Davis | DJ Shadow | Play | 01:57 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Midnight in a Perfect WorldBaraka, Josh Davis, Pekka Pohjola, Pekka Pohoja | DJ Shadow | Play | 05:00 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Changeling --- Transmission 1 | DJ Shadow | Play | 07:51 | 17 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4) | DJ Shadow | Play | 05:09 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Stem - Long Stem --- Transmission 2 | DJ Shadow | Play | 09:22 | 21 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96 | DJ Shadow | Play | 00:43 | 1 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Napalm Brain - Scatter Brain | DJ Shadow | Play | 09:23 | 21 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | What Does Your Soul Look Like | DJ Shadow | Play | 07:29 | 17 MB | 0 MB |
| 63 mins | 145 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Automater | Assistant Engineer |
| 2 | Barney Bankhead | Photography |
| 3 | Will Bankhead | Cover Design, Design, Photography |
| 4 | Baraka | Composer |
| 5 | Peter Baumann | Composer |
| 6 | Björk | Composer |
| 7 | Patrick Campbell-Lyons | Composer |
| 8 | John Paul Davis | Composer |
| 9 | Josh Davis | Composer |
| 10 | Josh Davis | Composer |
| 11 | DJ Shadow | Engineer, Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 12 | Ben Drury | Cover Design, Design |
| 13 | Flying Island | Composer |
| 14 | Chris Franke | Composer |
| 15 | Christopher Franke | Composer |
| 16 | Edgar Froese | Composer |
| 17 | Jimmy Heath | Composer |
| 18 | James Lavelle | A&R |
| 19 | Shawn Phillips | Composer |
| 20 | Pekka Pohjola | Composer |
| 21 | Pekka Pohoja | Composer |
| 22 | George Alex Spyropoulos | Composer |
| 23 | Jeremy Storch | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |