These are tracks full of reverb, delay and empty space. DJ Shadow is an aptly-named phantom as his tracks have a melancholic, often bittersweet feel rare to much other hip-hop (one notable exception is Clams Casino who provides a remix here). Even if this wasn't your first hip-hop album, it can be a difficult record to get your head around. I remember listening to the record over and over again, trying to make sense of its collages of drums, movie samples and guitar fragments. The idea of sampling appealed to me but it took a while before I could apply this aesthetic appreciation to an actual love and understanding of the music itself. To be honest, at first it didn't quite make sense. Endtroducing as an essential recordĮndtroducing was the first hip-hop record I bought (closely followed by Wu Tang's Enter The 36 Chambers).
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