Camel Bobsled Race - DJ Shadow

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...Dj Shadow presented with the Longplayer " endtroducing " its first solo album in 1999. The record player, a mass medium that became an instrument itself in the HipHop culture , experiences its large Renaissance. The artist DJ Shadow said in an interview " David Axelrod is somebody been listening to for years ". The Album itself is a multicolored Hip Hop Electromix.. " Best Foot forward " serves us Record artist DJ Shadow as Opener for the CD. The second song " Building Steam with A grain " a successful mixture from Ambient and with grooviing Hip Hop downbeats, for dreaming, relaxing and kissing to... " The NUMBER Song " is taken from a Battle with CUT Chemist, that has very good beats this song and everyone thus really mixes good CUTS, burning needle stuff. The guitar play and Ambient of effects animate the song... Read review

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Advantages: Amazing beats and now featuring a dvd extra
Disadvantages: Old fans will already have this album

...The first time i listened to this album it sent shivers down my spine and now it comes with the additional extra cd. Dj Shadow is by far one of the biggest names in Hip Hop and Big Beat. This album is some of his finest work, including the tune 'Midnight in a perfect world'. However the downside of this album is the short interludes unless the buyer is a huge fan. If you want to get into DJ Shadow and haven't bought any of his stuff before this is definately the CD you should buy first as it details his path through music. Unlike some of his more recent work which features mainly cuts and mixes of 60's soul this is all his own work. A must have.... Read review

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Advantages: Original, Soundtrack-like in parts, Very enjoyable, even if you're not that keen on regular brands of hip-hop
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...to see if they’d tell me, they replied that it was off “some old DJ Shadow tape”, but that they couldn’t remember exactly which song it was. I was determined, and set about finding out, eventually after posting the question in a particular forum, I got my answer, and set about obtaining the rest of the album to see if there was anything else I would like. I was pleasantly surprised. Having known absolutely nothing about the man behind the music, or been particularly interested in anything hip-hop before, I was really surprised how good this album is. It’s the combination of so many musical elements, which makes it so successful I think. Of course there’s absolutely loads of samples, but it’s the way it’s all put together which shows the creativity of its creator. The front cover... Read review

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