dj shadow- the outsider
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- THA0
wow, this is TRASH.
- sparko0
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- Form_0
I saw Shadow in Sydney a few weeks back and have been a massive fan forever. He was awesome - but when he played tracks off the outsider, the crowd stood still. It's a pretty sad day.
I think there will be two types of Shadow fans from now on, the ones who get it, and the ones who like this new album.
- quamb0
form - same deal in melbourne. a bottle was thrown at the guy who came out and sung. true aussie style. how proud we were.
- digdre0
I see him this week live at www.pukkelpop.be
- neue75_bold0
well I haven't read all the replies in this thread nor have I bothered to listen to the new album yet, the .zip file is just sitting on my desktop, unopened...
I was fairly put off at first when I heard the Funky Skunk mix that came with the Obey box set, but after a few listens it grew on me, but I've always had a fascination with the whole crunk thing so that didn't bother me at all. I felt the mix dragged on though and feels a lot longer than what it actually is, which I don't think is ever a good thing...
I passed up The Hyphy Movement feat. DJ Shadow show in A'dam a month or so ago...mostly due to lack of funds..
I don't think I expect to hear anything like Entroducing or even The Private Press from him again. Even the classic material he produced for Hollywood Basic/Organised Konfusion etc, and the first Blackalicious album are still some of my favorite production of all time. But it belongs to that time period and I think RJD2 sorta picked up that vibe and actually progressed it to where Shadow probably wasn't inspired himself to bring it...
Say what you will about the new material, but ultimately Shadow did a lot for progressing both hip hop and downtempo cultures/scenes. He's curated projects with Steinski and Cut Chemist, pretty much single-handedly reinvigorated the whole sample-based music scene and has brought so much more interest to a new generation that would have probably never found any the original music he's sampled otherwise, which would be a shame, since so many of those old soul, jazz and funk records really shaped hip hop...
He's opened the door for guys like RJD2 and DJ Krush and brought more interest to labels like Mo Wax and Ninja Tune...
I have a lot of respect for what he HAS done and will keep listening to it for a long time to come, so for me I'm not even bothered if his new music is rubbish..
I've seen him live 3 times over the past 10 years, from DJ'ing with Latyrx to reproducing entroducing and pre-emptive strike material live on 4 turntables and a DAT... I've never been disappointed, and I reckon I'm gonna leave it that way...