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MH-206 cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD  "It's all the same shit but they call it cLOUDDEAD." cLOUDDEAD is the avant-hip-hop grouping of Doseone, why?, and odd nosdam. Fusing abstract beats, ambient pads, and interweaving vocals, cLOUDDEAD has created a release that owes as much to the Beatles as it does to hip-hop. Like Doseone and why?'s Greenthink project, cLOUDDEAD renounces the traditional hip-hop song format in favor of music made in movements. Six such movements were created to be released as a limited edition ten-inch series. Each release features a guest (Illogic, Dj Signify, Sole, the Wolf Bros., Mr. Dibbs, and The Bay Area Animals) and focuses on a specific theme. All six are combined to create a full-length that nullifies any preconception of style and raises the artistic bar for future Mush releases. |
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| Reviews Summary |
| Genius. - Mixmag / Utterly Essential - NME / Enthralling - All Music Guide / Startlingly Original - Wax / Certainly Beautiful And Strange - Rocksound / Fascinating And Addictive - Esquire / A Landmark Album - Seven / No combination of adjectives could accurately portray what you'll hear and no second-hand gushing will prepare you for the immense pleasure that is sure to wash over you when you put this album on. - Stylus |
| This CD is a collection of ten-inch tracks recorded throughout the span of two years. The songs are all lengthy (six-seven minutes) and are created using a montage of standard issue mics, samplers and eight-track recorders. The sound is an ethereal landscape, dotted with dope beats and muted rhymes. The lyrics are masterful ("Are you scared the album will end before the doorbell rings and you'll be left to great your guests with a tied tongue?" and "This is a no choking zone / It's McDonalds versus a handful of dry sea monkeys awaiting the wet sponge") and the fact that they're delivered by a voice (or voices) that sound like the lead singer of Cypress Hill doesn't detract from the effect at all; because, with cLOUDDEAD, the lyrics are not the focal point. The record is a whole - the songs are part of that whole picture - the music makes up each picture‚ the vocals blend into the music so well that you barely take note. - Spank |
3XLP/Out Of Print