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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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| 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 |
| cLOUDDEAD are some guys from the Anticon Camp. Doseone, why? and odd nosdam are the indie hip-hop saviours from the Bay Area. Pretty non-existent is a clear definition of indie, and so the question then becomes what is indie hip-hop all about? In this case it isn't about avoiding progression or fear of genre-unlike influences. These guys also listen to indie stuff like Hood or Flying Saucer Attack or electronic music by Boards of Canada, etc. This record is quite outstanding as you hear lo-fi drones and strange samples, and it only gets the hip-hop label as there are emcees involved. They got compared to Radiohead's 'Kid A' and that's OK if you want to draw a comparison how different this release is to the expectations you might have held. The mood is depressive and down. This doesn't mean that there isn't humour in this compilation of out of print vinyl. This is music I can relate to as this version of hip-hop avoids all the clichés. These guys rhyme about fears and failure, not jeeps and gold chains. - Substance |
3XLP/Out Of Print