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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 |
| If you only check one record this month, make it the new self-titled release by cLOUDDEAD. This grouping of avant hip-hop heads Doseone, why? and odd nosdom, otherwise known as cLOUDDEAD, produce one of the most out-there albums I've heard in ages. You could call it hip-hop, aside from the fact that the vocals tend to lean towards nasal ramblings and the beats border on abstract ambient sketches more than club-friendly jiggy fare. It's amazing nonetheless, and I can't think of many other albums that feature a solo by a kitchen appliance (the 7-speed Blendmaster, according to the liner notes) or give props to how "down" all the dead presidents are ("Herbert Hoover‚ he's stupid underground / Calvin Coolidge‚ he's hella underground"). As left-field as they come, but if you're interested in something that takes the conventions of the hip-hop genre and flips the script, this is it. - Mean Street |
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