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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 collects the six super limited cLOUDDEAD ten-inches. Like Doseone's Them release, it is midtempo, contemplative super deconstructed free form hip-hop, but this time, there's two vocalists riffing over a dreamy dreary soundscape, framed by dirty scratchy beats and bizarre samples, sweeping minor key backdrops and whiny monochromatic vocals. And it is all about the vocals. I mean the music is fucking beautiful, haunting and mysterious, but it's the peculiar vocal delivery that will make it or break it for you. Kind of like an even whinier B-Real (of Cypress Hill), disembodied and monotone, the rapping is very sing-songy but more of note is the actual singing that pops up every once in a while! For real. Sounds weird, but it's actually quite appealing. - Aquarius |
3XLP/Out Of Print