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.

Tracklist 01. Apt. A (1) 02. Apt. A (2) 03. And All You Can Do Is Laugh (1) 04. And All You Can Do Is Laugh (2) 05. I Promise Never To Get Paint On My Glasses Again (1) 06. I Promise Never To Get Paint On My Glasses Again (2) 07. JimmyBreeze (1) 08. JimmyBreeze (2) 09. (Cloud Dead Number Five) (1) 10. (Cloud Dead Number Five) (2) 11. Bike (1) 12. Bike (2)

Release Details Release Date: 05/08/2001   Running Time: 73:39   Download/Available/$7.00 3XLP/Out Of Print CD/Available/$10.00 Territory: World Excluding UK/Europe License For UK/Europe: Big Dada - Release Date: 05/01/2001

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

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3D World / Aiding & Abetting / All Music Guide / Alternative Press / Amazon / Amp Camp / Aquarius / ATM / Austin American Statesman / Beat / Billboard / Bizarre / Bleed Music / BMA / Brain Farm / City Pages / Coke Machine Glow / Colorado Springs Independent / Comes With A Smile / Cosmik / Cryogenesis / DJ / Download / Electronic Music 411 / Elusive Styles / Esquire / Exclaim! / Feedback Monitor / Futility / Grooves / Grooves / Heckler / ID / Impact Press / Insomniac / Jive / Jockey Slut / LA Weekly / Life Sucks Die / Loaded / Mean Street / Mixer / Mixmag / Mojo / Motion / Music Emissions / Music Week / Muzik / Neu Music / NME / Pelican Neck / Perilous / Pitchfork / Portland Mercury / Q / Rocksound / Rough Guide / Rough Trade / RTE / San Francisco Bay Guardian / Seven / Skyscraper / Sleaze Nation / Spank / Spill / Stealth / Straight No Chaser / Stylus / Substance / The Guardian / The Milk Factory / The Observer / The Sunday Times / The Times / Tiny Mix Tapes / UK Hip-Hop / Uncut / Urb / Vice / Wax / Wire / XLR8R / XLR8R / XOX / Your Flesh /

To refer to this collection of ten-inches as "ambient" hip-hop, does no justice. It isn't even "experimental" per-se. Cincinnati's Doseone, why? and odd nosdam (along with guest Sole, Illogic, Dj Signify, Mr. Dibbs, and more) have created what I consider one of the better "chill" albums, and the crew could even give some of the best electronic acts a few tips. Comparisons are inevitable, and these guys could easily be paired with Gas/Mike Ink, Umo, Tom Waits, on a compilation. Lyrical delivery is assured - very solid, very prose-like. We get so many washes and smears of musical color, it's almost overwhelming. Some sections are just plain beautiful, just more evidence that hip-hop is and can be "art." Yeah, this isn't for everyone, but it's well worth it to turntablist heads, and those who dig this type of sound. - Insomniac