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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 |
| Wondering why hip-hop has yet to crawl out of the swampy marsh, grow legs, and really go pioneering? cLOUDDEAD might finally serve to scratch that evolutionary itch. Doseone, why? and odd nosdam are presently doing to hip-hop what Miles Davis did for jazz with Kind of Blue - slowing it down, examining the nuances of the form and giving it back some subtle teeth. cLOUDDEAD's nitrous-groove style seems alien to hip-hop - beats often times break at a crawl, an amalgam of field recordings float in and out, and the fills can include solos on organ, tape deck, and 7-speed kitchen blender. - LA Weekly |
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