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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 |
| Is cLOUDDEAD trip-hop? Avant hip-hop? Andy Kaufman druggie fuck-core? Who the hell cares, cause you haven't heard anything like it. Members of Oakland's Anticon, Doseone, why?, and odd nosdam bring the freaks (in more ways than one) on their own - but put them together, and you have a brain-slugging concoction of nostrilly lyrics and mushy samples that rival Percoset in feel good factor, if you know what I mean. It's compelling and groundbreaking., but also totally funny - they give shout outs to dead presidents, for chrissakes. (Calvin Coolidge is wicked down with the underground you know.) Like, amazing. - Portland Mercury |
3XLP/Out Of Print