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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 - Rock Sound / Fascinating And Addictive - Esquire / A Landmark Album - Seven / A never less than intriguing debut - Q / Unequivocally the finest space-rock-rap album of 2001 - Mojo |
| Adjectives to try on while cLOUDDEAD plays a sweet, confusing symphony on the stereo: wistful, lonely, hopeful, thirsty, puzzled, soaked, lost, content, distressed. Start the information ticker: cLOUDDEAD is the collaboration of geniuses Doseone, why?, and odd nosdam. You've probably heard their names floating around in Anticon circles but drop the preconceptual baggage you have about that collective, about white rap, about the beat orthodoxy that constitutes current hip-hop, about the emotional range you can express and still claim a lineage that includes the Sugar Hill Gang, and open up your ears to cLOUDDEAD. There aren't easy reference points here, but you can draw some crooked lines from My Bloody Valentine's smeared soundscapes and from the Bomb Squad's edited-to-death production to cLOUDDEAD's sound, but don't bother. Put it in the Discman and take a walk. Lie down and watch the sky. PS: Yes, that's a blender solo. - Grooves |
3XLP/Out Of Print