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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 |
| Some folks aren't even sure if cLOUDDEAD is hip-hop. On their debut album, the Bay Area trio of Doseone, why? and odd nosdam reject the propulsive nature of most hip-hop in favor of, well, a cloud based form, abstract music with agile flow. Lo-fi keyboards and rumbling beats don't frame the rhymes so much as wander along with them, occasionally accenting a particular moment. removing much of hip-hop's forward motion inherently changes the game, rendering diffuse what was once aggressive, focusing the ear to pay attention to the bizarre, whinny, intricate vocals. In its own hyper-mellow East Bay way, this stuff is Wu Tang obtrusive, dark, singsong lyrics weaving in and out of the dirty beats, leaning nowhere in particular but expanding hip-hop's aural vocabulary just the same. - Austin American Statesman |
3XLP/Out Of Print