4.14.2007

Perfect review of Shadow's Outsider

The fact (ok, widely held opinion) that Dj Shadow's last album, The Outsider, was awful is not news, but I just came across this great Pitchfork review of it, it says:

On his first two albums, DJ Shadow-- mired in memories of Eric B., Brian Eno, and the Meters-- seemed worlds away from the conceits of mainstream rap. But underneath his detached exterior lies all the egoism and paranoia of the best hip-hop stars: "There are songs on [The Outsider] that I think blow away almost anything else I've ever done. One thing’s for sure-- it's going to make it very difficult for people to imitate my sound," Shadow posted on his website. It wasn't just talk. His new album slyly sabotages the biters: Who'd be dumb enough to copycat all this watered-down exotica and epileptic hyphy?

1 comments:

Valerie said...

Keep up the good work.