Endtroducing.....
by DJ Shadow

One of the definitive albums of the 90's, a genius work of hip hop/electronic music. It samples jazz,hip hop,electronic,funk, etc and sounds like all of them and nothing like those genres. One of those records that sounds like nothing before it and nothing since. "Midnight in a Perfect World" is truly haunting and beautiful and "Why Hip Hop Sucks in 96" is actually pretty funny.

From JulianR TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/01/2018 09:50 | #209828 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This is such a cool album. I just feel cool listening to it. Its simply so unique and out there. Its just bursting with creativity; it feels like a whole new take not just on hip hop or electronic, but music in general. It would be the post-rock equivalent of the genre, I suppose. Other than a few just plain odd samples and the awfully dated sounding intro, its one helluva listen, though it does take a couple listens to appreciate fully.

Also shout out to the number song, the most underrated one on the album and an absolutely fun track.

90/100

I wasn't as taken with this record as those hailing it as a masterpiece, but I can still appreciate its innovative composition and its influentialness. The short tracks really help to create a seamless composition, every long track is great and who knew a load of drums and samples could create a work of art resembling cold ambient music? "Endtroducing" is clearly something unique and special.

From swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/22/2014 21:16 | #112647 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

"Endtroducing..." is pretty much unparalleled in the turntablist world, and rightfully so. Every song has a charm to it that rewards repeated listens and the album as a whole is very fun and interesting to listen to. It's also extremely mellow and definitely GREAT background music for whenever you're hanging out with friends.

From Boltzmann TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/20/2019 05:20 | #245831 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

"Really great as background music. Haven't given it a dedicated, attentive listen yet." Gives it a 9/10.

I need everyone to just stop what they're doing and digest that this happened. "Background music" is not a compliment, and of course you have to give it a good listen before rating it. I'm not trying to shit on this person in particular, I'm just glad someone is honest enough to just say it. I had this feeling people were just following the herd on the highest rated albums and I'm glad someone has given me proof. Okay it's one instance, but it's such an exeggarated example it can't be just an outlier, an environment that allows, even encourages this is needed for this to happen. If your response to an album is "good music to put up when I'm doing something else and I'll listen to the full tracklist later", your assessment was that it was not such a great album. The only reason you give it a 9/10 is because everyone else does. Again, not an attack to this person in particular, he's just the only one who's honest about it. (Edited)