Endtroducing.....

by DJ Shadow

Endtroducing..... cover art

DJ Shadow's 'Endtroducing.....' is a landmark instrumental hip-hop work constructed almost entirely from a vast palette of vinyl samples using an Akai MPC60 sampler. The album established a new benchmark for sample-based composition through its intricate layering of disparate genres like jazz, funk, and rock, creating dense, cinematic soundscapes with varying tempos and often melancholic moods. Its innovative production and cohesive, atmospheric quality are recognized for having a lasting influence on the evolution of trip-hop and instrumental hip-hop.

Genres

  • Instrumental Hip Hop

Tracklist

  1. Best Foot Forward
  2. Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt
  3. The Number Song
  4. Changeling
  5. Transmission 1
  6. What Does Your Soul Look Like , Pt. 4
  7. Untitled
  8. Stem / Long Stem - Medley
  9. Transmission 2
  10. Mutual Slump
  11. Organ Donor
  12. Why Hip-Hop Sucks In '96
  13. Midnight In A Perfect World
  14. Napalm Brain / Scatter Brain - Medley
  15. What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 1 - Blue Sky Revisit
  16. Transmission 3