What Did DJ Shadow Do With Sampling That Was so Different From Other Producers?

[ThaRealness]

The way I see it, the sheer volume of samples he used set him apart. But he wasnt the only producer layering 10 + samples per track

Prince Paul, Beastie Boys, etc

Dude was beyond dope, but I never understood all that extra praise...

Example:

White person A "Hey have you ever heard DJ Shadow? Apparently he makes pieces of music consisting completely of old vinyl recordings. Its a brilliant example of plunderphonics, and he's a one of a kind artist."

Guiness even gave him a world record for making the first "completely sampled" album..
I mean isnt that how hip hop music usually is made?

 

[SirBiatch]

who?

 

[Zero]

who?

To answer OP, I guess it was right place, right time for Endtroducing. Got critical acclaim over here and in Britain.

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

who?

You never heard "Endtroducing"?

 

[noumena]

He made amazing instrumental hip hop COMPLETELY out of samples. Creating songs with different samples arranged in a collage

The Bomb Squad was more revolutionary to me, but DJ Shadow's music carries a lot of emotional power for something that is just a bunch of records put together.

The whole plunderphonics thing is a cop-out if you ask me.

 

[SirBiatch]

Who gives A fukk about DJ Shadow? Entroducing is the quintessential 90s cac college kid album. It's barely a 'hip hop' album. It's more of an electronica trip hop album. Like some shyt Bowery Electric were doing back in the day.

That's not to knock Shadow. I've heard Entroducing before. It just seems to have no bearing on hip hop culture. The only time I ever hear about Shadow are from cacs with cursory hip hop knowledge.

 

[Zero]

To hear this in a car commercial knowing he made this



is jokes to me

20 years is a long time and people and budgets change....but still

"Real hiphop" (white) dudes never last

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

Who gives A fukk about DJ Shadow? Entroducing is the quintessential 90s cac college kid album. It's barely a 'hip hop' album. It's more of an electronica trip hop album. Like some shyt Bowery Electric were doing back in the day.

That's not to knock Shadow. I've heard Entroducing before. It just seems to have no bearing on hip hop culture. The only time I ever hear about Shadow are from cacs with cursory hip hop knowledge.

This is ignorant period, that album had widespread influence on the instrumental hip hop scene and particularly how hip hop producers are received as artists without being attached to a rapper. Dudes like Madlib, Dan The Automator, J Dilla, Nujabes, FlyLo and many more all took a page out of his book.

 

[noumena]

To hear this in a car commercial knowing he made this

I hated hearing that on that commercial. I think commercials taint the songs imo.

How long til we get Immortal Technique giving songs to car companies?

 

[Deltron]

classic album

 

[SirBiatch]

This is ignorant period, that album had widespread influence on the instrumental hip hop scene and particularly how hip hop producers are received as artists without being attached to a rapper. Dudes like Madlib, Dan The Automator, J Dilla, Nujabes, FlyLo and many more all took a page out of his book.

receipts would be nice, particularly on the 2nd bolded statement

 

[Nature's Fury]

fukk all y'all cac shyt, Endtroducing was ill...so was the first UNKLE album..

but yea, this shyt is more trip hop than hip hop..I don't know why y'all tryin so hard to discredit it, it's only showcasing hip hops influence...

 

[ThaRealness]

He made amazing instrumental hip hop COMPLETELY out of samples. Creating songs with different samples arranged in a collage

The Bomb Squad was more revolutionary to me, but DJ Shadow's music carries a lot of emotional power for something that is just a bunch of records put together.

The whole plunderphonics thing is a cop-out if you ask me.

That's hip hop production

Not trynna hate.. Just a minor qualm Ive always had

 

[noumena]

That's hip hop production

Not trynna hate.. Just a minor qualm Ive always had

No no I agree, I was gonna say that too. It's why I think plunderphonics is a cop out. But even in that early hip hop production it wasn't all samples. You had some keys, or some 808 drum hits, that type of thing. So when they say "completely out of samples" it means every note and drum hit is from a different record.

 

[nahnah]

He was initially successful in the uk i believe, he came out at a time when 'trip hop' was big, Massive Attack, Portishead ect and his music was kinda in a similar vein

He made mood music i guess and that always lends itself for movie soundtracks and such, which it did

And at the time instrumental albums wern't as common as they are today, so a possible novelty effect also?

Dj Shadow

Good timing

Good sample choices

Good music

Guinness talking shyt tho