DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... ALBUM REVIEW 

Insight, foresight, more sight, The clock on the wall reads a quarter passsseedd midniiighht.

Anytime someone talks shit about sampling, please play them this album.

One of hip-hop's best and most creative albums. First time I listened to it was one of the most mind-blowing experiences I've had in music.

Midnight in a Perfect World is one of those greatest "soundtrack to my life" type songs for me, nice to see this one reviewed.

I'm actually happy you reviewed it. Did not expect it at all.

Found a copy of this album (CD) @ Goodwill for $2 yesterday.

Midnight in a perfect world is one of the best songs ever created.

I can't unsee mc ride on the endtroducing album cover

PLUNDERPHONICS EH!? HMMM SOUNDS... INTERESTING.

This album is kinda like Dark side of the moon for hip hop. Hard to overstated its place. It’s easy to take it for granted but it’s insane to image creating that album with just a sampler and god knows how many records he listened to. It’s genius for sure.

I also like that MC Ride is on the album cover.

An extended version of Organ Donor exists. It's 4 minutes long, and it is on CD 2 on the deluxe edition of the album.

My personal top 3: 1. Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt 2. Changeling 3. Midnight In A Perfect World

TND: "LEAST FAV TRACK: WHAT DOES YOUR SOUL LOOK LIKE (PART 4)" ME: "FAV TRACK: WHAT DOES YOUR SOUL LOOK LIKE (PART 4)"

I really like this record and understand its importance however having heard much of what its influenced beforehand I find it quite patchy to listen to with only a collection of the tracks having the magic. Its also dirt cheap to buy, one of the many 90s hip hop records that were mass produced on CD and are now subsequently cheap!

PRODUCING. *epic piano starts playing*

Just so y'all know DJ Shadow is a super creative dude, and he purposely makes sure not to keep "re-releasing" Endtroducing over and over. So don't expect to dive into his discography getting 5 Endtroducing albums.

one of my favorite DJ Shadow tracks is actually on a DJ Krush album. It's called "Duality" and it's crazy. First you have Krush's dark beats and an interlude that seems to sample musique concrete, and then DJ Shadow kicks in with one of his best breakbeats ever (he also reuses one of the samples from "Endtroducing"). Check it out

5:29 *"... they feel soundtrack music-inspired, like I'm going to be watching some kind of hip-hop flavored horror film."* Good description, Anthony.

Transmission 2 always makes me feel like I’m experiencing the very last moments of my life. It’s like my life is flashing before my eyes and I can’t do anything but take it all in and enjoy what’s left

Everytime I listen to this album I have to loop 3 or 4 times Why Hip Hop sucks in '96 because it BUMPS!

Reviewing DJ Khaled next, right? 🔑

Probably the most important album of my life. I still get chills as soon as I hear "producing" and the piano intro at the beginning.

Midnight in a Perfect World is one of the most impactful downtempo/instrumental hip-hop songs I've ever heard.

Can't wait till next years classic review with To Pimp a Butterfly!

MASSIVE ATTACK - MEZZANINE

Since I Left You from The Avalanches? I'd I love to see that one

One of my favorite albums of all time. Used to listen to this when I’d walk around as a young kid, the color and the expression of this record always fascinated me. Still does to this day. The creativity is absolutely immaculate. It remains a record that has a crucial place in hip hop for me. Forever changed my life.

I hope he reviews J Dilla some day

A criminally overlooked album. My favorite record of all time.

IMO this is the greatest hip hop album of all time.

Building Steam with A Grain of Salt was used in Splinter Cell: Conviction. And it was so sick Love this album

NUJABES METHAPHORICAL MUSIC REVIEWWW!!!!!

illmatic.

This album not only saved my life, but it changed the way I looked at everything, especially music! I realize that not everyone will have the same experience I did when listening to this album, but it's an album that must be listened to by any fan of music. There is not a single album like it, it's my favorite album of all time. Anytime I think of this album, I just wonder how different everything would be for me had I never discovered it. It has helped me so much in life and is what ultimately got me into music of all kind and making music. To this day has the same impact of when I first listened to it. P.S. The Number Song samples Orion by Metallica, that's the dirty background noise Anthony refers to. Surprised he didn't know that lol

This is in my all time top 10 most influential albums in my life. That moment in Tower Records listening to it on their listening station literally will haunt me forever

WDYSLL pt. 4 may be your least favorite track from this glorious lp, but we agree this is still an amazing track right? ...right?

I remember I came to America Saw Xanadu And that's all I wanted to do Rollerskate

classic stache, classic album

Every once and a while when I watch one of Fantano's reviews, I get extremely interested in checking out the album he's talking about. This is one of them. Thanks for the put on and have a happy new year.

Hi Anthony, thanks for the review. Love this album. 'Organ Donor Extended Overhaul' is the B-side to 'High Noon', it's also on the compilation 'Preemptive Strike'.

Review Yes - Close to the Edge

Thank you for reviewing this Anthony. I first discovered Shadow through a Chevy commercial which used "Building Steam", I did a little research, listened to a couple tracks, then in June I found the album at a little music store on the boardwalk in Ocean City NJ, and promptly bought it. I remember not fully understanding the album the first time I listened to it, but after a couple listens? I LEANED into it. It quickly became a new all-time favorite, and I've been listening to it on-and-off for half a year now. One of my resolutions is specifically to cut down on Endtroducing, and you posting this very thoughtful review was a great little sendoff, once again, thank you.

Hard to believe it was 20 years ago at this point... such an untimely album.

The buzzing organ/bass on The Number Song is Metallica's Orion intro on Master of Puppets. I've read that Cliff Burton played his bass through Leslie speakers, which could explain why it sounds both like a growling bass and a buzzing organ.

My favorite album off all time. This shit changed my life in '96.

alexisonfire, my favorite band ever, used building steam with a grain of salt to introduce a show once, got me into this album, its hella good

i actually had to write a paper on this album for a class i took in college. i've got emotional attachment to it i couldn't believe folk was making such ideas in 96. too cool.

Just recently discovered this, everything about this album is cool as fuck! 🔥, from the artwork to the unique style of production. Whilst i dont like every song i appreciate the creativity in each of them but for me ‘midnight in a perfect world’ is just fucking incredible, the fact he made it all on a mpc60 with only a couple of seconds record time is even more impressive. It has its own unique sound that works & thats why its amazing... im not even sure id class it as ‘hip-hop’ it just has its own genre

Classic Review: Gorillaz, Demon Days. When's it going to happen?

The low-pitched drone on "Numbers Song" is guitar feedback, sourced from the intro to Metallica's "Orion".

You put me onto this album quite some time ago and I thank you for that. Truly a great album and I listen to it quite often. Thanks Mr Needle Drop!

Avalanches - Since I Left You? As far as classic instrumentals go, it's often considered sort of a "polar opposite to Endtroducing", so that would make for a great review c:

Building Steam with a Grain of Salt is incredible...and I'm someone into heavy metal

midnight and this album seriously changed my life... such a fucking classic.

building steam with a grain of salt is honestly goated

Midnight in a perfect world is one of the best songs ever made

The first time I listened to this album I was stoned at a freinds house wayyyy before I liked anything remotely hip hop yet I was completely blown away. It was the first album to bring me into hip hop even though it took me about 5 years later to enjoy hip hop. His 2nd album is nearly equally as good as well.

6 years later. I just got here after listening to Midnight In A Perfect World, interested in Anthony's opinion on this album. The album puts me in a melancholic and relaxed mood. It reminds me of simpler times. The album cover really adds to the atmosphere of it all - I know covers aren't talked about often, but imo they add an important flair to an album! I really enjoy how you express your opinion and the way that you're describing songs. I wish I was nearly as decent in putting my thoughts together like that. It's funny to say, but this review puts me in a similar way the album does. 6 years later, I wish I could go back in time, play the album, watch Anthony's latest video, and enjoy life for a little while. :-)

Thats crazy I honestly listened to this for the first time last week and fell in love with it. Great review!

Vinyl of this arrvived lastnight, listened to it for the first time after having never listened to any tracks off it. Wow, talk about a varied sound, Napalm Brain/ Scatter Brain turns into a straight up breakbeat/ drum n bass type beat?!? Insane, totally blew my mind, every track is great. First time I biught a vinyl without knowing it

This album is a revelation. It is timeless. Among my favorites of all time. 🍷🌌🌃

I was surprised this review showed up. I'm glad it was a good review. This is one of my favorite albums of all time.

I lost my shit when I saw you reviewing my favorite album of all time, its a strangely nostalgic, melodic and beautifully imaginative album. Your the best NERD I respect your music opinion to an alarming degree you know exactly what encompasses a good album. keep it real homie

A classic! Thanks for reviewing & possibly Endtroducing it to a new generation & audience. Long live MoWax & Unkle77 :)

It's crazy when you listen to the song he sampled for Building Steam - it's so simple but it comes out so damn thick

I love that you've reviewed this album. Fortunate enough to have it on this fancy new thing they call vinyl. Midnight In A Perfect World has to be one of my favourite songs of all time. Loved that you don't score classic reviews too. They speak for themselves. I was hoping you'd have a listen to the new Sikth EP 'Opacities'. Would love to know your thoughts on it. Cheers, Tony... i can call you Tony, right?

So many epic rhythms on this album, an absolute classic in every sense

IT'S THE MONEY

YES!!! I LOVE THIS ALBUM TO DEATH!!

This album changed my life and heavily influenced my music. Great album! I still have the cassette tape version of this.

I could rant forever about the influence this album has had on my taste in music and my life as a musician, but I'd be here forever. Thanks for covering this classic!

One of the greatest albums ever produced.

Pleasepleaseplease review The Avalanches - Since I Left You. one of my favourite albums of all time. next level sampling

I remember finding Organ Donor randomly on some Spotify playlist. I liked it. This is why I really appreciate the retro reviews.

A cornerstone of my music collection. Bought on cassette the day it came out in 96 & changed my musical thinking about everything. Introduced me into a whole other world of things I never would've known had existed & still to this day influence me heavily. One problem with this review though is calling things trip-hop when it's just simply instrumental hip hop that tried to find the edges of how far that sound could be pushed.

Just watch. Years from now you gonna be doing a classic review on Speeding Bullet to Heaven.

I'm not an avid hip-hop fan but I've more than often found myself fascinated with some great instrumentals. This album is the Valhalla of this notion.

This is one of my absolute favorite albums of all time. Such a sick masterpiece! Must be quite the catch 22 for an artist to create an album with this much success without feeling the pressure to create an even better album the next time. A fun thing is that is it is frequently mentioned in A LOT of listings like: Albums to listen to before you die, Greatest albums of all time etc. Still listening to it really often

the voice at the end of the album (actually the whole sound snippet) is from a David Lynch directed scene from Twin Peeks.

i love this man

LEAST FAV TRACK: WHAT DOES YOUR SOUL LOOK LIKE (PART 4) WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

I've always been curious to know what Fantano's opinions on DJ Shadows album (which is a Masterpiece of a project that was truly ahead of it's time) glad you did a classic review well deserved.

Didn't expect this review. AWESOME!

Herbie Hancock Head Hunters!

You're still showing your in utero review right?

Thank you for doing a review of this classic album. And after watching some of your vids i must say you do a great job. So from one music-nerd to another, here is a list of some of my all-time favorit albums (old and new) I really think you will find some good stuff here and hoping to see a few reviews in the future. Keep up the good work! :) Millencolin - Same old tune (1994) Millencolin - Life on a plate (1995) Randy - You can´t keep a good band down (1998) Portishead - Dummy (1994) Shpongle - Are you shpongled? (1998) Shpongle - Tales of the Inexpressible (2001) Refused - Everlasting EP (1994) Refused - The shape of punk to come (1998) Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol 2 (2003) Daft punk - Random Access Memories (2013) Dark Tranquility - Construct (2013) Quilty - I´m here becouse i´m here (2001) Rise against - Endgame (2011) Movits - Äppelknyckarjazz (2008) Coheed and cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow (2007) Times of grace - The hymn of a broken man (2011) First Aid Kit _ The lion´s roar (2012) Machinae supremacy - Redeemer (underground edition) (2006)

Your intro's never fail to crack me up :)

Soundtracks For The Blind/Ambient 1 Music For Airports/In The Wee Small Hours/Pulse Demon/Zen Arcade/Getz Gilberto/Come On Die Young/Sun Tongs/KID A RIGHT NOW!!!

the greatest album of all-time.

This album has so many good memories attached to it. Nice review.

I've actually seen the store featured on the album cover. It's in the Sacramento/Davis area of California I believe.

HOW DID YOU GROW THE MOUSTACHE IN ONE DAY?

Can u revive notorious big - life after death for classic week

I used to be obsessed with this album and hadn't listened to it in 10 years until this review.

I'm not surprised you reviewed this but the timing is shocking. I remember getting this album when it came out and was blown away. I loved and still play this album on occasion. I don't know if this is a "classic" but how about reviewing lp Every Day by The Cinematic Orchestra?

I read online that DJ Shadow created this album at a time in his life when he was depressed and he put that feeling into the tunes. If you keep that in mind, this album is all the more better because you realize the headspace of the man it came out of, which makes it more impactful. I discovered DJ Shadow on the amazing 90's documentary about NYC underground homeless (they literally lived underground as in... under the streets) called Dark Days. He provided many tunes for it. I HIGHY recommend a watch!

Review ITAOTS again

My dad has this on CD and used to play it all the time on road trips. Very nostalgic

When that album came out it was more of a trip hop album than hip hop. I wouldn't consider it hip hop considering there's not rap songs on the album. You have to realize that electronic music was still new and very underground back in 96', it was those people that picked up this album. It was a sign of the time of what other people were putting out in the trip hop genre. I think Dj Shadow just did his own take on the genre and pulled it off well. I think it's been considered hip hop in the last 10 years since edm and hip hop have fused more. I happened to buy this album when it came out, and at first I didn't like it, then I came to really love it a few months later and still a classic to me today.