DJ Shadow - The Outsider

[sloff]

Friend of mine mine gave me a copy of this yesterday. Its so odd. I feel like I'm listening to two EPs. Really, the album doesn't fit together very well.

When I heard the sample of 3 Freaks a few months ago I was very nervous, but hoped it was just an experimental kind of track for him. I was disappointed to hear so many of the tracks that feature MCs aren't any more original or exciting than that one. I did like "Seein Thangs" w/ David Banner has a great dark grit to it. Reminds me of that Mos Def & Massive Attack track on Blade 2 which I love.

Overall I'm diggin 4 out of 17 of the tracks, not a very high score. Hope it grows on me, I hate being dissapointed by artists I think are talented. *cough*U2-AllThatYouCan'tLeaveBehind*cough*