DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...

[holden]

Not a huge hip-hop fan nor do i get a huge kick out of hearing music solely based on samples (nearly threw the Wiseguys CD out of my car the other day!), but my favorite two examples of artists who are truly that, artistic in their integration of old, obscure, and diverse vinyl sounds are Lemon Jelly and DJ Shadow. Something about Endtroducing is that it's just so hook-laden and catchy that, hip-hop or samples or whatnot, there's something for almost everyone. A real classic.