Endtroducing.....
Released: 1996

Endtroducing.....

by DJ Shadow

The 130th greatest album of all time

Endtroducing....., released in 1996 by DJ Shadow (Joshua Davis), is an instrumental hip hop album built almost entirely from sampled material. Its sound combines downtempo beats, cinematic textures, scratches and found sounds into moody, collage-like tracks that sit at the intersection of trip hop, electronic and hip hop production. The album is widely regarded as a landmark in sample-based and instrumental hip hop for its dense layering and immersive sequencing.

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