Endtroducing.....

Pretty boring, particularly for a 1hr record.

blijkbaar het eerste volledig gesamplede album, maakt het niet beter.

Nothing for me to connect with, really.

Whole array of different vibes, amazing scratching, but more if a background noice, than anything to fall into completely

Wanted to like this a bit more than I did; some interesting textures and I appreciate the production using samples, I always found that cool with older hip hop. ‘Number Song’ has some drive to it, cool breakdown and beats. ‘Napalm Brain’ also had a good sound to it. Wasn’t a huge fan of much else on it. Cool listen though and glad I gave it a rip.

Interesting album, nothing really stood out to me on first listen, found myself skipping around after a bit. Have a hard time deciding how I feel about sampling style records like this. Has a mood and style, but I find the arrangement a little piecemeal.

I'm not a big fan of this type of music so I'm not sure how to listen to/review it, but I think it sounded fairly nice from my limited perspective. Just not really my thing. I'm sure it's amazing for many folks out there.

2.5/5 - There is beauty in the subtle and simple and when the songs build with several instruments all complimenting each other is when this album is at its best. However these moments of beauty are undercut by experimental choices, often feeling out of place and therefore interrupting the positive moments. Ultimately making a lot of the songs feel disjointed. Organ donor is my standout track.

I'm not usually a fan of albums that use such a large amount of samples but this was alright. I'd like to listen to a version of this album without drum beats.

Nice instrumental, but very bland to listen to

Without the context this album is pale and uninteresting.

Some interesting sounds and samples. Enjoyable for sure, but not one I will be revisiting.

"Endtroducing....." by DJ Shadow is often hailed as a landmark album in the realm of instrumental hip-hop and electronic music. Released in 1996, it's constructed entirely from samples, showcasing DJ Shadow's innovative approach to beat-making and production. The album's tracks, like "Building Steam With a Grain of Salt" and "Midnight in a Perfect World," are complex, atmospheric, and demonstrate a deep knowledge of crate-digging. DJ Shadow's ability to craft intricate soundscapes is impressive. However, while "Endtroducing....." is celebrated for its groundbreaking production techniques, its accessibility can be limited. For some listeners, its instrumental nature and experimental style might make it challenging to engage with on a casual level. Additionally, it's an album that influenced countless others in the genre, which can lead to a sense of familiarity when listening to it today. In summary, "Endtroducing....." is undoubtedly an influential work that pushed the boundaries of electronic music, but its complexity and historical context may not resonate with everyone, warranting a 2/5 rating.

Sample heavy and manic. Music for DJs to listen to, but not music to enjoy for its own sake (IANADJ).

Felt like background music

Some fair music ruined with remixing....

not doing it for me at all. the "DJ" part is grating

I can see the appeal, but I’m just not impressed by a mashup of what others have created…

Didn’t like it.Boring album of mainly beats,too long for no reason and just a boring experience.

And then everyone promptly filed out of the club.

Lots of samples stuck together, but what is the end result? It's not music you can dance to, it's not music you can chill or relax to. It won't make you think, it won't make you feel happy, it won't make you feel excited, it won't make you feel sad. It won't make you feel anything except bored. It's not interesting and it's not clever. What it is, is a load of old bollox. Rating: 1.5/5 Playlist track: Midnight in a Perfect World Date listened: 12/09/23

Some good beats and he’s obviously very skilled, but an out of this is too much and repetitive.

Beats are great, but without lyrics this is relegated to background listening for me. There's a place for that, but it isn't what I was hoping for.

LOVE LOVE LOVE samples! LOVE. This is brilliant in its own right, incredibly talented, but not something I would listen to regularly.

Stem/Long Stem was pretty good, and there were points of groove to me, but overall, it wasn’t my cup of tea.

Nah

Probably the first DnB album I've listened to all the way through. No reflection on the artist, but it didn't make me want to explore him nor the genre further. Sorry, just not for me.

First listen Saved 3/13 Top track: Stem / Long Stem

Plunderphonics is usually one of my absolute favorite musical experiments out there, hell I can’t tell you how many times I’ve run the Avalanches catalog back to back. This one should’ve been a home run, then, but I found myself getting a bit bored with it due to a lack of personality. It takes a definite bit of verve to make all these musical pieces line up in a way that’s new and exciting - the glue holding everything together is the character each track receives out of sonic piecemeal. ‘Endtroducing’ lacks any kind of necessary cohesion like this to make it more the sum of its parts. Maybe it’s the rhythmic bent of the samples or the heavy amount of scratching, but this LP reads more as DJ mix than elevated creation. Found myself tuning out after the nth lengthy vocal sample that didn’t contribute anything to the track, and even nodded off in the car for a bit near the end.

honestly i love hip-hop and i'm a fan of turntablism and DJs more than most of the people I know but fuck dude, not every song needs to be punctuated by long clips of people talking

I really should like this album. It has elements I appreciate. But I don't

I like this more than most records by a DJ I've listened to so far. It's still so, so long though. Why are they always so long? Cut up a sample of me declaring this just isn't for me.

2.5 maybe. Not my taste.

Samantapainen reaktio kuin hyvänä pidettyyn jazziin: kuuntelen kohteliaasti teemat, mutta en jaksa niiden työstämistä käytännössä. Ok, tämän levyn musatyyli ei ärsytä minua. En silti ryhdy suurkuluttajaksi.

It's an album of *samples*. I mean, it's interesting as a concept, but as an album, I find it really hard to care. Listened to about a third of it and realized that I wasn't really listening to anything. Two stars just because anyone with the persistence to make an entire album from samples gets an "E for effort".

Initially very good, but then gets quite samey

aiuonnadai

I've never heard of DJ Shadow before today, so I was unsure what I was in for. My research tells me that it is hip hop/electronica. That is exactly what this is. Hip hop which is extensively mixed with samples of random shit, and a heavy dance beat. The only "lyrics" you get are snippets of people talking. I didn't hate it as much as normal electronica, but it still wasn't my favorite. As background music, this may be tolerable, but to sit and listen to it cover to cover, it grows old quickly. By the time the song The Number Song finished, I was over it. I've already forgotten much of this record. This album also features a staple of 90's hip hop, skits (or at least samples that are organized into 1 min snippets of randomness that has no bearing on the rest of the record). Overall, underwhelming record today. Forgettable, and boring. I won't be listening again. Favourite songs: The Number Song Least favourite songs: Stem/Long Stem 2/5

This is a very original sounding album with tracks that sound like they are definitely from the 90's, but then there are tracks that sound like they came out this year. I am giving praise for the variety in this one, but it doesn't flow very well and sometimes it feels like a song changed abruptly which I don't like. Had some lows, a lot of middling songs, and a high or two. What Does Your Soul Look Like Pt. 1 was really good, but not so good to listen to the whole album ever again. 2.5 rounded down on this one.

Some pretty cool beats which I would like to listen to maybe 1 song every so often or just as background music. It got pretty old pretty quickly and was hard to listen to a whole album of outtakes and experiments

This was alright. Pretty good background music but not much more.

I feel some rudiments of trip-hop, but in general I don't like this transitional form between simple electronic music and trip-hop. Sometimes it sounds unbearable.

Didn't do much for me at all

Hmm. Doesn’t really get to me

A full album with nothing but samples? Can't say I am a fan of this style of album. Music wasn't too bad to have playing in the background while working, but nothing really stood out an I didn't have any desire to go back an re-listen. Again, not terrible, just not for me. 2

Feels like this album perfectly encapsulates how hard of a ceiling electronica has with me. Some genuinely cool moments of musicianship for me, but I once again find myself thinking that I'm essentially just listening to an album of rap beats. Favorite track: Changeling

Mostly samples and no vocals. Some songs were pretty catchy but overall it got old quick.

I was looking forward to this due to loving Koze, Avalanches etc but didn't really hit the spot.

Whilst not being something I'd usually listen to it did have a way of drawing me in more than I expected. But most of the tracks did feel like after 30 seconds I'd heard the whole thing but it kept going for another 4 minutes

Some nice instrumental samples, pretty much all the vocal sample choices felt out of place. Overall the album feels best as background music

An hour of hip hop instrumentals isn’t much my thing

Une grande majorité d'entre vous ont déjà été informés du fait que j'ai écouté cette escroquerie d'album en rentrant chez moi à pied après une dure journée dans l'open-space. Cette semaine a d'ailleurs eu son lot de faits marquants dont un en particulier que je m'en vais vous raconter. Comme vous le savez probablement, Céline Dion a mis sa carrière entre parenthèse depuis quelques années. Une rumeur enflait ces derniers mois selon laquelle elle réfléchirait sérieusement à s'essayer au monde de l'entreprise et à ma grande surprise, la chanteuse a finalement choisi la mienne pour effectuer son premier stage. Je vous retranscris la conversation qu'elle a eue avec mon patron à son arrivée alors qu'ils étaient à seulement quelques mètres de moi : « Mon patron : Bonjour Céline, tout d'abord, je tiens à vous féliciter pour votre incroyable carrière musicale. Mais maintenant, nous avons une situation très urgente et technique à régler ici. Céline Dion : Merci beaucoup, je suis prête à vous aider. Quel est le problème exactement ? Mon patron : Il s'agit d'un problème avec notre système de gestion de la relation client, qui cause des erreurs dans les e-mails que nous leur envoyons, entraînant des mécontentements et des pertes financières importantes. Céline Dion : Je comprends l'urgence de la situation, que puis-je faire pour vous aider ? Mon patron : Nous avons besoin de compétences techniques avancées pour réduire le nombre de connexions simultanées sur notre serveur de messagerie, qui est à l'origine du problème. Nous avons besoin que vous vous concentriez à plein temps sur la résolution de ce problème. Céline Dion : D'accord, comment dois-je m'y prendre ? Mon patron : Dans un premier temps, vous allez devoir ouvrir le logiciel de dépannage, puis sélectionner l'onglet "Outils de diagnostic". Ensuite, vous devrez exécuter un scan complet du serveur de messagerie, en utilisant les paramètres suivants : "Type de scan" doit être réglé sur "Scan complet", "Méthode de scan" doit être réglé sur "Scan approfondi", et "Fichiers à inclure dans le scan" doit être réglé sur "Tous les fichiers". Assurez-vous que toutes les autres options sont désactivées. Céline Dion : J'ai bien noté ces instructions. Et après ? Mon patron : Une fois que le scan est terminé, vous devrez analyser les résultats pour identifier les problèmes potentiels. Si vous trouvez des problèmes, vous devrez prendre des mesures pour les résoudre. Céline Dion : Entendu, je vais commencer immédiatement et vous informer dès que j'aurai des résultats. Mon patron : Très bien. Il est important que vous respectiez les délais impartis pour la réalisation de cette tâche afin que nous puissions livrer un travail de qualité à notre client. Il est possible que cela implique de rester dans les bureaux tard dans la nuit. Je vous recommande de manger des sandwiches triangle devant l'ordinateur pendant les pauses repas pour ne pas perdre de temps. Céline Dion : D'accord, je comprends. Je ferai de mon mieux pour résoudre ce problème dans les délais impartis. Mon patron : Nous avons confiance en vos compétences et vos capacités, Céline. Si vous avez besoin d'aide, n'hésitez pas à le signaler. Nous sommes impatients de voir les résultats que vous pourrez obtenir. »

Definitely not my taste.

Thought it was going to be vocal-less hip hop beats all the way through, but there was also some spacey stuff thrown in. Low energy, but kinda interesting

What a long album! Zoinks. It's different, that's for sure.

Was probably groundbreaking for its time. Not so much now. This was a long listen.

Some good tracks, but after a while it becomes coffee shop background music.

Some cool layering on some cool beats, but man instrumentals just don't do it for me. Way too long for anything to stand out and shine

I really just didn’t care for this album. I wouldn’t listen to it again- it was longer than I’d like it to be and just not worth it. It was interesting at times with the various sounds but nothing up my alley.

Found the theme tune for Newstalk FM

My favorite line: She has eyes as big as jolly ranchers Uhhh very chaotic?? No real lyrics?? Not bad to listen to, especially the first two songs, but definitely will not return to.

Not my style, while the production is great it’s too wacky and lacking vocals for me

It was okay

Loved this album in high school but found it deeply boring upon relistening. Sample at the start is an amazingly arrogant way to start off and you really need to come with bangers after. This just didn’t do that. More influential than good.

Yeahhhh, I don't know. I don't dislike the mood, but neither am I moved by anything here one way or another. Using the word "shadow" feels appropriate. Sometimes shadows can be creepy, but then you realize they're just shadows and you're like why did I have an emotional response to that at all? It's a shadow. Now... imagine that shadow had a laptop and synth. Boom. Truthfully, I liked the Justice album better although the site also conspired to keep me away from reviewing it. Damn you Brexit!!!

hvad fuck Noget af det er larm, noget er det er lowkey dj til loppemarked i plagwitz vibe, f.eks. "What does your soul look like?"

9th September 2022 Listened during the day while working from home in response to the death of the queen. Went to Freddy’s flat in the afternoon before Fritha and James came to stay for the weekend. Not hugely memorable but good background music. Again, if you were in a field at 3am, amazing.

Hmmm. I enjoyed this more than expected, but apparently less than most folks. Still, really enjoyed the more chill, atmospheric bits. Then, other pieces of the sampling just sounded like a mishmash of whatever.

Op organ donor na meh

I don’t get the appeal of DJ “albums”. Maybe it’s generational.

this album is an interesting creation. i find dj shadow's process and the concept behind this album fascinating. using uncommon songs to combine together to create a wholly original hour of music... it's a unique approach to an album. overall, it was unremarkable to me. not bad, but it didn't do much for me.

Huh. I found this to be unremarkable. From an artistic standpoint, I'm intrigued by the idea of taking nothing but samples and using it to create something new, but in the case of this album, and maybe the entire genre, the final product just isn't my thing.

There’s just something about this that rubs me the wrong way

Midnight In a Perfect World merece um remake

Forgettable in a good way. Great background music for when you need to pay attention to other things.

Disc que passa per ser una de les fites de l'electrònica dels 90 i que va encumbrar al seu autor, que ja no va tornar a fer res que ni tan sols s'apropés. Es tracta d'un poti poti de samples extrets d'un munt de discos desconeguts, aquí acoblats amb molta traça. Més enllà de la técnica, no li trobo ànima

Quickly gets boring

Its interesting from a music history standpoint of course, but I just finished it and couldn't tell you a thing about it

After reading about this album, I think there might be something being "lost in translation"...it seems like this was new concept of using mostly sampling in music. While that is definitely a cool idea, when it just boils down to the listening of this album, for me it leaves a lot to be desired and just was boring

It was fine. I didn't realize when it was over so it wasn't exciting enough to keep my attention.

6/10 for studying just beats

I can understand why this is here, but it doesn't do much for me. I would actually be willing to give it another chance down the road.

Reminded me slightly of Shaft, more background music for me than anything else

It was an ok album. Heavy drum and bass beats comprise most of the album with some experimental stuff going on as well. It showed that a good beat is better accompanied by a good lyricist. 4.0/10

Listened to this for the first time yesterday, and didn't get it. Saw all the love it was getting on here, so listened to it again this morning, and... still don't get it. It's clearly cleverly put together, but the resulting sound isn't one that particularly appeals to me. 2/5.

05/18/22

I've enjoyed some collabs the artist has done, but I wasn't a big fan of this one. It's just a bit repetitive and lacking in ideas

Better than I was expecting, but I was expecting little. I just don't like sound of a needle scratch. Interesting to hear the ways songs are constructed but didn't float my boat.

I get why this album is highly regarded. I just find the pace too slow and end up bored every time I listen to it.

Not enough variation in the tracks to draw your attention

Interesting background album, but nothing really stood out to me. It seemed really long.

It's an interesting idea that this album is made entirely from samples and I appreciate the production expertise is requires to do that, but in the end I just don't care.

2/5 not quite...

Sample sample sample Det bliver noget træls at høre på i længden og længde er der på

just not my genre

Ymmärrän tän levyn merkityksen sämplätylle musiikille, mutta en vaan pääse yli siitä että se on mun mielestä tylsä. Saundit ei vaan oo esteettisesti miellyttäviä, paikoin jopa ärsyttäviä.

At the time friends were all over this. Me, not really. Quite good breakbeats. I can see it's technically clever cut and paste sampling, but not my thing.

Never heard of DJ Shadow and didn't recognize one song on the album. Not terrible. Repetitive overall. That said, I have added it to to my "study and writing" playlist. 2.5

Culte mais bon.. Chiant The number song Organ Donnor

Pretty good

Pretty good

Solid but mostly samey/not my vibe

La neta es que tengo al diyei chadou en lo más alto de mis afectos, pero este disco, fuera de organ donor y si acaso otra, me dio para abajo bien cabrón. Terminé pinches odiándolo.

First listen. Better than expected. Definitely good background music. 2/5

Would have been great with lyrics. Found the drum and bass only kind of boring, but good for what it was.

Con questo disco c'ho sempre avuto un pò di problemi anche se non con il musicista. Alcune cose ad oggi suonano troppo vecchie e come prime sperimentazioni di una strada percorsa successivamente.

Ganske digg og chill stemning her. Litt for lite som skjer til instrumental å være for min smak. Setter likevel pris på de syke samplene og komposisjonene som ligger bak.

Midnight In a Perfect World is probably the best song on the album. Like a rock/rap remix kind of instrumental album. Was alright, nothing crazy. 5/10.

Too experimental and old school for me

It was gibberish. Not uncomfortable to listen to, and I get that he revolutionized hip hop and all, but I couldn't make it out.

Scratch scratch… scratch music

The first album made entirely of samples. I like it when an artist uses samples effectively and then elevates the material. There's no elevation here. Everything is mixed nicely enough, but after listening to this for over an hour, I'm not sure why I'm supposed to give it any more attention. Best track: Midnight In A Perfect World

Was that music?

No thank you

Pas du tout ma came

way too long and didn’t hold my attention

Meh. Not for me

Turntableism is his speciality apparently. There you go.

Paso mucho de este rollo

Like a slightly more sophisticated version of me in secondary school music mashing buttons on the keyboard with the sound fx setting on. This was fucking awful.

Machine-based "sounds of an era" age particularly poorly. There is a business built around music. Innovative sounds are quickly and widely aped by less imaginative and more cynical people. The sounds grow tiresome. (This list, with its questionable curation, demonstrates the phenomenon particularly well for 60s folk, psychedelica, English blues...) But when you turn all of the performances over to machines, your sonic product lacks expressivity; all you have to offer is "a sound." When the aping is only a matter of buying and programming the same machines, the washout comes quicker and is more thorough. Aging recordings that have no human expressivity offer only bits of nostalgia for the few people who were at an impressionable age when they were released. Kids born after 2000 can listen to Revolver and be moved by the beauty of the performances. This, no matter how cool it sounded at the time, plays like the soundtrack to an old movie that no one wants to see.

A bunch of bullshit

An hour of DJ music is a lot of time to spend on 808s and snippets of albums. This is what you listen to when you're too high to dance, talk or listen to lyrics. RJD2 heard this album and decided what to do with his life. It's fine as background music. Stem/Long Stem - Medley is like a 1996 Tubular Bells...could very easily be the theme music for an Exorcist sequel. It's also like some one watched Blade Runner and rescored the Vangelis. Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain - Medley is the best song on the album.

Pointless

Since I Left You by The Avalanches is an all time favorite album, so am not against entire albums of sampling. Listened to this a few times over the years, and there's just nothing that connects for me on this album.

Inspirational dance hip hop album

You know it’s a bad album when the better songs sound like glorified elevator music

It was not very good techno music

I couldn't wait for this to be over. Its not bad or obnoxious, but I wasn't excited for it, was bored during it, and just waiting for it to end. That said I did hear a lot of familiar sounds within it.

Incredibly repetitive, boring

Ik word er niet vrolijk van

Blugh

garbage

the worst dogshit i've ever listened. 0/10

I dont do music without lyrics, I know I know its low iq but that shit is boring fuck moozart or wtv

#009 I heard the name and that critics were very positive. But as I am totally not interested in DJ stuff I I don’t consider as music but as a cut and paste exercise which might also be considered as art but not sure if I call that real music. I could also not listen to this in one go. It bored me although sometimes some interesting musical patterns were observed, but at the same time realizing that it was not created by the artist but only found and copied and pasted onto the collage. Which might be a craft on its own but does not fit in my definition of making music. Also as there is no additional lyrics on top of it (like e.g Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique

what is happening

Just makes me feel nothing and bores me

This is simply a big collection of nothing. 1 star or F-.

1st song is a 5/5 2nd song is 1/4...boring 3rd 3/5 4th 1/5 yawnsalot 5th don't care to keep listening what a bore 1/5

Organ donor is amazing the rest hurt my ears

oof. Critical darling that is some interesting musical feat but does not feel like listening to music to me.

Shite

samplers samplers samplers samplers samplers y más samplers. hoy no conectó

Es muy raro el concepto del álbum, quiero entender para dónde van estos tracks. Las voces con eco o de fondo son basura, algunos tracks tienen bases buenas de hip hop, de todas formas no consumo esta mezcla. Me gustó más la tapa que los tracks. Napalm Brain safa porque se escucha una batería al menos, el sample al final es bueno, es más fuerte y llamativo. Pero la caga que al final el único buen tema se transforme en una canción con 3-4 ritmos distintos. Top Pick: Midnight in a perfect world (es buena) Me gusta el disclaimer de Twin Peaks the Transmission 3, me da curiosidad saber la conexión entre esto y la serie de Lynch. Esto encontré: The culmination of these audio clips gives the album an unsettling, dream-like finish that perfectly encapsulates the mood of Lynch's universe. Nada más para agregar una reseña media falopa como este álbum. Seguro entra en los 100-150 peorcitos álbumes.

Wow, what a terrible album! According to Wikipedia, DJ Shadow’s debut album *Endtroducing...* is “composed” of vinyl samples, which in itself is enough to warrant the worst possible rating. But DJ Shadow takes it even further, randomly splicing together random snippets and, despite the electronic beats, failing to maintain even a basic sense of rhythmic consistency. Nevertheless, the production doesn’t give the impression that any of this is accidental—so he clearly intended this result. I’m at a loss for words to write anything meaningful here—this is by far the worst of the 300 albums so far. OMG, so bad...

Unbearable this album is FUCKING NOISE POLLUTION FOR THIS TO BE IN THE “1001 albums you must hear before you die” this album is the album that is gonna kill you with how bad it is and no offense to anyone who likes it though.

Didnt know beats could be corny

Boring

Not for me

Das ALbum verstehe ich nicht, Organisierter Krach

Why is this even on the list?

Hip-Hop ist nicht meins

no me gusto muchito

O SHADOW O SHADOW MEO O SHADOW FAVS (top 3): changing, mutual slump, midnight in a perfect world mençoes honrosas: building stream with a grain of salt, stem/ long steam esse album é MUITO RUIM, eu ouvi ele quando eu tava morrendo de sono e odiei mas as vezes era pq eu tava com sono n achei justo dar nota baixa mas gente... PESSIMO mesmo sem sono, é 1 hora de album de musicas extremamente sem graças, as q eu curti mencionadas a cima sao consideravelmente ouviveis mais de 1 vez com muita força de vontade. tem interludes fraquessimos que nao trazem nenhum toque pro album, é um album sem graça e sem nada. hypei pq o nome dele é SHADOW mas deveria trocar pra nao ofender meu mano shadow desse jeito. nota final: 1/5

Really not my thing.

Nope...

Trash

Didnt like it

Yisus

1. Best Foot Forward: Okey es una introduccion al album, bien. Sin puntaje 2. Building Steam With a Grain of Salt: Instrumental, lo sentí como un bit, pero con muchisimo flow. 7/10 3. The Number Song: Sigue siendo mas instrumental, esta no tuvo tanto flow, me parecio mas ruido que otra cosa. 2/10 4. Changeling: vuelve un poco más de flow, siguen siendo momentos q parece más ruido, pero mejora. 5/10 5. Transmission 1: interludio, sin mucho q decir 6. What does your soul look like Pt4: vuelve a tener un poco más the flow. 6/10 7. Untitled: otro interludio 8. Stem/Long Stem: Arranca como si fuera escena epica de un jueguito, despues ruido, mucho ruido insoportable. 2/10 9. Transmission 2: más interludio? 10. Mutual Slump: Más ruido. 3/10 11. Organ Donor: ?? 12. Why Hip-Hop Sucks: ?? 13. Midnight in a perfect world: creo que mejora un poquito, vuelve a ser un bit tranquilon. 6/10 14. Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain: Ruido, no tanto como antes, pero es ruido. 4/10 15. What does your soul look like Pt 1: bastante mas tranka, no me disgusta, pero no me gusta. 5/10 16. Transmission 3: Cierre Nota general: No me gustó un carajo, algunas canciones especificas me cierran apenitas, pero el album en si me pareció malisimo, mucho ruido, dolor de cabeza. Horrible escuchar esto. 2/10

I hated this album. Couldn’t even finish it. I’m sure it is groundbreaking and deserves to be on this list for some reason but it’s not for me.

wasn't the biggest fan of this. Need to give it another listen to be honest.

Meh

Awful 1

God this one just sucks Lazy, boring, sounds like shit, too long, repetitive: there’s so many things I dislike about this one. When listening to hip hop I usually derive most of my enjoyment from lyrics, and the beat is a bonus if it sounds good, and somehow this one has neither. I might be able to stomach instrumental hip hop if the beats sounded even decent. It’s so frustrating because you’ll get like a quick sample that actually sounds good and then they completely undo it with a godawful 10 second segment. I don’t care if it’s artsy or whatever but I just think the whole concept of an album solely made up of samples is an awful idea. I think the worst part about this one for me is that it’s not even bad in a funny way like Rock Bottom or Faust, it’s just boring and uninspired. Only the second album I’ve given a 1 to, so pretty uniquely bad. Thank god I never have to listen to this garbage ever again

Basically a podcast

Really just wasn’t for me unfortunately

If you give a 100 monkeys 2 turntables and a microphone…

Listening to this album reminded me of being on hold with the IRS or some other government agency for 60 minutes. I know this came out in the '90s but this is elevator music for the 21st century. If I wanted to hear something that droned on and on endlessly without saying anything of substance, I would invite one of my ex-girlfriends over for dinner.

I liked some of this recording. I suppose it was innovative at the time.

Non fa per me... voterò 1

An hour of DJ music is a lot of time to spend on 808s and snippets of albums. This is what you listen to when you're too high to dance, talk or listen to lyrics. RJD2 heard this album and decided what to do with his life. It's fine as background music. Stem/Long Stem - Medley is like a 1996 Tubular Bells...could very easily be the theme music for an Exorcist sequel. It's also like some one watched Blade Runner and rescored the Vangelis. Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain - Medley is the best song on the album.

2/10

1/10 Fav: -

… no

p779. 1996. 1 star. Man discovers he has a drum machine, a sampler and no talent. This desperately wants to be "Play" by Moby and fails spectacularly.

Some bits ok mr garage band

ik ben geen fan - sorry

I couldn’t even finish this. My boyfriend thought his stereo was taking a crap with the amount of sound effects. Terrible.

I would rate this a minus one if I could

just not my thing...

I can imagine what came after and the influences this album created and it was just uncomfortable noise. I couldn't even make it through the entire thing. ;-;

Pas aimé pas mon style

The critics love it, I don't.

no

No no no

1/5 - it just wasn't for me ngl...

DJ Shadow's "Endtroducing.....", an album I struggled to connect with on any level. I found it to be a monotonous and tiresome listen that felt more like a chore than a pleasure. By the fourth track, the experience became a test of endurance, and I found myself just waiting for it to end. I found it to be a long and difficult listen. One star. 1 "Best Foot Forward" (3/5) 2 "Building Steam with a Grain of Salt" (2/5) 3 "The Number Song" (1/5) 4 "Changeling" (1/5) 5 "Transmission 1" (1/5) 6 "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)" (1/5) 7 "Untitled" (1/5) 8 "Stem/Long Stem" (1/5) 9 "Transmission 2" (1/5) 10 "Mutual Slump" (1/5) 11 "Organ Donor" (1/5) 12 "Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96" (1/5) 13 "Midnight in a Perfect World" (2/5) 14 "Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain" (1/5) 15 "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 – Blue Sky Revisit)" (1/5) 16 "Transmission 3" (1/5) Total - 20 Average - 1.25 113/1001 60/113 albums reviewed were new to me.

Noise

Pretty dry and boring. Each song resuses a lot of the same beats, sounds, loops, etc. Maybe in its time it was experimental and risky, but in the present day it's very safe and overdone. 3/10

Album was okay but I wouldn’t buy it. Not my normal genre of music

No pude ni acabarlo

Chato demais

This is someone playing someone else and calling it thier own

Never heard of this group. A lot of interesting sound effects, several times it sounded like a CD sounded when it was skipping. I’m glad I was listening to this while working so I didn’t totally waste an hour of my life listening to this.

Yay another album of 5 second loops that go on for 7 minutes straight. A couple of the tracks would be cool if somebody rapped a verse over them or something.

This is for someone... not for me.

0’5

Not my usual type of listen but I can see why people would like it. It is a really cool concept for an album with the use of samples and beats Highlights: - What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 1 (Blue Sky Revisit) - Mutual Slump - Changeling

The Good: It’s a clear end… The Bad: yet we were still troduced to it… The Ugly: fill in the blanks I’ve waited over a week to rate this album… why? Because slowly but surely my patience is being tested too much…. I think that I have been forced to listen to over 10 albums that were released since the late ‘90s, and we all know that hardly anything good was released since the introduction of 1 too many electronic/rap/numetal/pop crap So here’s to me finding out just now that yesterday’s album is Sign ‘O the Times, and that is going to be an easy 5* for me… This album, is a skip 1* Sorry DJ Shadow

was djaing a little too much for me

Escuché este disco hace tiempo. Sólo apto para sordos snobs que quieren ir de modernos. Esto no es música, sencillamente. No sé si es algo racista, pero siempre pensé que este tío era negro. En serio, los que elevan este pastiche a categoría de música o arte deberían comprarse un lego, deben ser buenos haciendo figuritas. Vaya montón se basura.

I only like this in the context of background noise for when I’m working. Otherwise what is this? Not for me.

.not for me

It’s pretty ok

The fuck is this shit

I don't really understand what this is. Is it just stuff for other people to rap over? Because this was boring as hell on its own. I don't need this in my life.

Booooring

Not my cup of tea

No, sorry, just no, this is a boring boring album, made almost entirely of samples, not into it

Really? This is one of the 1001 records I NEED to listen to before I die? Didn’t finish.

I’m sure Mr. Shadow is a nice fellow but this was just repetitive nonsense.

three songs in, i am quite bored. Skipping this now.

nothing wowing

Mostly drum fill instrumentals which are fun with some record scratching and hip hop remix elements. You could listen to this while walking through a park or city any time. Losing interest through the album as there are repetitive and tedious parts. The sense of humor in the first few tracks falls off as it goes on. Upon 2nd listen to some of these tracks it's actually pretty low effort and crappy.

Not even forgettable as I barely noticed it was playing in the first place.

I did not like the beginning, but the middle didn't seem too bad. Then toward the end it got really old and I felt like I was in a trance. I just don't get it.

Horrible

I can't think of anyone I would ever recommend this to. I feel like whatever this is had already been done way better prior to 1996 and way better after 1996. Wikipedia says a lot of the techniques used were groundbreaking and still used today, but sampling was used prior to this so I don't get it. Doesn't feel like it was very groundbreaking. Ambient filler music that you probably need to be stoned for. Fun fact - was not stoned for this. Did not enjoy.

This album felt like chore to get through

Hated it

im half way through, guys i'll be real i dont know if i can finish this. like it sounds fine but its just long as hell. okay right i skipped the last three because its 1am i am tired, i have a headache, i am done. yeah soz, not for me, that album is being forgotten forever

Started out interesting, got extremely repetitive. Two hours is way too long ...

Not my taste

It's fine. Nothing I need to listen to again.

Tuned this out and by the time I came back to it, was 11 tracks in. Couldn't remember a single thing.

A frustrating and tedious listen.It's aptly titled in that each track feels like an introduction building to something more engaging, but the rug is pulled every time as the proceeding track is another haunted house themed slog. There are some soundtrack worthy beats.

Hate it

Just not for me. I can definitely appreciate the artistry of certain moments and some of it’s pretty vibey, but overall I found it dull and ended up fast-forwarding through a number of tracks. (1.5 stars)

I'll repeat No electronic instrumental album should be near any top list. Only song worth listeningwas organ donor. Good song

While the idea of building an entire album out of samples is interesting, none of these songs struck me as meaningful or unique

This is for someone... drummers maybe... not for me.

Well that was disappointing! For some reason I thought I might like it, but no, and I can’t find any redeeming features!

Not something I listen to.

Rubbish!!!

Honestly hate to do it. I understand Shadows influence as I have friends who love his albums, but I just can't do two hours of beats. Just not my cup of tea.

Nope

Terrible. 1/5

Even though my BIRDS just won the super bowl over the Chiefs, I am still giving this one star. Just wasn't interested

Album - Entroducing… Artist - DJ Shadow Release - 1996 Genre - Instrumental Hip Hop/Trip Hop/Plunderphonics/Sampledelia Heard it before? - N Nothing has ever defined “not my scene” for me more than this album. It was made by and for sample nerds. It’s a bunch of cut and pasted samples strewn together by quality drumbeats. While I can understand the appeal and artistry of music like this, it just doesn’t work for me. I’m not even sure it would work if I was a dedicated hip hop fan. Isn’t half the appeal of the genre the rapping? 2/10

Wasn’t enjoyable, almost annoying.

Day395 - first and last time i will voluntarily listen to this

kacke, hat mir so gar nicht gefallen

Too long and didn't do a lot.

Crap

I had serious problems trying to listen to the songs till the end. I felt the necessity to cut them short. They felt increasingly oppressing. Maybe that was the point, but I cannot see myself wanting to experience it. 2/10

Not my style at all. Didn't finish.

Eh, it's a whole album of instrumental music. I can appreciate the influence it had on hip hop, I can even hear the undertones of music I absolutely love. But the album itself just didn't grab me. Best song: Organ Donor

Reading up on Entroducing I was intrigued but what I was about to listen to. Using samples to create essentially an entire album seemed like a a great concept. Unfortunately, I like the idea of this album a lot more than the execution. It's mostly just a mish mash of random sounds with no staying power. There are a couple of decent segments but nothing that will have any lasting effect beyond this listen. I think the lack of any true vocals hurt this album as there is not much to listen and relate to for an hour. Endtroducing was a pretty big miss for me. 1.46 stars

Where’s the 0 star ? Seriously the worst thing I’ve ever listened too

Terribly dull album. Whole lot of nothing going on with it.

No comments

Gimmicky rubbish

Trash

Meh.

Awful to my ear

Meh

nul

That's the first DJ album that I've seen in here and I really expected some (at least) decent performance. Unfortunately, it is another one of those albums where you have to be on drugs to actually enjoy it. It was definitely too much and definitely less than meh.

Honestly the worst

Move the needle? No. Major insult for a Deej Of his calibre. This album was genuinely awful. The samples seem to lack direction, and impact. The beats, banal. Entirely unremarkable. Doofi on Reddit were recently wanking about it too.

sucks

An actual shadow could probably make a better album

oh god this is really bad.... LMAO

Чет вообще не понял, как этот альбом изменил хип-хоп. Сэмплов нарезал красивых, зациклил на 9 минут. Молорик

?? What is it ??

Zzzzz....huh? What? Oh yea this stupid sample shit. Hard no.

Boring background music

Not for me

Mist!

Thank goodness there is traffic on the road next to me so I can concentrate on other sounds. I appreciate that music is taste. This is not mine.

Who's idea was it to include this album?

Okay this album kinda sucked. The concept is cool, and I can appreciate the uniqueness of the production, but the beats were generally just okay, and the whole album sound unfinished. No lyrics, plus most of the songs just being okay, plus some of the experimental stuff just didn’t sound good to me. Plus the album was way too long

5/1001

Nicht meins. Vertane Zeit! 90j Musik, musikalisch für mich eher eine schwierige Zeit. Zu viel 'Technik' zu wenig Brilianz. Soundschnipsel zusammenfügen, Ok. Ein überragendes Ergebnis? Für mich nicht! Die ganze DJ Kultur geht mir ab.

STANDOUTS: n/a OVERALL: 1/5; NOT for me.

Eh, not my thing really. Definitely not a must listen

Wasn’t over fast enough

Ugh, hip hop and electronica, two of my least favorite genres. It seemed to take forever for a song to get going and once it did, it didn't go anywhere. Most relatable song, "Why hip hop sucks in 96" except I would remove "in 96" to make it more accurate.

Was soll i damit?

Disgusting and repulsive.

Very repetitive

the sounds aren't bad and can work as background noise, but not much is memorable and the songs are way too long

Sprry man - Not my music

Not at all my style. I tried to find something redeeming, but couldn't. I can't really imagine it on a "must hear" list unless it's something to do with the instruments or playing or something else that I simply don't understand. If I could give less than 1 star, I would.

Gefällt mir nicht.

Incoherent clutter.

uff bastante pesado de escuchar. No es mi estilo.

Tough listen.

not a fan

unknown

No thanks, I’ll take DJ Premier

Monotonous uninspiring rubbish. Like I’d expect to hear in a wanky London restaurant or hotel lobby.

If you can sample a song and add to it to create something transcendent, you are an artist. If you create something dull and mediocre, throw it on the pile with this album.

Hip-hop/Rap... not my cup of tea.

Nope - uninteresting, same old same old.

Not good

Just absolutely horrible.

Did not care for this in anyway. Couldn't finish a song.