Endtroducing.....
Encyclopedia
Endtroducing..... is the debut studio album
by American hip hop
artist DJ Shadow
. It was released on November 19, 1996 by Mo' Wax Records. The album was conceived as an effort by Shadow to make an album completely based around sampling
. It is structured almost entirely out of sampled elements from genres ranging from hip hop
, jazz, funk, psychedelia, as well as samples from films and interviews. All sampling on the album was done on an Akai MPC60 MKII sampler.
, jazz
, funk
, psychedelia
, old television shows, interviews and percussion tracks. The entirety of the album was composed on an MPC60
, a machine which Shadow would later pass on to Chief Xcel. The album has been cited in Guinness World Records
as being the first album created entirely from sampled sources, although the liner notes of the outtakes album Excessive Ephemera note that vocals were contributed in the studio by Lyrics Born
and Gift of Gab
.
In 2005 DJ Shadow released a "Deluxe Edition" of the album with a second disc containing demos, alternate versions of original tracks, tracks exclusive to CD singles, and a vintage live set recorded on October 30, 1997.
The album's front cover depicts Solesides
members Chief Xcel (left) and Lyrics Born (right) in Records, a record store at 710 K Street in Sacramento, California
. The K Street location of Records closed in December 2006, and has since relocated to the former Tower Video location at the corner of Broadway and South Land Park Drive. The back cover features Beni B (owner of ABB records) and a blind cat belonging to the shop owner.
14 years after the initial release, Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt found new life when it was featured in the 2010 video game Splinter Cell: Conviction.
awarded the album a score of nine out of ten, with reviewer Sian Michel writing that Endtroducing..... "...layers slinky break-beats with sampled sounds--anything from church bells to War of the Worlds and, egad, Tears for Fears....a cosmic-chamber feel complete with choruses of fallen angels, plucked harps, Mellotron, and cello." Jon Wiederhorn of Entertainment Weekly
was full of praise for the album, providing it with a grade of A-, and went on to say of Endtroducing..... that "...like a surreal film soundtrack on which jazz, classical, and jungle fragments are artfully blended with turntable tricks and dialogue snippets, Endtroducing... takes hip-hop into the next dimension." Further praise came from Rolling Stone
who awarded the album four stars out of five, saying of Endtroducing..... that "The DJ built songs out of layer upon layer of sampled instruments and other sound fragments, most of which he processed, looped and re-arranged far beyond recognition....funky rhythms that never sound like they've been cut and pasted together." Q magazine also responded favorably, writing in a four out of five stars review that "Shadow's brief is to develop a totally sample-based idiom, weaving a cinematically broad spectrum so deftly layered that the sampling-is-stealing argument falls flat." Giving Endtroducing..... five stars out of five, Alternative Press said of the album that it is "...an undeniable hip-hop masterpiece....DJ Shadow remembers that sampling is an art form." Uncut said of the album that "It's an elegy from a vinyl mausoleum, a sonic fiction assembled by a keen-eared archaeologist," awarding Endtroducing..... with four stars out of five. Robert Christgau
, in a review of high praise, awarded the album a grade of A+, saying of Endtroducing..... that it is "...music and chaos and satire and self-mockery and music all at once." In an equally enthusiastic review, Melody Maker
said that the album "...flips hip hop inside out all over again like a reversible glove, and again, and again, and each time it's sudden and new. I am, I confess, totally confounded by it. I hear a lot of good records, but very few impossible ones....You need this record. You are incomplete without it." The album is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
awarded Endtroducing..... the maximum score of 10.0/10.0, saying that it "... taps that inner-whatever better than most of the albums of its day, and it swims so easily that it established an entire genre of instrumental hip-hop-- count how many records come out every month and are dubbed 'Shadowesque.' Building the album from samples of lost funk classics and bad horror soundtracks, Shadow crossed the real with the ethereal, laying heavy, sure-handed beats under drifting, staticky textures, friendly ghost voices, and chords whose sustain evokes the vast hereafter." Also in a review of the Endtroducing..... "Deluxe Edition" in 2005, PopMatters
gave the album 10/10, and went on to say that "it is a uniquely evocative and intimate disc, a stridently personal statement masquerading as a genre-defining dissertation." Spin
was also full of praise once again, stating that "This remains a stone classic, channeling Afrika Bambaataa
's genre-splicing, DJ-booth mysticism into a fully realized studio epic..." In a review by Sal Cinquemani for Slant
the album was given five out of five stars, saying that DJ Shadow
had created "...an ominous and multi-textured masterpiece of hip-hop postmodernism." "A decade on," said Mojo, "DJ Shadow's affirmatory essay on record collecting as a creative endeavour has lost none of its grandeur," giving the album four out of five stars.
(*) designates unordered lists.
The bonus disc was also released as the vinyl only set "Excessive Ephemera", limited to 1500 copies.
"Best Foot Forward"
"Building Steam with a Grain of Salt"
"The Number Song"
"Changeling"
"Transmission 1"
"What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 4"
Untitled (Track 6)
"Stem/Long Stem"
"Transmission 2"
"Mutual Slump"
"Organ Donor"
"Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96"
"Midnight in a Perfect World"
"Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain"
"What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 1: Blue Sky Revisit"
"Transmission 3"
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by American hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
artist DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow
Joshua Paul Davis better known as DJ Shadow is an American music producer, DJ and songwriter. He is considered a prominent figure in the development of instrumental hip hop and first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut album Endtroducing....., which was constructed...
. It was released on November 19, 1996 by Mo' Wax Records. The album was conceived as an effort by Shadow to make an album completely based around sampling
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
. It is structured almost entirely out of sampled elements from genres ranging from hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
, jazz, funk, psychedelia, as well as samples from films and interviews. All sampling on the album was done on an Akai MPC60 MKII sampler.
Background
DJ Shadow released Endtroducing..... when he was 24 years old. Frequenting record stores to find music, he would often bring a small Fisher Price battery operated record player to listen to the records in the store. Obscure albums are of interest, while DJ Shadow tries to avoid obvious material in his recordings.Structure and release
Endtroducing..... is structured completely out of sampled elements, including hip hopHip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, psychedelia
Psychedelic music
Psychedelic music covers a range of popular music styles and genres, which are inspired by or influenced by psychedelic culture and which attempt to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues-rock bands in the...
, old television shows, interviews and percussion tracks. The entirety of the album was composed on an MPC60
Akai MPC60
The Akai MPC60 was an electronic musical instrument produced in 1988, by the Japanese company Akai in collaboration with celebrated designer Roger Linn. It combined MIDI sequencing and audio sampling with a set of velocity/aftertouch-sensitive performance pads, to produce an instrument optimized...
, a machine which Shadow would later pass on to Chief Xcel. The album has been cited in Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
as being the first album created entirely from sampled sources, although the liner notes of the outtakes album Excessive Ephemera note that vocals were contributed in the studio by Lyrics Born
Lyrics Born
Lyrics Born , is a Japanese American rapper, record producer, songwriter, and voice over announcer. He is also one half of the group Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker.-History:...
and Gift of Gab
Gift of Gab (rapper)
Gift of Gab is an American MC best known for performing in the Bay Area hip-hop duo Blackalicious with DJ Chief Xcel...
.
In 2005 DJ Shadow released a "Deluxe Edition" of the album with a second disc containing demos, alternate versions of original tracks, tracks exclusive to CD singles, and a vintage live set recorded on October 30, 1997.
The album's front cover depicts Solesides
Solesides
Solesides was an underground hip hop label based in Northern California, founded in 1991. It comprised various DJs and MCs, the most notable being DJ Shadow, MC–producer Lyrics Born, and the duo, Blackalicious. The members of Solesides all met via the radio station, KDVS, the 5000-watt community...
members Chief Xcel (left) and Lyrics Born (right) in Records, a record store at 710 K Street in Sacramento, California
Sacramento, California
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
. The K Street location of Records closed in December 2006, and has since relocated to the former Tower Video location at the corner of Broadway and South Land Park Drive. The back cover features Beni B (owner of ABB records) and a blind cat belonging to the shop owner.
14 years after the initial release, Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt found new life when it was featured in the 2010 video game Splinter Cell: Conviction.
Reception
Upon its release, Endtroducing..... received almost unanimously positive reviews. SpinSpin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
awarded the album a score of nine out of ten, with reviewer Sian Michel writing that Endtroducing..... "...layers slinky break-beats with sampled sounds--anything from church bells to War of the Worlds and, egad, Tears for Fears....a cosmic-chamber feel complete with choruses of fallen angels, plucked harps, Mellotron, and cello." Jon Wiederhorn of Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
was full of praise for the album, providing it with a grade of A-, and went on to say of Endtroducing..... that "...like a surreal film soundtrack on which jazz, classical, and jungle fragments are artfully blended with turntable tricks and dialogue snippets, Endtroducing... takes hip-hop into the next dimension." Further praise came from Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
who awarded the album four stars out of five, saying of Endtroducing..... that "The DJ built songs out of layer upon layer of sampled instruments and other sound fragments, most of which he processed, looped and re-arranged far beyond recognition....funky rhythms that never sound like they've been cut and pasted together." Q magazine also responded favorably, writing in a four out of five stars review that "Shadow's brief is to develop a totally sample-based idiom, weaving a cinematically broad spectrum so deftly layered that the sampling-is-stealing argument falls flat." Giving Endtroducing..... five stars out of five, Alternative Press said of the album that it is "...an undeniable hip-hop masterpiece....DJ Shadow remembers that sampling is an art form." Uncut said of the album that "It's an elegy from a vinyl mausoleum, a sonic fiction assembled by a keen-eared archaeologist," awarding Endtroducing..... with four stars out of five. Robert Christgau
Robert Christgau
Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...
, in a review of high praise, awarded the album a grade of A+, saying of Endtroducing..... that it is "...music and chaos and satire and self-mockery and music all at once." In an equally enthusiastic review, Melody Maker
Melody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
said that the album "...flips hip hop inside out all over again like a reversible glove, and again, and again, and each time it's sudden and new. I am, I confess, totally confounded by it. I hear a lot of good records, but very few impossible ones....You need this record. You are incomplete without it." The album is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Legacy
In the years following the release of Endtroducing..... high praise has continued to be forthcoming. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album five of five stars, saying that "...it's innovative, but it builds on a solid historical foundation, giving it a rich, multi-faceted sound. It's not only a major breakthrough for hip-hop and electronica, but for pop music." In a review of the album's "Deluxe Edition" in 2005, PitchforkPitchfork
A pitchfork is an agricultural tool with a long handle and long, thin, widely separated pointed tines used to lift and pitch loose material, such as hay, leaves, grapes, dung or other agricultural materials. Pitchforks typically have two or three tines...
awarded Endtroducing..... the maximum score of 10.0/10.0, saying that it "... taps that inner-whatever better than most of the albums of its day, and it swims so easily that it established an entire genre of instrumental hip-hop-- count how many records come out every month and are dubbed 'Shadowesque.' Building the album from samples of lost funk classics and bad horror soundtracks, Shadow crossed the real with the ethereal, laying heavy, sure-handed beats under drifting, staticky textures, friendly ghost voices, and chords whose sustain evokes the vast hereafter." Also in a review of the Endtroducing..... "Deluxe Edition" in 2005, PopMatters
PopMatters
PopMatters is an international webzine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater,...
gave the album 10/10, and went on to say that "it is a uniquely evocative and intimate disc, a stridently personal statement masquerading as a genre-defining dissertation." Spin
Spin (magazine)
Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...
was also full of praise once again, stating that "This remains a stone classic, channeling Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa is an American DJ from the South Bronx, New York who was instrumental in the early development of hip hop throughout the 1980s. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the three originators of break-beat deejaying, and is respectfully known as the "Grandfather" and the Amen Ra of Universal...
's genre-splicing, DJ-booth mysticism into a fully realized studio epic..." In a review by Sal Cinquemani for Slant
Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival.- History :...
the album was given five out of five stars, saying that DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow
Joshua Paul Davis better known as DJ Shadow is an American music producer, DJ and songwriter. He is considered a prominent figure in the development of instrumental hip hop and first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut album Endtroducing....., which was constructed...
had created "...an ominous and multi-textured masterpiece of hip-hop postmodernism." "A decade on," said Mojo, "DJ Shadow's affirmatory essay on record collecting as a creative endeavour has lost none of its grandeur," giving the album four out of five stars.
Accolades
| Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mojo Mojo (magazine) MOJO is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music... |
UK | The 100 Greatest Albums of Our Lifetime 1993-2006 | 2006 | 19 |
| Pitchfork Media Pitchfork Media Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock... |
US | Top 100 Albums of the 1990s | 2003 | 7 |
| Q Q (magazine) Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology... |
UK | 90 Albums of the '90s | 1999 | * |
| Rolling Stone Rolling Stone Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J... |
US | Essential Recordings of the ‘90s | 2002 | * |
| Slant Magazine Slant Magazine Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians. The site covers various film festivals like the New York Film Festival.- History :... |
US | Best Albums of the '90s | 2011 | 10 |
| Spin Spin (magazine) Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard... |
US | 90 Albums of the '90s | 1999 | 15 |
| Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years | 2005 | 69 | ||
| 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years | 2010 | 58 |
(*) designates unordered lists.
Personnel
- Josh Davis (DJ Shadow)DJ ShadowJoshua Paul Davis better known as DJ Shadow is an American music producer, DJ and songwriter. He is considered a prominent figure in the development of instrumental hip hop and first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut album Endtroducing....., which was constructed...
- production, mix, engineering - Lyrics BornLyrics BornLyrics Born , is a Japanese American rapper, record producer, songwriter, and voice over announcer. He is also one half of the group Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker.-History:...
- vocals - untitled track 6 & "Why Hip-Hop Sucks in '96" - Gift of GabGift of Gab (rapper)Gift of Gab is an American MC best known for performing in the Bay Area hip-hop duo Blackalicious with DJ Chief Xcel...
- vocals - "Midnight in a Perfect World"
Track listing
- "Best Foot Forward" – 0:48
- "Building Steam with a Grain of Salt" – 6:42
- "The Number Song" – 4:39
- "Changeling" – 7:52, "* Transmission 1"
- "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)" – 5:09
- – 0:25
- "Stem/Long StemStem (song)"Stem" is a song by DJ Shadow from his 1996 debut album Endtroducing......The song reached #9 on the Ireland singles chart, DJ Shadow's only ever top 10 hit...
" – 9:22, "* Transmission 2" - "Mutual Slump" – 4:04
- "Organ Donor" – 1:57
- "Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96" – 0:42
- "Midnight in a Perfect World" – 5:03
- "Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain" – 9:24
- "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 - Blue Sky Revisit)" – 7:29, "* Transmission 3"
Deluxe edition bonus disc
- "Best Foot Forward (Alternate Version)" - 1:16
- "Building Steam with a Grain of Salt (Alternate Take Without Overdubs)" - 6:43
- "Number Song (Cut Chemist Party Mix)" - 5:14
- "Changeling (Original Demo Excerpt)" - 1:00
- "Stem (Cops 'N' Robbers Mix)" - 3:48
- "Soup (Single Version)" - 0:44
- "Red Bus Needs to Leave" - 2:45
- "Mutual Slump (Alternate Take Without Overdubs)" - 4:21
- "Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)" - 4:29
- "Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96 (Alternate Take)" - 0:54
- "Midnight in a Perfect World (Gab Mix)" - 4:55
- "Napalm Brain (Original Demo Beat)" - 0:35
- "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Peshay Remix)" - 9:24
- "DJ Shadow Live in Oxford, England, Oct. 30, 1997" - 12:35
The bonus disc was also released as the vinyl only set "Excessive Ephemera", limited to 1500 copies.
Samples
The following lists some of the songs and sounds sampled for Endtroducing."Best Foot Forward"
- "It's My Turn" by StezoStezoSteve Williams, known by his stage name Stezo, is an American rapper and producer from New Haven, Connecticut. He is the cousin of fellow New Haven rapper Dooley-O. Stezo first appeared on the hip-hop scene as a dancer for the group EPMD. He appeared in the video for EPMD's single "You Gots to...
- "Real Deal" by Lifer's Group
- "He's My DJ" by Sparky Dee featuring DJ Red AlertDJ Red AlertDJ Red Alert is a disc jockey on 98.7 Kiss-FM, N.Y.C., and has been recognized as a hip hop pioneer...
- "Poison" by Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo
- "Dynamite" by Masters of Ceremony
- "Cold Chillin' in the Spot" by Jazzy JayJazzy JayJazzy Jay born in Beaufort, South Carolina, United States, November 18, 1961), also known as The Original Jazzy Jay or DJ Jazzy Jay, is a pioneering American hip hop DJ and producer. He has collected roughly 400,000 records.-Background:...
featuring Russell SimmonsRussell Simmons-External links:** * * * * * * from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum* *... - "Do or Die Bed-Stuy" by Divine Sounds
- "Party's Gettin' Rough" by Beastie BoysBeastie BoysBeastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
- "You Can't Stop the Prophet" by Jeru the DamajaJeru the DamajaKendrick Jeru Davis, known as Jeru the Damaja is an American rapper and recording artist who has worked extensively with Guru and DJ Premier of Gang Starr, whom he has known since high school.-Biography:...
- "Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra, Part 2" by Stanley ClarkeStanley ClarkeStanley Clarke is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass guitar as well as for his numerous film and television scores...
"Building Steam with a Grain of Salt"
- "I Worship You" by Lexia
- "I Need You" by H.P. Riot
- "I Feel a New Shadow" by Jeremy Storch
- "Soul Food" by Frankie Seay and the Soul Riders
- "Planetary Motivations (Cancer)" by Mort GarsonMort GarsonMort Garson who was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, was an electronic musician best known for his albums that predominantly feature Moog synthesizers.-Early life:...
- "George Marsh on Drums: Interviewed by Terry McGovern" from the LP Music Makers Percussion, released by the Chevron/Standard Oil Company of CaliforniaChevron CorporationChevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation headquartered in San Ramon, California, United States and active in more than 180 countries. It is engaged in every aspect of the oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries, including exploration and production; refining,...
"The Number Song"
- "아름다운 인형(Get Ready)" by He 6
- "Orion" by MetallicaMetallicaMetallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
- "Breakdown" by T La RockT La RockClarence "Terry" Ronnie Keaton , known by the stage name T La Rock, is an American old-school emcee best known for his collaboration with Def Jam Recordings co-founder Rick Rubin and the 1984 single "It's Yours." He disappeared from the hip hop scene after a traumatic brain injury in 1994, but as...
- "AJ Scratch" by Kurtis BlowKurtis BlowKurt Walker , better known by his stage name Kurtis Blow, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the first commercially successful rappers and the first to sign with a major record label...
- "Quit Jive'in" by Pearly Queen
- "Baby Don't Cry" by The Third Guitar
- "Sexy Coffee Pot" by Tony Alvon and the Belairs
- "Back to the Hip-Hop" by The Troubleneck Brothers
- "Bad Luck" by Don CovayDon CovayDon Covay is an American R&B/rock and roll/soul music singer and songwriter most active in the 1950s and 1960s, who received a Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1994...
and the Lemon Blues Band - "Can I Kick It?Can I Kick It?"Can I Kick It?" was the third single from A Tribe Called Quest's debut album People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. It contains samples of "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed, "What a Waste" by Ian Dury, "Spinning Wheel" by Dr. Lonnie Smith and "Dance of the Knights" by Sergei...
(Spirit Mix)" by A Tribe Called QuestA Tribe Called QuestA Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 2006... - "Who Got the Number" by Pigmeat MarkhamPigmeat MarkhamDewey "Pigmeat" Markham was an African-American entertainer. Though best known as a comedian, Markham was also a singer, dancer, and actor...
and the B.Y. - "Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie" by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore and the Fantastic FiveGrandwizard Theodore & the Fantastic FiveGrandwizard Theodore & the Fantastic Five was an old school hip hop group, best known for their 12" single, "Can I Get A Soul Clap" -History:...
- "Corruption is the Thing" by Creations Unlimited
- "Flash It to the Beat" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious FiveGrandmaster Flash and The Furious FiveGrandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential American hip-hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978. Composed of one DJ and five rappers Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential American hip-hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in...
- "Freelance" by Grandmaster FlashGrandmaster FlashJoseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....
"Changeling"
- "Soft Shell" by MotherlodeMotherlode (band)Motherlode was a Canadian pop rock group formed in 1969 in London, Ontario. The group scored some success in the US with their single, "When I Die", which hit #18 on the U.S...
- "Klondyke Netti" by EmbryoEmbryo (band)Embryo is a musical collective from Munich which has been active since 1969, although its story started in the mid-1950s in Hof where Christian Burchard and Dieter Serfas met for the first time at the age of 10...
- "Invisible Limits" by Tangerine DreamTangerine DreamTangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...
- "Imagination Flight" by the Chaffey College Jazz Ensemble
- "Touching Souls" and "Inner Mood I" by Kay GardnerKay Gardner (composer)Kay Gardner was a musician, composer, author, and musical producer involved in using music for creative and healing purposes. Her compositions include works for chamber orchestra, symphony orchestra, choir, flute, voice and piano...
- "The Man Who Couldn't Cry" by Loudon Wainwright IIILoudon Wainwright IIILoudon Snowden Wainwright III is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle.To...
"Transmission 1"
- Audio from the film Prince of DarknessPrince of Darkness (film)Prince of Darkness is a 1987 horror film directed, written, and scored by John Carpenter. The film is the second installment in what Carpenter calls his "Apocalypse Trilogy", which began with The Thing and concludes with In the Mouth of Madness .-Plot:The movie opens with a dying priest clutching...
- Dialogue from the film Silent RunningSilent RunningSilent Running is a 1972 environmentally themed science fiction film starring Bruce Dern and directed by Douglas Trumbull, who had previously worked as a special effects supervisor on such science fiction films as 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Andromeda Strain.-Plot summary:Silent Running depicts a...
"What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 4"
- "The Vision and the Voice, Part 1 - The Vision" by Flying Island
- "Monica" by The People's People
- "Numbers" by KraftwerkKraftwerkKraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
Untitled (Track 6)
- "Grey Boy" by Human Race
"Stem/Long Stem"
- "Love Suite" by NirvanaNirvana (UK band)Nirvana were a United Kingdom-based progressive rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Though the band only achieved limited commercial success, they were acclaimed both by music industry professionals and critics...
- "Tears" by Giorgio MoroderGiorgio MoroderHansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
- "Linde Manor" by Dennis LindeDennis LindeDennis Linde was an American singer and songwriter whose work was primarily in country musicHe is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love"...
- "Freedom" by Murray RomanMurray RomanMurray Roman was an American stand-up comedian whose career was cut short by a car crash. Many consider his style, and material, to be similar to Lenny Bruce.-Biography:He was Keith Moon's favorite comedian...
- "Variazione III" by OsannaOsannaOsanna are an Italian psychedelic rock/progressive rock band.The group originated in the Vomero neighborhood of Naples with the union of Lino Vairetti , Danilo Rustici , Massimo Guarino , Lello Brandi , from the first line-up of the band Città Frontale, and Elio D'Anna , former member of the Showmen...
- "Blues So Bad" by The Mystic Number National Bank
- "Oleo Strut" by Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece CompanyMother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece CompanyMother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, formed in 1969 by David Borden, was the world's first synthesizer ensemble, predating groups like Tonto's Expanding Head Band and Tangerine Dream. David Borden was in close contact with Dr. Robert Moog and was one of the first musicians to use his...
- "Moshitup" by Just-IceJust-IceJust-Ice A former bouncer at punk clubs, Ice was one of the first of the New York MCs to embrace hardcore rap, and when he burst out of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, as Just-Ice, he gained instant notoriety. Muscle-bound, tattooed, aggressive—he resembled Mike Tyson in more than just looks—and with a...
featuring KRS-OneKRS-OneLawrence Krisna Parker , better known by his stage names KRS-One , and Teacha, is an American rapper... - Background synthesizers from the film Blade RunnerBlade RunnerBlade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K...
"Transmission 2"
- "The Human Abstract" by David AxelrodDavid Axelrod (musician)David Axelrod is an American composer, arranger and producer, working in several musical genres.-Biography:...
- "The Madness Subsides" by Pekka PohjolaPekka PohjolaJussi Pekka Pohjola was a Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. Best known as a bass player, Pohjola was also a classically trained pianist and violinist...
- "Dolmen Music" by Meredith MonkMeredith MonkMeredith Jane Monk is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. Since the 1960s, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records.-Life and work:Meredith Monk is primarily known for her...
- Audio from the film Prince of DarknessPrince of Darkness (film)Prince of Darkness is a 1987 horror film directed, written, and scored by John Carpenter. The film is the second installment in what Carpenter calls his "Apocalypse Trilogy", which began with The Thing and concludes with In the Mouth of Madness .-Plot:The movie opens with a dying priest clutching...
"Mutual Slump"
- "Possibly MaybePossibly Maybe"Possibly Maybe" is a song by Björk, released as the fifth single from her 1995 album Post. It is a song with deep electronic tones and soft beats that reflects on potential love....
" by BjörkBjörkBjörk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk... - "Love, Love, Love" by Pugh RogefeldtPugh RogefeldtPugh Rogefeldt, real name Anders Sture Torbjörn Rogefeldt , is a Swedish singer, musician, guitarist and songwriter.-Biography:...
- "More Than Seven Dwarfs in Penis-Land" by Roger WatersRoger WatersGeorge Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter...
and Ron GeesinRon GeesinRonald 'Ron' Geesin is a British musician and composer, noted for his quirky creations and novel applications of sound. He is probably best known as the orchestrator and organizer of Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother" in 1970, after the band found themselves hopelessly deadlocked over how to...
"Organ Donor"
- "Tears" by Giorgio MoroderGiorgio MoroderHansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
- "Someone" by Tim and Bill
- "There's a DJ in Your Town" by Samson and Delilah
"Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96"
- "There's a DJ in Your Town" by Samson and Delilah
- "Snap" by Cleo McNett
"Midnight in a Perfect World"
- "Outta State" by Akinyele
- "Sower of Seeds" by Baraka
- "California Soul" by Marlena ShawMarlena ShawMarlena Shaw is an American singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her music has often been sampled in hip hop music, and used in television commercials.-Biography:She was first introduced to music by her uncle Jimmy Burgess, a jazz trumpet player...
- "The Human Abstract" by David AxelrodDavid Axelrod (musician)David Axelrod is an American composer, arranger and producer, working in several musical genres.-Biography:...
- "The Madness Subsides" by Pekka PohjolaPekka PohjolaJussi Pekka Pohjola was a Finnish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer. Best known as a bass player, Pohjola was also a classically trained pianist and violinist...
- "Dolmen Music" and "Biography" by Meredith MonkMeredith MonkMeredith Jane Monk is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. Since the 1960s, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records.-Life and work:Meredith Monk is primarily known for her...
- "Releasing Hypnotical Gases" by Organized KonfusionOrganized KonfusionOrganized Konfusion is an alternative hip hop duo from Queens, New York. Though not commercially popular, the duo was one of the most respected and acclaimed underground hip hop acts of the 1990s, largely due to the groundbreaking lyrics of Pharoahe Monch and Prince Poetry.-Recording career:Group...
"Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain"
- "'Pon a Hill" by T. RexT. Rex (band)T. Rex were a British rock band, formed in 1967 by singer/songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan. The band formed as Tyrannosaurus Rex, releasing four folk albums under the name...
- "Walk on By" from Jo Ann Garrett
- Dialogue from the film The Aurora EncounterThe Aurora EncounterThe Aurora Encounter is a 1986 American science fiction film directed by the Jim McCullough Sr., written by Melody Brooke and Jim McCullough, Jr., and starring Jack Elam, Peter Brown, Carol Bagdasarian and Dottie West....
- "Moment of Truth/Ghetto Shakedown" by Charles BernsteinCharles Bernstein (composer)Charles Bernstein is a composer of film and television music. His credits include the score for A Nightmare on Elm Street....
- "A Funky Kind of Thing" by Billy CobhamBilly CobhamWilliam C. Cobham is a Panamanian American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader, who has called Switzerland home since the late 1970s....
- "Let the Homicides Begin" by Top Priority featuring Percy P
- "Space Odyssey - 2001" by The Daly-Wilson Big Band
- "Soul Brother's Testify" by Chester Randle's Original Soul Sender's
- "Fun and Funk (Part II)" by The Fantastic Epic's
"What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 1: Blue Sky Revisit"
- "All Our Love" by Shawn PhillipsShawn PhillipsShawn Phillips is a folk-rock musician, primarily influential in the 1960s and 1970s.Phillips has recorded twenty albums and worked with musicians including Donovan, Paul Buckmaster, J. Peter Robinson, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bernie Taupin, and many others...
- "Joe Splivingates" by David Young
- "Nucleus" by The Alan Parsons ProjectThe Alan Parsons ProjectThe Alan Parsons Project was a British progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of singer Eric Woolfson and keyboardist Alan Parsons surrounded by a varying number of session musicians....
- "Voice of the Saxophone" by The Heath Brothers
"Transmission 3"
- Audio from the film Prince of DarknessPrince of Darkness (film)Prince of Darkness is a 1987 horror film directed, written, and scored by John Carpenter. The film is the second installment in what Carpenter calls his "Apocalypse Trilogy", which began with The Thing and concludes with In the Mouth of Madness .-Plot:The movie opens with a dying priest clutching...
- Voice of the character The GiantThe Giant (Twin Peaks)The Giant is a character from the television series Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. He is played by Carel Struycken.The Giant appears to FBI agent Dale Cooper in visions, first right after Cooper has been shot in his hotel room...
from the episode "Lonely Souls" of the TV series Twin PeaksTwin PeaksTwin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...