DJ SHADOW- ENDTRODUCING.....


DJ Shadow
Endtroducing.....
(1996)
Mo Wax/FFRR

Dateline: Sunday, April 12, 2020

Record Store Day 2019. I head into Newbury Comics determined to get Baby Huey: The Living Legend. I had it in my heart of hearts the couple of days prior.  It was iron clad, set in stone.  Baby Huey.  Case closed!  I go into Newbury on Kamikaze mode because I know that I will be in and out but... for some reason. Maybe because someone copped it? Or maybe I passed by it? I don’t know?  I couldn't find Baby Huey. What??? I guess it was bound to happen because that's a sought after album.  Oh well.  Maybe next time.  So after trying to MacGuyver a Plan B, I ended up finding my way to the hip hop section, skimming, digging, shimmying and stumbled upon my life on an album cover. Two guys at a record shop digging in the crates.  Ah...just for the album cover alone that was good enough for me.  Now, I heard of DJ Shadow and I also heard dynamite things about this album. A classic!  A must own! It was Donuts before Donuts.  But wait! I also see Run DMC’s first album too. Dilemma. Dilemma. What should I do? Okay, okay.  If I had my way I would get both Run DMC and DJ Shadow but I didn't win no money on The Price is Right and I know if I buy them both I would starve for the week.  I can't give up food for funk.  Sorry J.B.'s.  Alright!  DJ Shadow it is.  Maybe next time, I'll cop Run-DMC. When I got home.  I cued up the turntable.  First drop on the needle and that was a wrap.  You won me over, DJ Shadow and after it was said and done, it became one of my favorite buys...sorry Baby Huey.


Artist: DJ Shadow
Title: The Number Song
Album: Endtroducing.....
Label: Mo Wax/FFRR

Artist: DJ Shadow
Title: Changeling
Album: Endtroducing....
Label: Mo Wax/FFRR

Artist: DJ Shadow
Title: Organ Donor
Album: Endtroducing
Label: Mo Wax/FFRR

Artist: DJ Shadow
Title: Why Hip-Hop Sucks in '96
Album: Endtroducing.....
Label: Mo Wax/FFRR

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