From the Press Release
DJ SHADOW : One the most subversive and influential artists of the experimental instrumental hip-hop reviews in his latest album, "The Less You Know The Better", the methods used in 1996 in the debut " Endtroducing ... "
Just the fourth album in 15 years, the 39-year old Californian Josh Davis uses larger samples and more conventional song structures, resulting in" The Less You Know The Better "sounding as a genre-hopping mixtape. Here you will find old school hip-hop ( Back To Front ), riff-shredding heavy metal ( Border Crossing, I Gotta Rokk ), pastoral soul ( I've Been Trying ) and weird dubs. You will even find unique contributions from members of De La Soul and Little Dragon, and also by Tom Vek & Talib Kweli.
Tracklist
1. Back To Front (Circular Logic)
2. Border Crossing
3. Stay the Course feat. Posdnuos and Talib Kweli
4. I've Been Trying
5. Sad and Lonely
6. Warning Call feat. Tom Vek
7. Tedium
8. Enemy Lines
9. Going Nowhere
10. Redeemed
11. Run for Your Life
12. Give Me Back the Nights
13. I'm Excited
14. I Gotta Rokk
15. Scale It Back feat. Little Dragon
16. Circular Logic (Front to Back)
17. (Not So) Sad and Lonely
DJ SHADOW : One the most subversive and influential artists of the experimental instrumental hip-hop reviews in his latest album, "The Less You Know The Better", the methods used in 1996 in the debut " Endtroducing ... "
Just the fourth album in 15 years, the 39-year old Californian Josh Davis uses larger samples and more conventional song structures, resulting in" The Less You Know The Better "sounding as a genre-hopping mixtape. Here you will find old school hip-hop ( Back To Front ), riff-shredding heavy metal ( Border Crossing, I Gotta Rokk ), pastoral soul ( I've Been Trying ) and weird dubs. You will even find unique contributions from members of De La Soul and Little Dragon, and also by Tom Vek & Talib Kweli.
Tracklist
1. Back To Front (Circular Logic)
2. Border Crossing
3. Stay the Course feat. Posdnuos and Talib Kweli
4. I've Been Trying
5. Sad and Lonely
6. Warning Call feat. Tom Vek
7. Tedium
8. Enemy Lines
9. Going Nowhere
10. Redeemed
11. Run for Your Life
12. Give Me Back the Nights
13. I'm Excited
14. I Gotta Rokk
15. Scale It Back feat. Little Dragon
16. Circular Logic (Front to Back)
17. (Not So) Sad and Lonely
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