DJ Shadow "Preemptive Strike" 2x LP Mo Wax Krush Cam Unkle OOP
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Description
DJ Shadow "Preemptive Strike" Gatefold 2xLP Mo' Wax/ffrr (US)
Brand New and Still Sealed!!
Original 1997 Press!!
Out of Print!!
Track Listing
A1. In/Flux
B/W
B1. Hindsight
B2. High Noon
B3. Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)
C1. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 2)
C2. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 3)
B/W
D1. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)
D2. What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1)
Album Notes
PREEMPTIVE STRIKE is less a second full-length effort from the Bay Area's finest hip-hop-minded deconstructionist DJ Shadow, than a sextet of older odds patched together with a pair of newer ends. All of these songs have previously appeared as import Mo Wax 12"s, but only two ("High Noon" and "Organ Donor [Complete Overhaul]") have come in the wake of Shadow's debut.
It is easy to distinguish the old from the new. Pieces like the four extremely different parts of 1995's hip-hop symphony "What Does Your Soul Look Like?," which takes up about half the album, are spacious; the myriad of samples breathing in between fluid, husky beats and melodies lift the music out of any pre-conceived sampledelic morass. Whereas "High Noon" is tight, edgy and fiery; all psyche guitar groove, tribal drums and preachy voices. So it seems that what Shadow's music may have lost over the years in zen-like meditation it has gained in intensity-per-measure, an important trait for a dance-floor-commanding DJ.
Industry Reviews
...Shadow's penchant for rare groove keeps things moving...
Option (05/01/1998)
...A collection of early work, it finds Shadow still figuring out the best ways to stitch together hip-hop drums, mellow saxes, blaxploitation licks, unearthy choirs, and movie-dialogue snatches. But when the combination clicks...he comes close enough to predicting his later brilliance. - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly (01/16/1997)
3 Stars (out of 5) - ...a farrago of odds and ends dating back to 1993, most of them released as limited-run singles....Shadow's music is sonically cross-referenced for maximum cognitive dissonance...
Rolling Stone (01/22/1998)
3 (out of 5) - ...there's always at least one layer--a progressing keyboard melody, a time-jumping drum sequence, a thick bassline or some other element--that will have you intrigued...
Rap Pages (04/01/1998)
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