DJ Shadow -- The Music That Inspired "Endtroducing"

"Endtroducing" by DJ Shadow is just one of those albums that when you listen to it the first time, you just sit there, gobsmacked at it all going on. It came out in 1996, but I only got it years later. I think someone bought this for me as a present on vinyl. It just seemed right to have this on vinyl. The whole album is one huge collection of samples, drawing on everyone from Nirvana to Kraftwerk.

Download "Endtroducing" here

Here's a download from the radio show BBC 6 Mix with an interview with DJ Shadow explaining his influences and what drove him to create this ground-breaking album. It's a good listen.

Download "The Music That Inspired Endtroducing -- BBC 6 Mix" here

Tracklisting

• DJ Shadow — Best Foot Forward (Excerpt)
• De La Soul — The Magic Number
• Public Enemy — Night Of The Living Bassheads
• Main Source — Looking At The Front Door
• Blackalicious — Changes
• Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force — Planet Rock
• DJ Shadow — The Number Song (Excerpt)
• The Invaders — Spacing Out
• DJ Shadow — Stem
• The Jackboys — Sling That Monkey
• Debbie Harry — In Love With Love
• DJ Shadow — Scatterbrain (Excerpt)
• DJ Shadow — What Does Your Soul Look Like? (Peshay Remix)
• Queen — We Will Rock You (Rick Rubin's Ruined Mix)
• Hustlers FC — Big Trouble In Little Asia
• DJ Shadow — Organ Donor
• 3i0 — Organ Donor
• Fidgital — Organ Donor
• Unknown Artist — Organ Donor
• DJ Shadow — Midnight In A Perfect World
• DJ Shadow — This Time (I'm Gonna Go My Way)
• The Music That Inspired 'The Less You Know, The Better'
• [unknown] — Unknown Track
• Little Dragon — Fortune
• DJ Shadow Feat. Little Dragon — Scale It Back
• The Weekend — Too Bad
• Orchid Spangiafora — Unknown
• Nirvana Vs Rick James — All Apologies/Give It To Me (DJ Shadow Mashup)
• DJ Shadow Feat. Tom Vek — Warning Call