The Private Press
- DJ Shadow
- Summary: The Bay Area's Josh Davis (aka DJ Shadow) finally returns with a proper full-length follow-up to 1996's groudbreaking 'Endtroducing,' which achieved near-legendary status for its imaginative use of samples (a style that would later be adopted by acts such as The Avalanches).
- Record Label: MCA
- Genre(s): Electronic, Hip-Hop
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 24
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Mixed: 3 out of 24
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Negative: 0 out of 24
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The overall effect is less grand than that of Endtroducing six years ago, popper and rocker and r&ber. But an overall effect there is, grounded in Shadow's trademark-tremendous bass 'n' drum.
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Few approach this style of record making with as much playfulness and gravity.
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'The Private Press' isn't a remarkable record - it lacks that startling and instinctive excitement capable of pushing music into the realm of the era-defining.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 18
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Mixed: 1 out of 18
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Negative: 2 out of 18
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ClearKent5A very tight but soul lacking album, electronic and too perfect. Simply too good.
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ChoadmasterBalzac2
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