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Mixed or average reviews- based on 46 Ratings
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Positive: 17 out of 46
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Mixed: 6 out of 46
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Negative: 23 out of 46
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PfillipDec 21, 2006Damn, man, why? I love DJ Shadow. That's the only reason I haven't burned this garbage in the microwave. I can't give him a 1 or 0 either, so here's my 2.
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ChoreoFDec 20, 2006the 3 is for effort and i could never give my numba 1 DJ a 0 but damn...this time it was hard. the album is easily comparable to Jay-Z's kingdom Come...high expectations, High let downs. And ditto to Andrew B, In full agreement! Josh, please leave the hyphy movement to the idiots tryin to market it to the east coast surburban kids and come back to the da bassment with da true hip hop heads.
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KidANov 23, 2006definitely not worth the wait he better come out with something much better next time
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StefanNov 15, 2006A terrible, terrible album. So many awful songs, but the ultimate worst is "Enuff" (#18). This has to be a joke. I want my money back Josh.
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DecepticonPomOct 9, 2006Heartbreakingly disappointing.
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AndrewBOct 4, 2006
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JMoSep 30, 2006Shadow is following trends rather than setting them...nuff said.
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TylerDSep 27, 2006What happened to you Josh? Man. Endtroducing is in my top 5 of all times. Private press was cool too. What a let down!
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NIklasTSep 26, 2006i loved endtroducing, the product placement mix tapes, the private press, in tune and on time.. endtroducing is one of my favourite albums all time..and i really listen to a damn lot of music and artists. this album is such a disappointment...if the beats on the rap tracks were at least any good..
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BlackStaticSep 24, 2006This album is just awful. This is like a really bad hip-hop album, with a song from a completely different genre thrown in to destroy what tiny bit of cohesion that album almost had. I listen to everything from Cole Porter to Gorgoroth. There is no room for this in my collection. Very, very bad.
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weltactSep 23, 2006the biggest disappointment of 2006 r.i.p. shadow its enough
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TylerTSep 19, 2006I live for shadow, and this hurts my ears. Trash!
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JohnSep 19, 2006disappointment of the year for all DJ Shadow fans. Coldplay & Hyphy fans will adore it. Run for your life.
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mattSep 16, 2006this album is shit. either make a subpar rap album or dont. dont stick b.s tracks like broken levee blues and slow ambient tunes un with hyphy and one semi punk song. huge identity crisis here. i realize because of copyright laws he cant make another entroducing or pre emptive strike, but cmon. this album is horrible beyond belief
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PaulBSep 14, 2006Awful.
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[Anonymous]Sep 14, 2006What happened?
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AlexASep 14, 2006This is awful, I didn't expect such crap from Josh Davis.
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JoshJSep 14, 2006I don't get any of the hyphy stuff on this record, I hope Josh doesn't make another record. Stick to spinning records at clubs, Josh.
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Awards & Rankings
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Rolling StoneAs a full-length Shadow album, The Outsider buckles from its forced diversity. [24 Aug 2006, p.94]
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Q MagazineAs ever, The Outsider's production is immaculate. But by frontloading the album with forbidding hip hop, [Shadow] knows he's driving away the floating voter. [Sep 2006, p.106]
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The Outsider screams to be downloaded in sections by fans of specific genres.