Clouddead (album)
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| Studio album by Clouddead | ||||
| Released | May 1, 2001 (US) May 7, 2001 (UK) |
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| Recorded | 1999–2000 | |||
| Genre | Abstract hip hop, cloud rap, psychedelic hip hop | |||
| Length | 73:35 | |||
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Mush Records (US) Big Dada (UK) |
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| Producer | Odd Nosdam | |||
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| Source | Rating |
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| Drowned in Sound | (7/10) |
| Exclaim! | (favorable) |
| NME | (8/10) |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.0/10) |
| Stylus Magazine | (A) |
Clouddead (stylized as cLOUDDEAD) is the debut album by American hip hop trio Clouddead. It was released in 2001. It compiles the six 10-inch singles that the group had previously released on Mush Records over a period of two years. Each track on the album corresponds to one side of a single.
Mark Pytlik of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "It's menacing, it's enthralling, and it's one of few modern-day records (hip-hop or otherwise) that honestly doesn't sound like anything -- or anyone -- else."
Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! felt that "Clouddead follows more along the lines of Frank Zappa or Captain Beefheart than it does hip-hop, but it remains rooted at all times in beats and samples." Stevie Chick of NME said: "This music takes the most abstract fallout of trip-hop as its starting point, working in white noise, telephone pranks and post-rock textures to create a disorientating mush you'll spend weeks getting lost in."
In 2014, it was described by Arron Merat of Fact as "a key touchstone for the North American hip-hop underground."
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