Clouddead

Track Listings

1. Apt. A, Pt. 1

2. Apt. A, Pt. 2

3. And All You Can Do Is Laugh, Pt. 1

4. And All You Can Do Is Laugh, Pt. 2

5. I Promise Never to Get Paint on My Glasses Again, Pt. 1

6. I Promise Never to Get Paint on My Glasses Again, Pt. 2

7. Jimmybreeze, Pt. 1

8. Jimmybreeze, Pt. 2

9. (Cloud Dead #5), Pt. 1

10. (Cloud Dead #5), Pt. 2

11. Bike, Pt. 1

12. Bike, Pt. 2

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Dose One, Sole (Anticon), DJ Signify, Illogic and Mr. Dibbs on this release. the whole cloudhead series (#1- #5) kick. Great underground Hip Hop.

Clouddead,cLOUDDEAD,Mush,Alternative Rap,Experimental,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop,Underground Rap

Clouddead

Tracks:

Pop Song
The Keen Teen Skip
Rhymer's Only Room
The Velvet Ant
Son Of A Gun
Rifle Eyes
Dead Dogs Two
3 Twenty
Physics Of A Unicycle
Our Name

Customer Reviews:

What is Hip-Hop?.......2006-04-30

The genre as a whole has grown stale, the same recycled beats and ideas for the last twenty-something years. Hard gangster or lofty-intellectual are irrelevant, the production is much the same. So many are anxious and ready to criticize this album for breaking the conventional boundries of hip-hop, as it does just that. "Ten" represents the linear progression that is necessary in order for hip-hop culture to survive. The album plays on boundries of genre, an amalgamation of influences so vast an untraditional that on the first few listens it becomes abrassive to an average listener. However, consider yourself encouraged to dig deep into this album and keep listneing, eventually you will understand. After all, is that not the music that has lasted the longest? The old set of albums you listen to still, from years past that took time to comprehend, albums you've had to invest a part of yourself in. "Ten" is the oyster with the pearl that you keep, not the one you swallow whole and throw away.

"And then we said f- in our pop song."

Disappointing.......2005-09-01

This is the same cLOUDDEAD that produced their original album. You can hear the similarities in the creative content and the same versatility in their voices.

Ten, however, is not as beautiful, intricate or moving as its predecessor. If you loved cLOUDDEAD's first album, you still may be better off passing on Ten as knowing that they deviated so far from the quality of the first album is like the day I realised that Trent Reznor just wasn't angry anymore.

What Happened???.......2005-08-23

Here's the deal: if you loved "Clouddead", as I do, you will be disappointed by "Ten." I was looking forward to this album for months and it was a huge letdown. It's overhyped because it's an Anticon release and people are supposed to give it good reviews. Odd Nosdam's beats are pretty bare, Dose and Why just don't seem too much into it, and neither was I, unfortunately...

I love this album, and I'm not sure why...........2005-05-12

This isn't a "must-own for any hip-hop fan." This isn't a "chart-topping hit." I'm not even sure I would label it as hip-hop, it's got a cool folk feel on a couple songs. I picked this album up on a hunch at a library, thinking I recognized the name "cLOUDDEAD" from somewhere. I didn't, although I had heard Dose One before on the Aesop Rock track "Odessa." This was nothing like Dose on that song, but I liked this album anyway. Maybe you will too.

This is not merely hip-hop but a powerful poetic experience.......2005-03-09

This is not merely a hip-hop CD, but one of the most powerful poetic and musical experiences to come out of the United States in years. Truly progressive, each track typically begins rather composed with a small sample or delicately repeated note but they always pay off as they peak into a massive sound of looming bass, church organs, white noise, and Doseone's ever flowing imagist poetry. Why? seems to help him focus a bit more on choruses and traditional rhyming structure compared to his freewheeling work with Boom Bip and, since odd nosdam's beats are more structured as well, it is to good effect.

Tracks:

Apt. A, Pt. 1
Apt. A, Pt. 2
And All You Can Do Is Laugh, Pt. 1
And All You Can Do Is Laugh, Pt. 2
I Promise Never to Get Paint on My Glasses Again, Pt. 1
I Promise Never to Get Paint on My Glasses Again, Pt. 2
Jimmybreeze, Pt. 1
Jimmybreeze, Pt. 2
(Cloud Dead #5), Pt. 1
(Cloud Dead #5), Pt. 2
Bike, Pt. 1
Bike, Pt. 2

Customer Reviews:

cLOUDDEAD who?.......2004-07-02

really trying to pinpoint this albums genre and influences will drive you crazy. they sound like no one and for me, thats the kick. as any one who has done any reading on clouddead knows, this cd is comprised of 6 10" records for a total of 12 songs. each suite features a guest. illogic is on 'apt. a', 'and all you can do is laugh' has dj signify scratching and cutting up vocal samples, 'i promise to never get paint on my glasses' has sole, the wolf brothers add live drums, guitar and organ to 'jimmybreeze', 'cloud dead #5' features cuts from mr. dibbs, and finally, 'bike' features all sorts of weirdness from the bay area animals. the entire record was made with a dr. sample, a radioshack mic, an eight track, and various instruments, etc. this record is one of the best arguments i've heard for the term "less is more". the magazine and website Lifesucksdie has stated that cLOUDDEAD "as close as you can get to a description of what doing whippets sounds like", and thats not a false statement by a long shot. i'd classify this album as hip hop but you're just as likely to find it in the 'indie rock' or 'electronica' bins at the record store. i cant totally recomend this to everyone but I can guarentee that any anticon followers or brave hip hop listeners will get something out of this.

Lo-Fi Ambience...meets Experimental avant garde greatness.......2004-06-22

Possibly looking the push the boundaries of Hip-Hop even further into the wilderness, the Leftfield collective of Producer "Odd Nosdam", and oddball rappers "Doseone" & "Why?". Are somewhat of a wildly opposing opposites to mainstream rap, with layers of gloomy ambience regular punctuated with barrages of sonic vocalism, oddball dialogue, streams of conscious thought processes, Paranoid statements and falsetto nursery rhyme singsong. Suffice to say, this was never intended to court a mainstream audience, as everything throughout the course of the album has seemingly been hit with a fiction 'whacky' stick, so to speak. And your enjoyment of this album will probably depend on how leftfield / Quirky / Humorous, you're prepared to accept your music, as there is a fair amount of extreme jumps in style here, they'll have those unprepared for such a Unconventional listen reaching for the 'Stop' button on their Cd players several tracks in. It's a bewildering listen at first, as some tracks glide along with a passage of boggy atmospherics, only to be punctuated with bizarre rapid fire lyrics that (at first) seem at odds with the cerebral tone of the album. It's uncompromising and it feels that this album is so at odds with what's currently out there in the field of Hip-Hop, that anyone thinking of making the investment here, should be fully aware of what they're getting themselves into. Vocals mumble incoherently, then manifest into confrontational rap. Provocative streams of consciousness sit on top of cold, bleak samples and modernist pieces of electronic soundscapes that don't feel a million miles from 'Boards of Canada', and prove to be something of a thoroughly engaging listen, but slight unsettlingly at the same time.
If all this sounds confused, that's because it is, for every moment when 'Cloudead' feel the listener is becoming accustomed & starting to settle in, they completely confound expectations by pulling something new out of the bag. Track #4 "And All You Can Do Is Laugh, Pt 2", opens with a gloomy anxious organ arrangement underpinned with a the most stripped down of slow moving beats, before Doseone storms in with a over enthusiastic vocal swagger before ending his near incomprehensible dialogue, with the quote "F*** 'em!!, if they can't take a joke", before Doseone & Why?, burst into falsetto Nursery rhyme sing along, thorough a song, that changes dymanic more times than any traditional song has a right to (on many occasions you'll actually think another song has started, when in fact it's the same song).
If you're a Dosone fan, then this has to rank amongst his finest work, he's names been attached, and you can buy in the assurance that he displays some of his most impressive lyrical work here. Those trying this album for the first time are well advised to enter into this with a very open mind (or at least have some experience with Experimental Hip-Hop), as its unlike anything else, and yet undeniably a difficult listen, but strangely rewarding at the same time. If you do enjoy this album as much as the other people that have reviewed it, the pinnacle of Doseone's work can be found on the breathtaking "Boom Bip & Doseone - Circles" album, which takes this template, and runs away with it, taking it to it's logical extreme, and manages to comfortably surpass the brilliance of this album. But irrespective of that, this album is something of a rare (experimental) gem, that's demands purchase for those looking for something a little different in their music.

god damn.......2003-09-22

All I have to say is if you like the style of Dose one, this is a must. This cd is great for just backround music and to go to sleep to. Along the lines of Circle (from Boom Bip & Dose One) and Reaching quiet.

Average customer rating:

Undefinable, fun, inspirational
Music To Do Whip-its By
cLOUDDEAD Who?
Lo-Fi Ambience...meets Experimental avant garde greatness
perfect music for springtime

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ASIN: B00005B4F1
Release Date: 2001-08-06

Tracks:

Apt. A, Pt. 1
Apt. A, Pt. 2
And All You Can Do Is Laugh, Pt. 1
And All You Can Do Is Laugh, Pt. 2
I Promise Never to Get Paint on My Glasses, Pt. 1
I Promise Never to Get Paint on My Glasses, Pt. 2
Jimmybreeze, Pt. 1
Jimmybreeze, Pt. 2
(Cloud Dead #5), Pt. 1
(Cloud Dead #5), Pt. 2
Bike, Pt. 1
Bike, Pt. 2

Amazon.com

Clouddead has a hard-to-classify sound; if you described it as "lo-fi ambient spoken word meets surreal hip-hop with an indie rock bent," you'd be leaving a lot out. The CD compiles previously released 10-inches created by producer Odd Nosdam and MCs Dose One and Why?--all members of Anticon, the West Coast hip-hop collective. The MCs rap, recite, and sing words that make Beck's lyrics sound tame and fussy by comparison. Their declamation can be goofy, swaggering, funny, swinging, nasal--you name it. This extremely open-ended and varied use of language recalls the work of the sonically inclined poet Edwin Torres. Sometimes the language on this disc can be almost inaudible; then it's just another element in Nosdam's lovely and murky music. Albums this odd often confuse people. Also, like this one, they can be extremely compelling. --Fred Cisterna

Album Description

cLOUDDEAD are at the 'rock' (or at least, post-rock) end of the hip hop spectrum. Their admirers include Boards of Canada, Tortoise, Hood, Freestyle Fellowship, Matmos, Kid 606, De La Soul etc. Basically, they operate on the same playing field as Beck, Badly Drawn Boy and Elliott Smith. It's not that difficult... stick it in your 'post-rock' section and watch it fly out! 2001 release.

Album Details

Clouddead Are Doseone, Why? and Odd Nosdam and their Debut Album is a Collection of the Six Groundbreaking Singles They Released Last Year. Almost Impossible to Describe Accurately, the Records have Had them Tagged as a Us Beta Band, Syd Barrett with Asampler, Even Bone Thugs N Harmony on Magic Mushrooms.

Customer Reviews:

Undefinable, fun, inspirational.......2007-03-08

I love this CD. My ex got in the break up a few years ago, and I missed it so much, I had to get it again. My favorite part about this CD is the harmonies, they tickle me ever so gently.

Music To Do Whip-its By.......2004-09-11

I really enjoyed this record. I actually didn't get hip to the Clouddead till after Ten but I found this on vinyl recently and decided to check it out. I like this much more than Ten. Althought the production is a lot more low-fi it makes for a much more interesting palate of sounds. In a lot of ways this is the signiture Clouddead sound, the muddled beats, the harmonized rhymes, and the psycadelic avante guard excursions (which I realize are off putting to most). However, these singles are excellent rainy-day-sitting-around-the-crib-rolling- trees type music. I usually end my reviews by recommending the record to people who may also be into similar bands but, I cannot think of any band that sounds too much like these guys. So I'll end it simply by saying that I recommend this record if your looking for a hip-hop record that sounds like nothing else.

cLOUDDEAD Who?.......2004-07-07

Lo-Fi Ambience...meets Experimental avant garde greatness.......2004-04-19

If all this sounds confused, that's because it is, for every moment when `Cloudead' feel the listener is becoming accustomed & starting to settle in, they completely confound expectations by pulling something new out of the bag. Track #4 "And All You Can Do Is Laugh, Pt 2", opens with a gloomy anxious organ arrangement underpinned with a the most stripped down of slow moving beats, before Doseone storms in with a over enthusiastic vocal swagger before ending his near incomprehensible dialogue, with the quote "F*** `em!!, if they can't take a joke", before Doseone & Why?, burst into falsetto Nursery rhyme sing along, thorough a song, that changes dymanic more times than any traditional song has a right to (on many occasions you'll actually think another song has started, when in fact it's the same song).

If you're a Dosone fan, then this has to rank amongst his finest work, he's names been attached, and you can buy in the assurance that he displays some of his most impressive lyrical work here. Those trying this album for the first time are well advised to enter into this with a very open mind (or at least have some experience with Experimental Hip-Hop), as its unlike anything else, and yet undeniably a difficult listen, but strangely rewarding at the same time. If you do enjoy this album as much as the other people that have reviewed it, the pinnacle of Doseone's work can be found on the breathtaking "Boom Bip & Doseone - Circles" album, which takes this template, and runs away with it, taking it to it's logical extreme, and manages to comfortably surpass the brilliance of this album. But irrespective of that, this album is something of a rare (experimental) gem, that's demands purchase for those looking for something a little different in their music.

perfect music for springtime.......2003-03-23

odd nosdom's production recalls boards of canada at their most sublime, amp and my bloody valentine's drones at their most engaging, and at times a sense of dread worthy of godspeed. but this is not a negative album in the least, why? and dose one seem like theyve just come from the womb and are discovering life for the first time, they spit out words that i'm sure all infants feel and cant speak and the music takes it one step furthur into pure etheral bewilderment. even at their most elegiac and grave the music still carries a profound sense of wonder that always keeps you listening (unlike boards of canada or amp). this album is perfect for spring time, listen to it on your headphones walking to school, daydreaming about cute girls, or what college will be like. this album reminds me that while there is life there is a joy and wonder that will always bewilder me.

Average customer rating:

Ten
cLOUDDEAD
Manufacturer: Mush
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001FVF6C
Release Date: 2004-03-16

Tracks:

Pop Song
Keen Teen Skip
Rhymer's Only Room
Velvet Ant
Son of a Gun
Rifle Eyes
Dead Dogs Two
3 Twenty
Physics of a Unicycle
Our Name

Average customer rating:

Ten
cLOUDDEAD
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000UN1YC
Release Date: 2004-03-23

Tracks:

Pop Song
Keen Teen Skip
Rhymer's Only Room
Velvet Ant
Son of a Gun
Rifle Eyes
Dead Dogs Two
3 Twenty
Physics of a Unicycle
Our Name

Album Description

2004 album from the experimental/ambient hip-hop outfit fronted by Doseone & why?. 'Ten' finds cLOUDDEAD building on all the elements that defined their razor sharp vocal interplay, quirky found sound samples, ambient drone, & more. Big Dada.

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Clouddead

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ASIN: B00006JKH6
Release Date: 2001-09-24