I knew the first time I heard Clouddead that they were not your average hip hop group. I bought one, then the other five 10" records they put out in the original run. I saw the wonderful Anticon / Sole / Restiform Bodies / Blevin Blechdom tour way back in the day and was thoroughly impressed. I bought a lot of merch and think I still have some buttons floating around in my desk. In subsequent years, I kept following many of the artists in this collective: Aesop Rock, Boom Bip, Alias, Odd Nosdam, Why?, Doseone, Sole, etc. Sage Francis got really popular, but I didn't much care for his solo stuff. Great stuff, and hip hop for the abstract, lots to dive into here.
00:00 Clouddead - Apt A (side A)
06:10 Boom Bip - Last Walk Around Mirror Lake (Boards of Canada remix)
10:21 Aesop Rock - Mystery Fish
13:21 Sole - Mad Lucky
16:32 Deep Puddle Dynamics - Mothers of Invention
19:17 Clouddead - And All You Can Do Is Laugh (side A)
24:47 Odd Nosdam - Untitled #03 (Collaged at Moms) 2:00
26:31 Boom Bip & Doseone - The Lantern
29:50 Clouddead - And All You Can Do Is Laugh (side B)
35:38 Deep Puddle Dynamics - June 26th 1999 Purpose
39:03 Clouddead - I Promise Never To Get Paint On My Glasses Again (side A)
44:40 Boom Bip - Awaiting An Accident (Lali Puna remix)
48:26 Clouddead - Jimmy Breeze (side B)
53:47 Aesop Rock - Lazy Eye
56:31 Restiform Bodies - Principles of Easy Listening part B
61:23 Boom Bip & Doseone - ?...No Corners
62:56 Odd Nosdam - Untitled #13 (Collaged at Moms) 1:37
64:16 Aesop Rock - Commencement At The Obedience Academy
67:54 Boom Bip & Doseone - The Birdcatcher's Oath
72:29 Odd Nosdam - Untitled #06 (Collaged at Moms) 2:31
74:45 Odd Nosdam - Untitled #02 (Collaged at Moms) 2:50
77:22 Odd Nosdam - Untitled #08 (Collaged at Moms) 3:01
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