Forum Week 10

I'm a fan of DJ Shadow because of his awesome ability to find rare and timeless beats and fuse them into something that sounds modern and sometimes quite edgy. He has an incredible ear, he know what he's looking for. His earlier work like Preemptive Strike and The Private Press is definitely his best work, "Organ Donor" is absolutely fantastic, the organ riff with that infectious beat just cant be beaten.

His later works, in particular The Outsider, just doesn't have the same appeal as his earlier stuff. In this album hes worked with a number of rappers and it just doesn't fit properly with his work. His style has been born from breaking away from the rappers and there is a reason for this. There is one gem on the album tho "This Time." Is great and it shows his awesome DJ/Mixing skills, u cant tell its been mixed.