# 170: DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)

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Podcast: [Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/discord-and-rhyme-an-album-podcast-727978)
Published: 2026-02-03T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://discordpod.com/listen/170-dj-shadow-endtroducing-1996
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Duration seconds: 11160

## Resource

It … is happening … again! This week, Producer Mike rings in 2026 with NorCal producer DJ Shadow’s 1996 masterpiece Endtroducing….., whose release was a watershed moment for the art of instrumental hip-hop. It’s in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first album to be composed entirely out of sampled sounds, but focusing on the technical achievement seriously undersells the depths of Shadow’s artistry. This is lively, organic music, with compositions that feel like sculptures crafted from the clay of music history, and the entire 21st-century DJing movement stands on the foundation of what Shadow accomplished here. Mike himself is a composer of sample-based music (including our awesome theme song) and a long-time admirer of Shadow’s work, and he’s invited Rich and returning special guest Shivam Bhatt to deconstruct an album that builds a mighty head of steam out of a grain of salt.

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