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cLOUDDEAD is a musical group consisting of the Experimental hip-hop musicians Doseone (Adam Drucker), Why? (Yoni Wolf), and Odd Nosdam (David Madson). Generally Drucker and Wolf provide the group’s vocals while Madson produces the music. Occasionally Madson’s vocals can be heard, while Drucker and Wolf provide music, especially for the group’s second album.
The group’s name comes from a nonsensical knock-knock joke Drucker’s sister told him when she was 6 years old. The joke runs like this:
“Knock-knock”
“Who’s there?”
“Cloud-dead”…
But no-one remembers the punchline.”
cLOUDDEAD’s sound is notoriously hard to define, and although it is undoubtedly grounded in ‘traditional’ hip-hop, influences as varied as electronica, psychedelic music and indie rock can be heard. Because of this non-traditional take on hip-hop, more conservative corners of the rap community have labeled cLOUDDEAD as “smartarse surrealism” - with some rejecting the notion that the group can be classed as hip-hop at all, ignoring Doseone’s request to ‘just call it hip hop.’
cLOUDDEAD’s first six 10” EPs were compiled in 2001 as a self-titled compilation album. The band’s subsequent discography includes a further two 10” EPs, the single “Dead Dogs Two” and the album Ten. Printed on the sleeve of “Dead Dogs Two” is “this is clouddead number 9 of ten”, indicating that as of Ten, cLOUDDEAD, as a group, have finished making music.
The group’s name comes from a nonsensical knock-knock joke Drucker’s sister told him when she was 6 years old. The joke runs like this:
“Knock-knock”
“Who’s there?”
“Cloud-dead”…
But no-one remembers the punchline.”
cLOUDDEAD’s sound is notoriously hard to define, and although it is undoubtedly grounded in ‘traditional’ hip-hop, influences as varied as electronica, psychedelic music and indie rock can be heard. Because of this non-traditional take on hip-hop, more conservative corners of the rap community have labeled cLOUDDEAD as “smartarse surrealism” - with some rejecting the notion that the group can be classed as hip-hop at all, ignoring Doseone’s request to ‘just call it hip hop.’
cLOUDDEAD’s first six 10” EPs were compiled in 2001 as a self-titled compilation album. The band’s subsequent discography includes a further two 10” EPs, the single “Dead Dogs Two” and the album Ten. Printed on the sleeve of “Dead Dogs Two” is “this is clouddead number 9 of ten”, indicating that as of Ten, cLOUDDEAD, as a group, have finished making music.
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sabrage wrote:
Look! people have opinions and other people disagree!
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evilhomestereo wrote:
look! sabrage knows about yoni and dose's earlier, far more obscure project and is letting everyone know he knows by pretending to make a qualitative statement
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sabrage wrote:
Anyone else think greenthink is way better than this?
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dtuominen wrote:
cLOUDDEAD > Ten [2]
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BlueGhost60 wrote:
cLOUDDEAD > Ten
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Insomniasaur wrote:
Someone fix the self titled album, none of the (1)s scrobble
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Donutsss wrote:
John Abercrombie sample <3.
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aeoniia wrote:
i can
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travisishigh wrote:
i tried..i really really tried. i just can't get into these guys
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Dr_MoonOrGun wrote:
sometimes it isn't hip-hop at all o_O
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BlueGhost60 wrote:
This group is good, but most of the time, it doesn't feel like I'm listening to hip-hop at all. o.o
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tylerstravis wrote:
may make my lifetime charts soon!
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hatemissile wrote:
outstanding!
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antizen wrote:
dead dogs two is the jaaaaamm
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JakeTheLobster wrote:
Live from Maida Vale. <333
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Starvingtourist wrote:
I agree spacecoka, but i think we're in the minority....
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spacecoka wrote:
cLOUDDEAD>WHY? sorry guys
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evilhomestereo wrote:
i just realised that clouddead have been bumped up into cozimnot!'s top similar artists.
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brokenear wrote:
never forget
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aliespirituzomg wrote:
WHY? and cLOUDDEAD are both amazing
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