Deadringer (album)
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Deadringer is the first studio album by American hip hop producer and DJ RJD2.[1] It was released on July 23, 2002 on Definitive Jux.[2] The album features vocal contributions from Blueprint, Jakki da Motamouth, and Copywrite.[3] Early copies included a hidden song on the last track, titled "Here's What's Left."[4] "Ghostwriter", composed of vocal and fingerpicking loops sampled from Elliott Smith's "I Didn't Understand", was featured in advertisements for Washington State Lottery and Wells Fargo, as well as in the film Wimbledon.[5]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Boston Phoenix |  [6] |
| HipHopDX | 4.5/5[4] |
| NME | 8/10[7] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.8/10[8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| Spin | 9/10[10] |
| Stylus Magazine | B+[11] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 4/5[12] |
Noel Dix of Exclaim! gave Deadringer a favorable review and commented that the album "plays very much like the soundtrack to a motion picture".[13] Sam Chennault of Pitchfork Media called it "an essential purchase for any fan of instrumental hip-hop".[8] Doug Levy of CMJ New Music Report felt that "DJ Shadow may have started the instrumental hip-hop revolution, but RJD2 is here to make the coup a reality".[14]
Chris Ryan of Spin said, "[RJD2] goes spelunking for everything from flamenco and pastoral folk to the kind of raw funk breaks that most groove merchants only dream of uncovering".[10] Tony Van Groningen of Stylus Magazine noted that "RJD2 effortlessly changes directions and adds unexpected elements to the mix that do more to perfect the songs than to muddle them up".[11]
It ranked at number 31 on Spin's "40 Best Albums of 2002" list.[15] Kludge ranked it at number three on their list of best albums of 2002.[16]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Horror" | 4:11 |
| 2. | "Salud" | 0:38 |
| 3. | "Smoke & Mirrors" | 4:26 |
| 4. | "Good Times Roll Pt.2" | 4:57 |
| 5. | "Final Frontier" (featuring Blueprint) | 4:25 |
| 6. | "Ghostwriter" | 5:17 |
| 7. | "Cut Out to FL" | 3:42 |
| 8. | "Shot in the Dark" | 1:21 |
| 9. | "F.H.H." (featuring Jakki da Motamouth) | 4:31 |
| 10. | "Chicken-Bone Circuit" | 3:54 |
| 11. | "The Proxy" | 2:14 |
| 12. | "2 More Dead" | 5:17 |
| 13. | "Take the Picture Off" | 1:02 |
| 14. | "Silver Fox" | 3:31 |
| 15. | "June" (featuring Copywrite) | 6:03 |
| 16. | "Work" | 3:43 |
| 17. | "Here's What's Left" |
References
- ^ a b Kincaid, Nic. "Dead Ringer – RJD2". AllMusic. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ^ Bittrand, Steve (March 5, 2008). "RJD2 - Deadringer". Prefix. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ Thomas-Glass, Daniel (July 25, 2002). "Dusted Reviews: RJD2 - Dead Ringer". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ a b J-23 (August 5, 2002). "RJD2 – Dead Ringer". HipHopDX. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Bronson, Kevin; Weiss, Jeff (May 10, 2007). "Buzz Bands". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ Patel, Joseph (August 29 – September 5, 2002). "RJD2: Dead Ringer". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ^ "RJD2: Deadringer". NME: 34. August 17, 2002.
- ^ a b Chennault, Sam (July 25, 2002). "RJD2: Deadringer". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ Relic, Peter (September 19, 2002). "RJD2: Dead Ringer". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 30, 2009. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ^ a b Ryan, Chris (October 2002). "RJD2, 'Deadringer' (Definitive Jux)". Spin. 18 (10): 118. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ^ a b Van Groningen, Tony (September 1, 2003). "RJD2 – Deadringer – Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ Jean-Pierre (December 14, 2006). "Rjd2 – Deadringer". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ Dix, Noel (September 2002). "RJD2 - Dead Ringer". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ Levy, Doug (July 29, 2002). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. 72 (6): 12.
- ^ Ryan, Chris (November 13, 2014). "#31 - RJD2, Deadringer (Definitive Jux)". Spin. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ "The Best of 2002". Kludge. Archived from the original on July 22, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
External links
- Deadringer at Discogs (list of releases)