Recorded 1999–2000 Producer Odd Nosdam | Length 73:35 | |
Released May 1, 2001 (2001-05-01) (US)
May 7, 2001 (2001-05-07) (UK) Genre Abstract hip hop, cloud rap, psychedelic hip hop Label Mush Records (US)
Big Dada (UK) | ||
Clouddead (stylized as cLOUDDEAD) is the debut album by American hip hop trio Clouddead. It was released in 2001. It compiles the six 10-inch singles that the group had previously released on Mush Records over a period of two years. Each track on the album corresponds to one side of a single.
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Reception
Mark Pytlik of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "It's menacing, it's enthralling, and it's one of few modern-day records (hip-hop or otherwise) that honestly doesn't sound like anything -- or anyone -- else."
Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! felt that "Clouddead follows more along the lines of Frank Zappa or Captain Beefheart than it does hip-hop, but it remains rooted at all times in beats and samples." Stevie Chick of NME said: "This music takes the most abstract fallout of trip-hop as its starting point, working in white noise, telephone pranks and post-rock textures to create a disorientating mush you'll spend weeks getting lost in."
In 2014, it was described by Arron Merat of Fact as "a key touchstone for the North American hip-hop underground."