Clouddead (or cLOUDDEAD, more accurately) is one of the few hip-hop groups that would show up among my favorite artists. A brief collaboration between Why?, Doseone, and Odd Nosdam, only produced one album and one compilation of singles. And other than exploring Why?'s fantastic 'solo' career, I haven't explored other albums related to Clouddead or the left-field hip-hop label Anticon.
Deep Puddle Dynamics is Doseone and three other Anticon artists, Sole, Alias, and Slug. This album, named after one of Jack Kerouac's "western" haiku, came out in 1999, predating Clouddead's work. The first half was recorded in a week in 1998, and the last four tracks recorded in one day a year later, June 26th.
I suppose it's interesting and there are some memorable moments (beyond the sometimes annoying ping-ponging nasal delivery of Dose) but ultimately it's not as cohesive as I was looking for. It's essentially an Anticon sampler, so perhaps it wasn't a bad place to start. I'm still going to try to find some other related acts, though.
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