Deadringer

Deadringer By RJD2 was his debut album on the definitive Jux record label, the album is mostly hip hop and is made up of samples from a range of songs, from tv series to some of the Delfonics songs

The Album begins with “The Horror” which has quite a eerie feel to it, the song mostly consists of a voice saying “trying to understand the horror” the main feature here is the music, which is fair paced and has a very catchy melody. It doesnt really follow the traditional song set up in terms of the vocals but it is still very interesting and enjoyable to listen to. “Smoke & Mirrors” has a very stealthy sounding intro and bursts into a full song, the vocals are very calm and almost emotionless and they are accompanied by a range of noises floating in and out. after an instrumental period, a female voice comes in and the song becomes more eerie as most of the instruments drop out then it fades in to silence. “Ghostwriter” is very bouncy and casual featuring an acoustic guitar accompanied by a heavy beat, its a very easy and relaxing song to listen to as various voices come in and out at different stages. A trumpet part comes in later on and really livens the song up. The song then plays around with violins and a few other instruments and voices nearing the end of the song. “shot in the dark” is a short song that is about a situation in which an aggressive police officer arrests an innocent man, conversations in songs are quite unusual and this one is is quite amusing to listen to. “Silver Fox” is a mesh up of guitar,flute and xylophones. Its very complicated sounding but when you get used to it its actually quite relaxing to listen to. A soothing voices is placed on top of it all soon after and a trumpet escorts the song out with a dramatic crescendo. The album ends with “Before Or Since.” Leaping violins begin the song and it soon jumps into a beautiful hip hop composition with a heavy beat and a swooping melody on top of the violins. Soon some trumpets come in with a fanfare and then the song returns to its original theme which slowly starts to fade out and with it, so does the album.

Deadringer by RJD2 is Ascrono Music's album of week because of the unusual bringing abouts of the album (All the songs consist mainly of samples) and how well they are combined to produce good quality hip-hop tracks. There is also an unusual range of instruments included which make the songs almost unpredictable and completely unusual.