I'll make an exception this time

I'll make an exception this time

Okay. So I normally wouldn't make a post just talking about an album I'm listening to, but a particular album deserves a post of its own. It's a DJ Shadow album he did live on the BBC last March called Diminishing Returns. It's a cornucopia of old school hip-hop rhymes remixed with Shadow's hip beats. The reason for the post, however, is specific to track two of the first disc. Everyone remembers the Ah-nold prank phone calls that circulated the Internet a few years ago, right? (You lack discipline! You son-of-a-bitch. How are you? Etc.) He mixes one of the calls into the second track and simultaneously tosses around some samples of James Brown for spice. It's like a DJ Shadow love letter made especially for me. Happy Valentine's Day indeed.