DJ Shadow | Def Surrounds Us

It seemed that with 2006's Outsider album and continuing now with "Def Surrounds Us" that DJ Shadow is moving further away from being the sample laden innovator he was with Entroducing... and continued with The Private Press and is getting closer to just your average, everyday hip-hop producer. While "Def Surrounds Us" has some nice moments, most notably the bass laced throughout the song, the samples seem uninspired and thrown together.

New Pearl Jam "The End"

It's a live recording from their show at London's Shepard's Bush Empire. Hearing this and "The Fixer" are making me really want to hear the new album after the mostly dud of the Avacado album.