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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:You are never going to sleep again.]] |
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4 | Clouddead (almost always stylized cLOUDDEAD) was an experimental/{{hip hop}} group consisting of rappers Doseone (Adam Drucker), Why (now known by his real name, Yoni Wolf) and DJ Odd Nosdam (David Madson), although [[VocalTagTeam all three take turns on production and mic duty.]] |
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6 | To put it in very simple terms, cLOUDDEAD are a bunch of weirdos, making music for weirdos. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, influences as far-flung as 60's psychadelia, indie rock, and ambient electronica can be heard in their music, making the whole ordeal sound like [[GenreMashup a trippy mish-mash of styles]]. Upon the release of their debut album -''cLOUDDEAD''- (which was itself a compilation album of six separate two-track [=EPs=]) was alternately hailed as a work of genius and "smartass surrealism"; the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. The group released one more album -''Ten''- and a split EP with Music/BoardsOfCanada before disbanding, though the members reunited for the Themselves song "[=Rapping4Money=]" in 2009. |
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8 | They are considered the UrExample of Cloud Rap. |
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12 | !!Discography |
13 | * Albums |
14 | ** ''cLOUDDEAD'' (2001) (a compilation of six two-track [=EPs=].) |
15 | ** ''Ten'' (2004) |
16 | * Singles ('''Bold font''' indicates the singles compiled to make ''cLOUDDEAD'') |
17 | ** '''''Apt. A: Parts 1 & 2''''' (2000) |
18 | ** '''''And All You Can Do Is Laugh: Parts 1 & 2''''' (2000) |
19 | ** '''''I Promise Never To Get Paint on My Glasses Again: Parts 1 & 2 [featuring Sole]''''' (2001) |
20 | ** '''''[=JimmyBreeze=]: Parts 1 & 2''''' (2001) |
21 | ** '''''(Cloud Dead Number Five): Parts 1 & 2''''' (2001)(usually called this for lack of a proper title) |
22 | ** '''''Bike: Parts 1 & 2 '''''(2001) |
23 | ** ''The Sound of a Handshake / This About The City'' (2002) |
24 | * [=EPs=] |
25 | ** ''Dead Dogs Two (featuring Music/BoardsOfCanada)'' (2004) |
26 | * Other Releases |
27 | ** ''The Peel Session'' (2001) |
28 | ** ''Collaged at Mom's'' (2007) (limited edition instrumentals of all their songs) |
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30 | !!Tropes that apply to cLOUDDEAD and its members |
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32 | * CreepyMonotone: Yoni Wolf, who says everything, including some ''very disturbing'' lines in total monotone. |
33 | * MindScrew: Another thing featured in pretty much all their songs, only "Dead Dogs Two" has ever had a confirmed meaning [[spoiler:(it's a metaphor for fame)]]. "Rifle Eyes" is supposedly about 9/11, but it's not obvious if it is. |
34 | * {{Motormouth}}: Doseone, for a prime example listen to the first few bars of ''Rifle Eyes''. |
35 | * {{Sampling}}: Usually of ''very odd'' sources, including a children's show at one point. |
36 | * StealthParody: [[WildMassGuessing Some have theorized]] that the entire project is a parody of pretentious "art music" in general. If it is, it's working ''spectacularly'' thus far. |
37 | * SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Sorta, some of their songs use incredibly strange rhyme schemes that are barely even detectable when listened to. |
38 | * WildMassGuessing: With everything from song meanings to theories about the group's ties to the Illuminati, no really. |
39 | * WordSaladLyrics: The lyrics more often than not sound like schizophrenic ramblings than actual songs. |
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