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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.]]

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.

They are considered the UrExample of Cloud Rap.

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!!Discography
* Albums
** ''cLOUDDEAD'' (2001) (a compilation of six two-track [=EPs=].)
** ''Ten'' (2004)
* Singles ('''Bold font''' indicates the singles compiled to make ''cLOUDDEAD'')
** '''''Apt. A: Parts 1 & 2''''' (2000)
** '''''And All You Can Do Is Laugh: Parts 1 & 2''''' (2000)
** '''''I Promise Never To Get Paint on My Glasses Again: Parts 1 & 2 [featuring Sole]''''' (2001)
** '''''[=JimmyBreeze=]: Parts 1 & 2''''' (2001)
** '''''(Cloud Dead Number Five): Parts 1 & 2''''' (2001)(usually called this for lack of a proper title)
** '''''Bike: Parts 1 & 2 '''''(2001)
** ''The Sound of a Handshake / This About The City'' (2002)
* [=EPs=]
** ''Dead Dogs Two (featuring Music/BoardsOfCanada)'' (2004)
* Other Releases
** ''The Peel Session'' (2001)
** ''Collaged at Mom's'' (2007) (limited edition instrumentals of all their songs)

!!Tropes that apply to cLOUDDEAD and its members

* CreepyMonotone: Yoni Wolf, who says everything, including some ''very disturbing'' lines in total monotone.
* 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.
* {{Motormouth}}: Doseone, for a prime example listen to the first few bars of ''Rifle Eyes''.
* {{Sampling}}: Usually of ''very odd'' sources, including a children's show at one point.
* 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.
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Sorta, some of their songs use incredibly strange rhyme schemes that are barely even detectable when listened to.
* WildMassGuessing: With everything from song meanings to theories about the group's ties to the Illuminati, no really.
* WordSaladLyrics: The lyrics more often than not sound like schizophrenic ramblings than actual songs.
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