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I believe a better suggestion might be to download Psyence Fiction by UNKLE, which is basically Shadow loops with a bunch of guest stars featuring. It's very good and it lets you get into DJ Shadow production while maintaining more traditional song structures. If you could only listen to one song on this album, I'd say listen to Lonely Soul. It features Ashcroft from the Verve. It's pretty emo/dark (the chorus is "I'm gonna die in a place that don't know my name/I'm gonna die in a space that don't hold my name") but the production is top-notch and Ashcroft's voice works really well. Also, the song ends in a more upbeat way, thanks to the production.

From Pitchfork:
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Psyence Fiction also boasts several brilliant collaborations with rock superstars, some of which comprise a few of the record's greatest moments: Metallica bassist Jason Newsted goes head- to- head with the Beastie Boys' Mike Diamond on "Celestial Annihilation," a hard-hitting rap number with a shimmering lunar backdrop; the Verve's Richard Ashcroft was brought in for vocals on the gloomy "Lonely Soul"; Alice Temple lends her soulful imagery to "Bloodstain", which seems almost four-dimensional in parts; and Radiohead's Thom Yorke adds his trademark angstful melancholy to the amazing and theatrical "Rabbit In Your Headlights," a song which contains one of the most heartbreaking vocal samples in the history of music.

Whereas most electronic records won't do much for those not into the genre's breakbeats and Atari-esque sound effects, Psyence Fiction comes through as both a genius piece of electronic music history and a remarkable pop album. Friends, UNKLE is for everybody. (Emphasis added)


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