“Featuring Nas, Pharoahe Monch and members of the Wu-Tang Clan, the most recent dispatch from Josh Davis looks backward while moving his sound forward”
“The Bay Area turntablist and producer delivers a mammoth double album—half instrumentals, half rap collaborations—aimed at the decade’s widespread feeling of creeping dread.”
“When DJ Shadow released his last record, The Mountain Will Fall, three years ago, he explained that he came up with the title when contemplating how intimidating a prospect he finds starting out on a new full-length to be – ultimately, he said, you pick away at it piece by piece and, eventually, the proverbial mountain comes down. The follow-up, Our Pathetic Age, is sprawling enough to suggest tha”
“a muddled concept album rescued by powerhouse guests”
“The revered hip-hop producer’s double LP is a bloated, unfocused tangle of tech-paranoia”
