It seems that legendary instrumental hip-hop dude DJ Shadow’s new album The Less You Know The Better is aptly-named. Shadow’s fourth studio album is scheduled for September 5 in the UK, with no word of a US date as yet. Fortunately, fans have a slightly less mysterious EP called I Gotta Rokk to tide them over until September, and besides, I hired a private investigator to follow DJ Shadow around to figure out what his favorite food is, where he likes to let it all loose, and whatever details can be discovered about the new album — just for you!
Okay, I didn’t do that, but I did check out DJ Shadow’s website. Alas, I didn’t unearth a tracklisting or info about possible collaborations, but my in-depth mouse-clicking did reveal that I Gotta Rokk features music from the upcoming full-length. In addition to the title track, the EP includes two other new tracks, “Def Surrounds Us” and “I’ve Been Trying,” both of which were released as singles last year. It also includes remixes, glorious remixes! I Gotta Rokk has been selling out all over the place, so it’s either mindblowingly awesome or someone has been stockpiling copies to use for trade on that fateful day when the gold standard returns to America and we all live in underground bunkers, bartering goats and wedding rings and instrumental hip-hop CDs.
• DJ Shadow: http://djshadow.com
