DJ Shadow - Endtroducing — 25September 24, 2021 Island 2xLP DJ Shadow has undergone a small renaissance with younger generations due to his bust your shit open type collab with fellow Hip Hop old guys Run The Jewels, but to many he's remembered fiercely and fondly as the auteur behind Endtroducing, and thus by extension, the man who popularized instrumental Hip Hop. Before it's initial release in 1996, the idea of Hip Hop without a rapper didn't extend much farther than the beats