RSS“Twenty years from now, when all is said and done, Mike Ladd’s career is going to be one of the most fascinating canons to get the analytical treatment, as his discs are filled with countless genre detours and surprisingly-justified indulgences. He truly lives and works by his own rules, and though he may never write anything as innocuous as Pitbull’s “Go Girlâ€, it always feels like he could snag fleeting mainstream success like that if he wanted. Fortunately for us, however, he doesn’t, instead leaving behind fantastic albums like Nostalgialator instead. Thanks for making the right choice, Mike Ladd..” – PopMatters [READ MORE]
“Eclectic and off-the-wall like a whiz kid with A.D.D., “Nostalgialator” suggests Mike Ladd was raised on hearty doses of channel surfing and Ritalin…” – Filter Mag, 81%
“At times, coming off like a hip-hop version of Royal Trux, or themulatto cousin of El-P, Ladd mixes beats and rhymes with guitars courtesy of TV on the Radio’s Jaleel Bunson, drums from Apollo Heights’ Damali Young and piano from Burnt Sugar’s Vijay Iyer, along with deconstructed Bollywood samples and lots of dirty synths among his many other sound creations…” – Other Music
“It defies belief that it took this long for an album this compelling, this fascinating, to finally surface on these shores, but in a sense it’s just in time: “Nostalgialator” may spring from the past, but it’s the sound of the looming future…” – Hartford Courant [READ MORE]
Plus, in case you missed,
Mike Ladd Interview @ Fair Game [LISTEN]
Artist: Mike Ladd
Album: Nostalgialator
Label: Definitive Jux / World’s Fair
Street Date: Jan 15th, 2008
Formats: CD, mp3
Mike Ladd – “Trouble Shot” [DOWNLOAD]
Mike Ladd – “Housewives At Play” [STREAM]
CONNECT: Definitive Jux | World’s Fair | Like Madd
