How It Should Sound Volume 1 & 2

by Damu The Fudgemunk

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Otis Nugatory On initial listening sesh w/ this body-bootlin' bumpercrop of smoov bangers right now. I am at track 4 and I can tell already that if you don't also love this album from yr B to yr Ounce, yr dead to me

𝕍 𝕚 𝕣 𝕘 𝕠 ♕ 𝕍 𝕒 𝕟 𝕕 𝕒 𝕝 The first time I heard this I was at a DU house party near the University of Denver Lightrail Station. It was basically all that was talked about before we all hopped on the lightrail & shifted the party to the Auraria Student Lofts downtown. A classic and a standard. Favorite track: Clap & Form Your Soul (2007).

Javier Gutiérrez Simply i love this album. Perfect for relax or to have a good time. Sad because Vinyl edition is sold out, i would like to buy it Favorite track: Only One Me (2005).

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1.	Start Here (2007) 01:47	buy track
2.	Another Introduction (2007) 03:00	buy track
3.	Tea Thyme (2005) 02:42	buy track
4.	Clap & Form Your Soul (2007) 02:46	buy track
5.	Figment (2005) 01:50	buy track
6.	Home Seek Home (2004) 01:56	buy track
7.	Straight From The Harp 02:23	buy track
8.	Rock Climbing [Byte 1] (2005) 01:40	buy track
9.	Its Called The Chill Out (2004) 01:59	buy track
10.	Gone With The Sunset (2005) 02:52	buy track
11.	Bills Be Gone [Pawt 2] (2004) 01:14	buy track
12.	Only One Me (2005) 03:38	buy track
13.	Judgement Day (2005) 03:33	buy track
14.	Dream Catcher (2007) 02:57	buy track
15.	How It Should Sound (2005) 02:08	buy track
16.	You Know Who! (2006) 02:16	buy track
17.	Movin' On (2006) 02:25	buy track
18.	Not So Young Anymore (2005) 02:16	buy track
19.	Fabrega's Discotecas (2006) 03:03	buy track
20.	Gestation (2003) 02:34	buy track
21.	Don't Fail Me Now (2006) 02:41	buy track
22.	Man With Bindle [Pawt 1] (2004) 01:16	buy track
23.	Hogs On The Hill [Pretty Sneaky] (2005) 02:35	buy track
24.	At Your Request [Spinna VS Joc] (2005) 01:51	buy track
25.	It Wasn't On Earth (2006) 03:45	buy track
26.	Boomerang Luck (2007) 03:01	buy track
27.	BONUS - Start Here Instro (2007) 01:11	buy track

about

“I just want to do hip-hop the way I hear it in my head. It’s about a mood and what records I find: I love digging and finding things that I want people to hear. That’s the beauty of this art form to me.

I have a bit of every great producer rolled into me and it’s their approach to manipulating drum breaks and samples that really opened up my ear. I really don’t consider my sound a throwback; I consider it a method of production, a distinct approach to making music.” - Damu The Fudgemunk

Redefinition Records is proud to present these two volumes of timeless instrumentals from Washington D.C.’s finest, Damu The Fudgemunk. Produced mostly between 2004 and 2007, "How It Should Sound" brings together archived material that as yet has only existed on floppy disks stacked in between an oft-frequented MPC and an ever-expanding library of vintage vinyl.

Don’t get it twisted though: What you now have in your possession is far more than a collection of sketches. HISS V1&2 represent a body of lovingly crafted material that bears all the hallmarks of Damu’s signature aesthetic. Crunchy drums bolster intricately woven narratives of soul-infused samples in compositions that thump and groove all at the same time. Horns appear from nowhere before dissolving sumptuously into the mix. Layers are steadily unveiled only to gradually fold back in on themselves. But hey, you knew that already, right?
Welcome. In case you hadn’t noticed, this is how it should sound.

How It Should Sound promo #1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG8iKFSwK04&feature=channel_video_title

How It Should Sound promo #2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=reZX0gVl_w4&feature=relmfu

Hogs on the Hill: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOBq3xkCo1Y&feature=related

The making of Another Introduction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9upigfhdeNM&feature=related

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released April 6, 2010

Produced, Mixed & Arranged by Damu The Fudgemunk
Recorded in Washington, DC

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