Editing Endtroducing..... (section)

{{short description|1996 studio album by DJ Shadow}}
{{Infobox album
| name         = Endtroducing.....
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[DJ Shadow]]
| cover        = Endtroducingcover.jpg
| alt          = Two men look through vinyl records at a record store.
| released     = {{start date|1996|09|16}}
| recorded     = 1994–1996
| studio       = The Glue Factory (San Francisco)
| genre        =
* [[Instrumental hip hop]]
* [[trip hop]]
* [[plunderphonics]]
* [[sampledelia]]
| length       = 63:23
| label        = [[Mo' Wax]]
| producer     = DJ Shadow
| next_title   = [[Preemptive Strike (album)|Preemptive Strike]]
| next_year    = 1998
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Endtroducing.....
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Midnight in a Perfect World]]
 | single1date = September 2, 1996
 | single2     = [[Stem (DJ Shadow song)|Stem]]
 | single2date = October 28, 1996
 | single3     = What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1)
 | single3date = January 12, 1998
 | single4     = The Number Song" / "Painkiller
 | single4date = February 23, 1998
}}
}}

'''''Endtroducing.....''''' is the debut [[studio album]] by American music producer [[DJ Shadow]], released on September 16, 1996, by [[Mo' Wax]]. It is an [[instrumental hip hop]] work composed almost entirely of [[sampling (music)|samples]] from vinyl records. DJ Shadow produced ''Endtroducing'' over two years, using an [[Akai MPC|Akai MPC60]] [[sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]] and little other equipment. He edited and layered samples to create new tracks of varying moods and tempos.

In the United Kingdom, where DJ Shadow had already established himself as a rising act, ''Endtroducing'' received praise from music journalists at the time of its release, and reached the top 20 of the [[UK Albums Chart]]. It was [[music recording certification|certified]] gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]]. Mo' Wax issued four singles from the album, including the chart hits "[[Midnight in a Perfect World]]" and "[[Stem (DJ Shadow song)|Stem]]". It took considerably longer for ''Endtroducing'' to find success in the United States. After promoting the album and returning to his hometown of [[Davis, California|Davis]], California, DJ Shadow devoted his time to creating new music. During this period, interest in ''Endtroducing'' began to build among the American music press, and it peaked at number 37 on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Heatseekers|Heatseekers Albums]] chart.

''Endtroducing'' was ranked highly on various lists of the best albums of 1996, and has been acclaimed by critics as one of the greatest albums of the 1990s. It is considered a landmark recording in instrumental hip hop, with DJ Shadow's sampling techniques and arrangements leaving a lasting influence. In 2020, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine ranked ''Endtroducing'' 329th on [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time]].