Editing Endtroducing..... (section)

==Composition==
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DJ Shadow describes his albums as "really varied", and said of ''Endtroducing'': "I feel like 'Organ Donor' sounds nothing like 'The Number Song' which sounds nothing like '[[Midnight in a Perfect World|Midnight]]' and on and on."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.timeoutshanghai.com/features/Bars__Clubs-Nightlife_features/4109/DJ-Shadow-interview.html |title=DJ Shadow interview |magazine=[[Time Out (company)|Time Out Shanghai]] |date=October 18, 2011 |access-date=March 17, 2013 |last=Gaskin |first=Sam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131083904/http://www.timeoutshanghai.com/features/Bars__Clubs-Nightlife_features/4109/DJ-Shadow-interview.html |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He said he was often depressed during the production of the album and that his "feelings of self-doubt and self-esteem come through in the music."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/04788980.asp |title=Re-Endtroducing . . . |newspaper=[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Boston Phoenix]] |date=July 1–7, 2005 |access-date=March 17, 2013 |last=Micallef |first=Ken |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123062621/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/other_stories/documents/04788980.asp |archive-date=November 23, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn|Wilder|2005|p=86}}

''Endtroducing'' is opened by "Best Foot Forward", a [[sound collage]] of record [[scratching|scratches]] and hip hop vocal samples.<ref name="O'Neil"/> "Building Steam with a Grain of Salt" is built around a [[loop (music)|looped]] piano line sampled from Jeremy Storch's "I Feel a New Shadow",{{sfn|Katz|2012|pp=196–198}} with various other musical elements entering throughout the track, including samples of an interview with drummer George Marsh,{{sfn|Katz|2012|pp=196–198}} a women's choir, bass [[fill (music)|fills]], electronically altered drum kicks, and funk guitar.<ref name="Raz"/><ref name="Fisher">{{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/8025/DJ-Shadow-Endtroducing...../ |title=DJ Shadow – Endtroducing..... |publisher=[[Sputnikmusic]] |date=June 30, 2006 |access-date=March 22, 2013 |last=Fisher |first=Tyler |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630085744/http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/8025/DJ-Shadow-Endtroducing...../ |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> "The Number Song" uses multiple drum [[break (music)|breaks]] and vocal samples of count-offs.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ai0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT23 |title=DJ Shadow: Endtroducing... |magazine=[[CMJ|CMJ New Music Monthly]] |location=New York |issue=43 |date=March 1997 |access-date=March 22, 2013 |last=Wolk |first=Douglas |author-link=Douglas Wolk |page=23}}</ref> "Changeling" deviates from the previous uptempo tracks, incorporating [[new-age music|new-age]] sounds and gradually building toward a "sublimely spacey" [[coda (music)|coda]].<ref name="O'Neil"/><ref name="Michel"/> It segues into the first of three "transmission" interludes placed throughout the album, each featuring a sample from the 1987 [[John Carpenter]] film ''[[Prince of Darkness (film)|Prince of Darkness]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.weeklywire.com/ww/09-20-99/boston_music_1.html |title=Hipocalypse Now |newspaper=The Boston Phoenix |date=September 20, 1999 |access-date=March 22, 2013 |last=Pappademas |first=Alex |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218084457/http://www.weeklywire.com/ww/09-20-99/boston_music_1.html |archive-date=December 18, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)" layers wordless chants over a looped bass groove, creating what ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]''{{'}}s Mark Richardson describes as an "uneasy" [[techno]] soundscape.<ref name="Richardson">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/dj-shadow/dj-shadow-endtroducing-deluxe-edition/ |title=DJ Shadow – Endtroducing Deluxe Edition |magazine=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |location=Decatur |date=August 1, 2005 |access-date=March 24, 2013 |last=Richardson |first=Mark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017200140/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2005/08/dj-shadow-endtroducing-deluxe-edition.html |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Track six is an untitled interlude featuring a man reciting a monologue about a woman and her sisters over a funk backing.{{sfn|Christgau|1998|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=EdN8VLiEZtcC&pg=PA428 428]}}

The two-part "Stem/Long Stem" begins the second half of ''Endtroducing''. John Bush of [[AllMusic]] called the track a "[[suite (music)|suite]] of often melancholy music, a piece that consistently refuses to be pigeonholed into any musical style."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/stem-long-stem-transmission-2-mt0027018022 |title=Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2 – DJ Shadow |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=March 25, 2013 |last=Bush |first=John |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228130249/http://www.allmusic.com/song/stem-long-stem-transmission-2-mt0027018022 |archive-date=February 28, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> The first half, "[[Stem (DJ Shadow song)|Stem]]", sets strings against a recurring sequence of erratic drum beats, before giving way to the more ethereal "Long Stem",<ref name="O'Neil"/> followed by "Transmission 2". "Mutual Slump" features "dreamy" female spoken vocals and prominent samples of Björk's "[[Possibly Maybe]]".<ref name="Hirway"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1915225/hear-dj-shadow-break-down-mutual-slump-on-song-exploder/music/ |title=Hear DJ Shadow Break Down 'Mutual Slump' On Song Exploder |website=[[Stereogum]] |date=December 8, 2016 |access-date=May 30, 2021 |last=Breihan |first=Tom}}</ref> The sparse "Organ Donor" juxtaposes an organ solo and a drum break.<ref name="O'Neil"/> "Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96" is a brief interlude featuring a repeating [[G-funk]]-esque beat, over which a voice shouts "It's the money".<ref name="O'Neil"/><ref name="Vaziri">{{cite magazine |title=Instrumental Growth |magazine=[[Urb (magazine)|Urb]] |location=West Hollywood |issue=138 |date=July–August 2006 |last=Vaziri |first=Aidin |page=99}}</ref> DJ Shadow composed the track to express his dissatisfaction with the state of commercial hip hop music in the mid-1990s.<ref name="Vaziri"/>

"[[Midnight in a Perfect World]]" mixes a soulful vocal line with a slow drum beat.<ref name="O'Neil"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7853-the-top-200-tracks-of-the-1990s-20-01/ |title=The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s: 20–01 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=September 3, 2010 |access-date=February 22, 2013 |page=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424110325/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7853-the-top-200-tracks-of-the-1990s-20-01/ |archive-date=April 24, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> It samples the bassline from [[Pekka Pohjola]]'s "The Madness Subsides",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/remembering-pekka-pohjola-pekka-pohjola-by-anthony-shaw.php |title=Remembering Pekka Pohjola |website=[[All About Jazz]] |date=February 1, 2009 |access-date=May 29, 2021 |last=Shaw |first=Anthony}}</ref> as well as elements of [[David Axelrod (musician)|David Axelrod]]'s piano composition "The Human Abstract".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.seattleweekly.com/music/dungen-2/ |title=David Axelrod: The Edge: David Axelrod at Capitol Records 1966–1970 (Capitol Jazz) |newspaper=[[Seattle Weekly]] |date=October 9, 2006 |access-date=May 1, 2013 |last=Patrin |first=Nate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230645/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2005-09-28/music/dungen/ |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.treblezine.com/30913-10-essential-plunderphonics-tracks/ |title=10 Essential Plunderphonics Tracks |website=Treble |date=July 21, 2016 |access-date=July 24, 2024 |last1=Terich |first1=Jeff |last2=Blyweiss |first2=Adam |last3=Braunstein |first3=Ben}}</ref> "Napalm Brain/Scatter Brain" progresses slowly, starting with a bassline and a drum loop, then gradually increasing in tempo as additional instrumentation enters the mix.<ref name="O'Neil"/> The track eventually reaches its climax and deconstructs itself, leaving a single string sample playing by its conclusion.<ref name="Fisher"/> ''Endtroducing'' ends "on an up note" with "What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 1 – Blue Sky Revisit)", which is anchored by warm saxophone and keyboard hooks.<ref name="Richardson"/> A third and final "transmission" closes the album with the spoken words "It is happening again", sampled from the [[David Lynch]] television series ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/djshadow-private2-2495888099.html |title=DJ Shadow: The Private Press |website=PopMatters |date=August 8, 2002 |access-date=March 25, 2013 |last=Thill |first=Scott |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110181759/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/djshadow-private2/ |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>