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Midnight in a Perfect WorldDJ Shadow

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released
1996
Label
Mo' Wax
On
Trip-Hop and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
ISRC
GBAQH9600061
Updated
2026-08-29
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  1. Ranked No. 4 in Trip-Hop

    Assembled entirely from other people's records and somehow completely personal. Shadow proved sampling could be authorship rather than borrowing.

  2. Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

    Built entirely from other people's records and yet unmistakably one person's. The high point of sampling as a compositional discipline rather than a shortcut.