Product Placement is an album by DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow

Joshua Paul Davis better known as DJ Shadow is an American music producer, DJ and songwriter. He is considered a prominent figure in the development of instrumental hip hop and first gained notice with the release of his highly acclaimed debut album Endtroducing....., which was constructed...

 and Cut Chemist

Cut Chemist

Lucas MacFadden , better known as Cut Chemist, is an American DJ and record producer. He is a former member of the funk Latin band Ozomatli, and of hip hop group Jurassic 5...

. It was released in 2001 on One29 Records.

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The CD was on sale only at gig venues on DJ Shadows tours between about 2001-2003 and was made on an extremely limited run (6000 apparently).

The cover has a picture of Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow. Cut Chemist is dressed as a chef, DJ Shadow a moto-cross rider and drinking milk served to him by Cut Chemist. A sticker on the case reads "Now fortified with exclusive "Accu-Blend" technology". On the rear is a picture of a milk carton and the inside shows pictures of some of the records used to make the mix along with the slogan "It's it's so so nice nice we had to do it twice twice" and text that explains the 'recipe' for the record.

Track listing

First set

• Sesame Street
  Sesame Street
  Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
  
   (Oscar the Grouch
  Oscar the Grouch
  Oscar the Grouch is a Muppet character on the television program Sesame Street. He has a green body , has no nose , and lives in a trash can. His favorite thing in life is trash; evidence for this is the song "I Love Trash". A running theme is his compulsive hoarding of seemingly useless items...
  
  ) - "I Got Two"
• Little Grady Lewis & Soul Smokers - "Smokin' Soul"
• Dennis Coffey
  Dennis Coffey
  Dennis Coffey is an American guitarist. He was a studio musician for many soul and R&B recordings.-Biography:Coffey learned to play guitar at the age of thirteen, in the Michigan Upper Peninsula town of Copper City...
  
   - "A Whole Lot Of Love"
• LL Cool J
  LL Cool J
  James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...
  
   - "I Need Love"
• Eddie Simpson - "Big Black Funky Slave"
• Harold Alexander - "Mama Soul"
• Charlie Whitehead - "Let's Do It Again (Part 3)"
• Cold Grits - "It's Your Thing"
• Backyard Heavies - "Expo '83"
• Rory-O & Chuck Colbert- "Do It Your Way"
• Timmy Thomas - "Sexy Woman"
• Kool & The Gang
  Kool & the Gang
  Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...
  
   - "N.T."
• Freddie Scott
  Freddie Scott
  Freddie Scott was an American soul singer and songwriter. His biggest hits were "Hey, Girl", a top ten US pop hit in 1963, and "Are You Lonely For Me", a no.1 hit on the R&B chart in early 1967.-Life and career:...
  
   - "(You) Got What I Need"
• James & Bobby Purify
  James & Bobby Purify
  James & Bobby Purify were an R&B singing duo, whose biggest hits were "I'm Your Puppet" in 1966, which reached #6 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and in a re-recorded version #12 in the UK Singles Chart , and "Let Love Come Between Us" in 1967, which reached #23 in the U.S.James Lee Purify was...
  
   - "I'm Your Puppet"
• The Oceanliners - "Funky Pants"
• Thunder, Lightning & Rain - "Super Funky Part 1"
• James Brown
  James Brown
  James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
  
   - "Talkin' Loud And Sayin' Nothin'"
• ??? - "Superstition"
• National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation - "Rappin' With Gas"
• CD III - "Get Tough"
• Man Parrish
  Man Parrish
  Man Parrish is an American composer, songwriter, vocalist and producer. He, along with artists such as Yellow Magic Orchestra, Kraftwerk, Art of Noise, Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, John Robie, Jellybean Benitez and Aldo Marin helped create and define electro in the early 1980s...
  
   - "Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop)"
• The B-Boys - "Rock The House"
• Newcleus
  Newcleus
  Newcleus is an American electro and old school hip hop group that gained popularity in the early 1980s. They are primarily known for their 12-inch singles "Jam-On's Revenge", re-released as "Jam on Revenge " , and "Jam on It" ....
  
   - "Jam On It"
• Davy DMX - "One For The Treble"
• Grandmaster Melle Mel - "Step Off"
• Newcleus - "Destination Earth"
• Soul Searchers - "Ashley's Roachclip
  Ashley's Roachclip
  "Ashley's Roachclip" is an instrumental song by funk group The Soul Searchers from their 1974 album Salt of the Earth on Sussex Records. A portion of the song from 3:30-3:50 contains a widely recognized drum break that has been sampled countless times in songs across several genres.- Songs that...
  
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• Orange Krush - "Action"
• Pieces Of A Dream
  Pieces of a Dream (band)
  Pieces of a Dream is an American R&B/jazz group from Philadelphia. The group was formed in 1976 by bassist Cedric Napoleon, drummer Curtis Harmon, and keyboardist James Lloyd. At the time, the three were all teenagers...
  
   - "Mt. Airy Groove"
• Bill Withers
  Bill Withers
  William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...
  
   - "Kissin' My Love"
• Mandrill
  Mandrill
  The mandrill is a primate of the Old World monkey family, closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the drill. Both the mandrill and the drill were once classified as baboons in genus Papio, but recent research has determined they should be separated into their own genus, Mandrillus...
  
   - "Mango Meat"
• Jazzy Jeff
  Jazzy Jeff
  Jazzy Jeff may refer to:* DJ Jazzy Jeff , American hip-hop and R&B record producer, turntablist; former instrumentalist in DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince...
  
   - "A Touch Of Jazz"
• Kid 'N Play
  Kid 'n Play
  Kid 'n Play is an American hip-hop and comedy duo from New York City that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The duo was composed of Christopher "Kid" Reid and Christopher "Play" Martin working alongside their DJ, Mark "DJ Wiz" Eastmond...
  
   - "Last Night (Instrumental)"
• Esther Williams - "Last Night Changed It All"
• James Brown
  James Brown
  James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
  
   - "Funky President
  Funky President
  "Funky President " is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1974, it charted #4 R&B. It also appeared on the album Reality. According to Brown the "funky president" of the song's title was meant to refer to U.S...
  
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• Miami - "Chicken Yellow"
• Johnny Cameron & The Camerons - "Funky John (original pressing)/(Atlantic pressing)"
• Willie John Ellison - "You Got To Have Rhythm"
• Harvey & The Phenomenals - "Soul And Sunshine"
• Mongo Santamaría
  Mongo Santamaría
  Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," recorded by John Coltrane among others. In 1950 he moved to New York where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All...
  
   - "Coylude"
• Communicators & Black Experience Band - "The Road"
• Denis Bryant - "Soul Man"

Second set

• Lifeforce - "The Freeze"
• Earnest Jackson - "Funky Black Man"
• Little Buck - "Little Boy Blue"
• Dandelion Wine - "Hot Dog"
• Nu-Sound Express - "One More Time You All"
• The Commodores - "Keep On Dancing"
• Gerald Wilson Orchestra - "California Soul"
• Marlena Shaw - "California Soul"
• The Poets - "Fun Buggy"
• Union - "Strike"
• The New Seekers
  The New Seekers
  The New Seekers are a British-based pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the break-up of his group, The Seekers. The idea was that the New Seekers would appeal to the same market as the original Seekers, but their music had rock as well as folk influences...
  
   - "It's The Real Thing (radio spot)"
• Ivor Raymonde Orchestra - "It's The Real Thing"
• American Dietary Association Of Mississippi - "The Basic"
• Cookie Crew - "Born This Way (Instrumental)"
• Larry Sanders - "Story Of My Love"
• Jessie James - "Move On Out Of My Way"
• Yellow Sunshine - "Yellow Sunshine"
• Rodney O & Joe Cooley - "Cooley High"
• Nairobi And The Awesome Foursome - "Funky Soul Makossa (Rap)"
• Logic Circuit - "Motorcross Pt. 2"
• Hell's Belles (movie radio spot)
• The Outcasts - "Loving You Sometimes"
• Gran Am - "Get High"
• David McCallum - "House Of Mirrors"

There is also an accompanying CD entitled Product Placement Breaks which is a compilation of some of the original tracks in an unmixed form.