Deadringer is the debut album of RJD2. It was released on July 23, 2002 on Definitive Jux.

Track listing

1. "The Horror" ? 4:11
2. "Salud" ? 0:38
3. "Smoke and Mirrors" ? 4:26
4. "Good Times Roll Pt.2" ? 4:57
5. "Final Frontier" ? 4:25
   • Featuring Blueprint
6. "Ghostwriter" ? 5:17
7. "Cut out to FL" ? 3:42
8. "F.H.H." ? 4:31
   • Featuring Jakki Da Motamouth
9. "Shot in the Dark" ? 1:21
10. "Chicken-Bone Circuit" ? 3:54
11. "The Proxy" ? 2:14
12. "2 More Dead" ? 5:17
13. "Take the Picture Off" ? 1:02
14. "Silver Fox" ? 3:31
15. "June" ? 6:03
    • Featuring Copywrite
16. "Work" ? 11:39
    • Includes bonus track "Here's What's Left"

Samples

• "The Horror"
  • The theme music from The New Scooby-Doo Movies.
  • First Moog Quartet's song Hey Hey, one of the first songs to ever feature a synthesizer.
  • Various vocal samples from the TV show The Twilight Zone.
• "Good Times Roll pt.2"
  • "Tiger" by Brian Auger.
• "The Final Frontier"
  • "The Show is Over" by Evelyn 'Champagne' King for a vocal sample.
  • Guitar and string samples from "Roundabout" by Yes.
• "Smoke and Mirrors"
  • "Who Knows" by Marion Black for a vocal sample in the intro.
  • "Waterfall" by Cris Williamson also for a vocal sample.
  • Musical excerpts from "Heaven Knows" Written by N Champion and A Howard.
  • "Jupiter Child" by Steppenwolf for the drum sample.
• "Ghostwriter"
  • "I Didn't Understand" Elliott Smith, a deceased singer-songwriter, from his album XO.
  • "Secretary" by Betty Wright
  • The beginning of "Timesteps" by Wendy Carlosfrom the movie "A Clockwork Orange".
• "Cut out to Fl"
  • "It's Better to Have No Love" by Gloria Scott
  • "I'll Never be Ashamed" by The Sylvers.
• "F.H.H."
  • "Universal Mind" by Mystic Moods.
• "Shot In The Dark"
  • "I still see you" the theme from The Go-Between by Micheal LeGrand
  • The theme from The Incredible Hulk, a piano piece. The song also appears in The Incredible Hulk 2008 Movie.
• "Chicken-Bone Circuit"
  • Jimmy Page's extended guitar solo from "Dazed and Confused", taken from the live Led Zeppelin album: "The Song Remains the Same".
  • "Cold Sweat" by Mongo Santamaria for the drums.
  • "Tea time with Maseo" by Lovage for the talking sample.
• "The Proxy"
  • Mainly samples Pat Metheny performing the first movement of Steve Reich's "Electric Counterpoint."
• The B-side remix of the album cut "June" starts with a sample from Brian Eno's Music for Airports.
• "Here's What's Left"
  • "Silent Running" by David Matthews
  • "Memories are Here to Stay" by The Intruders for the vocal sample.

Trivia

• "Ghostwriter" was featured in a 2005 UK TV advertisement for Anadin Extra, as well as in the opening credits to the 2004 romantic comedy Wimbledon and 2005 romantic comedy Prime. In America it is featured in advertisements for Wells Fargo bank.

• "Smoke and Mirrors" was featured in the 2004 Skate Video "Paul Rodriguez's Forecast" in which the track was used in Paul Rodriguez's part.
• Early copies included a "hidden" song on the same track as "Work," titled "Here's What's Left." A slow, wistful track making use of sampled vocals, much like "Smoke and Mirrors". Def Jux was forced to drop it from later pressings due to a sample clearance problem.

External links

• RJD2 official site
• Definitive Jux official site
• A partial list of RJD2 samples

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