![]() ![]() The album from Earth isn’t a terrible one, but it’s clearly the lesser of the two. As Qbert himself cleverly put it, GalaXXXian is from Earth, and Extraterrestria is from space. Meanwhile, the more experimental Extraterrestria is for the more hardcore fans (in other words, heads who are accustomed to instrumental hip-hop in album form). GalaXXXian is designed for casual fans who enjoy watching Qbert’s turntable prowess on stage or in videos but either aren’t accustomed to instrumental hip-hop in album form or aren’t even aware that instrumental hip-hop is a thing. In a brilliant strategy that’s enabled him to satisfy two different kinds of fans, Bay Area scratch legend DJ Qbert dropped two crowdfunded albums simultaneously on iTunes on July 1: the all-instrumental album Extraterrestria and GalaXXXian, a collection of radio- or club-friendly yet still unmistakably underground-sounding joints with guest features by the likes of Kool Keith, El-P, Roscoe Umali and former American Idol contestant Camile Velasco.
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