Leopaldon – Cake or Girl? (2000)
Before they invented the "Dasai Gaijin" phenomenon, Tokyo underground DJ unit Leopaldon – named after Spider-Man’s giant robot – made an astonishing debut with this hilarious, hyperactive, head-spinning remix of Asian trash culture that plays like “Paul’s Boutique” injected with Kawasaki disco speed. Items thrown into the shredder include old enka songs, 8-bit TV games, recordings of Jackie Chan press conferences, lots of dialogue from Kamen Rider Amazon and the Japanese dub of Jim Belushi’s The Principal. The sheer amount of un-cleared samples led to the record quickly being withdrawn, but it’s very much worth seeking out (as are Leopaldon’s later records) if only to answer the burning question, "Which do you like better, cake or girl?"
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