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I would agree with you that there's 90% imitation and 10% innovation. That's true of any genre.

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DJ Shadow
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 29
Club Dj
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Disc Jockey
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Hayward
California
Joshua Paul Davis
Josh Davis
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