 The almost entirely sampled nature of Endtroducing ..... was considered groundbreaking at the time of its release , and Guinness World Records has cited the album as being the first to be created entirely from sampled sources ( although this isn 't quite true , since the album does in fact contain some spoken @-@ word elements recorded in the studio ) . The album was a driving force in the development of instrumental hip hop music , inspiring several other disc jockeys and producers to create sample @-@ based works . Tim Stelloh of PopMatters cited it as the " benchmark " for the genre . Guitarist Jonny Greenwood of English alternative rock band Radiohead has cited Endtroducing ..... as an influence on his band 's critically acclaimed album OK Computer ( 1997 ) , saying : " We liked how he was cutting up beats quite minutely . " Several of the artists sampled on Endtroducing ..... – including British progressive rock band Nirvana and American musician David Axelrod – have praised the album . DJ Shadow has expressed his surprise at the album 's influence and high regard amongst other musicians , saying : " After the record , I 'd always bump into these world @-@ class producers who 'd say , ' Yeah , Endtroducing ..... – what a great piece of production . ' I just did it on one sampler in a tiny little studio . " 
