Dry Hustle

Dry Hustle was a one-off alias used by Drew Daniel of the experimental electronic band Matmos shortly before debuting with his dance music-themed side project The Soft Pink Truth. For Dry Hustle's sole release in 2001, [r=190169] 12", Daniel combined Missy Elliott's '[m=110665]' acapella with samples of solid gold dropped onto silver. The artist converted $10,000 of savings into gold coins and silver ingots to record his "reductio ad absurdum of the blinged out aesthetic" — i.e., mocking tasteless "bling-bling" jewelry prevalent in commercial hip-hop. The B-side featured vocals by Bill Callahan of Smog.