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MH-235 Busdriver - Fear Of A Black Tangent  With the most cohesive work of his career, Busdriver turns his razor sharp wit on his place in the music industry with his new full-length release, Fear Of A Black Tangent. It is the follow-up to his career establishing release, Temporary Forever. Songs covering small club touring, independent music promotion, and the barrage of uninspired hip-hop releases on the market all contribute to the album's theme of trying to break as a emerging artist. Busdriver has taken a year's worth of material and trimmed it down to thirteen impressive tracks that range from lightning fast Project Blowed style raps to sing-song pop. The album features production by Daedelus, Danger Mouse, Thavius Beck, Omid, and Paris Zax and has guest appearances by fellow Project Blowed MCs Abstract Rude, Ellay Khule, Mikah-9, and 2Mex. |
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| Reviews Summary |
| Outstanding - Urb / Genius - BBC / Experimental and fresh - Hip-Hop Connection / Intoxicating - Straight No Chaser / Decidedly cool and deadly - XLR8R / Treads where most wouldn't dare - DJ / Busdriver straight kills it - Hour / Certainly the best I've heard in a long time - Indigo Flow |
| No one will mistake Busdriver for another rapper. This guy has a flow that is decidedly his own, a rapid-fire style that has a precise poetic cadence and a bizarre, dark playfulness. Lyrically, he's all over the place, with some poignant stuff, some silly stuff and some stuff that's just strange. Examples include: "I am the first black astronaut to walk the bare moon from my air balloon" and "I've got a point system that determines my happiness / Its unit of measurement is your interest in my crappy shit" and also "They yelled out nigga lover / From the candy store / At the anti-war group hug / Putting computer bugs in the infrastructure of the World Bank / With white-guilt accepting big-lipped puckers / From any two-bit Chris Tuckers." Busdriver is one badass rhyme-writer and he shares all his lyrics in the liner notes. But I haven't even mentioned how dope the music is, from jazzed up tunes to cartoon music to funk. It's a loop-delight and a sample smorgasbord. Take just one journey on the Bus and you'll want to get a lifetime pass and seat close to the Driver. - Impact Press |
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