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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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| 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 |
| Babbling, inchoate lunatic or extraordinary imaginative rapper? LA's Busdriver emerged from the same scene that nurtured the Pharcyde and Jurassic 5, but this freaky, deep-fried, free-range rhyming style is more dazed and confused than Daisy Age. This follow-up to his 2002 release however is leaner and more focused - and all the better for it - although its title hints at the MC's humorous take on verbal wizardry and cut 'n' paste sampling techniques. Its appeal may not be instant, but it amply awards second time listeners. - Time Out London |
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