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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 |
| An album of absurdist hip-hop from the LA underground from Project Blowed MC, Busdriver. From the opening proclamation of "Yawning Zeitgeist Intro (freestyle)," it's clear why this West Coast freestyler tours with the likes of Beans and Mike Ladd and records for leftside label Mush. To get a taste of the alternative route Busdriver takes, head for the manic lyricism of "Unemployed Black Astronaut" ("William Burroughs on crystal methamphetamines," was how one scribe described his flow). The aptly entitled "Avantcore" works a cartoon piano hook around biting observations of life as an underground MC ("I did a song with so and so and got signed but the checks will never clear"). Heading from the lysergic madness of "Wormholes" to the classical strings-led drama of "Map Your Psyche," Busdriver stretches hip-hop boundaries. Daedelus assists on production and Freestyle Fellowships Mikah-9 guests on this intoxicating, if somewhat off the wall, addition to LA's new wave. - Straight No Chaser |
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