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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 |
| Los Angeles MC Regan Farquhar, aka Busdriver, has a knack for writing wordy rhymes that spew forth like plumes of volcanic ash that is matched only by his self deprecation. "I'm just the dull Busdriver," Farquhar spits on "Avantcore" before admitting "I never expected to win big" on "Cool Band Buzz." With his nasal delivery and all-over-the-board production (the album sports the work of no less than five producers, including Danger Mouse, Daedelus and Thavius Beck), Farquhar might be right about not making the big time. But whether he's busting on edgy corporate rappers, deconstructing why people hate him or giving props to Johnny Cash, Fear of a Black Tangent proves that Busdriver is never dull. - Chicago Tribune |
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