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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 |
| Yeah, Busdriver of the legendary Project Blowed crew is a hip-hop artist and it is quite an appropriate monicker. Fear of a Black Tangent is Busdriver's third full-length album and second for the Mush label. His style is one that would trouble many rappers, tripping them up over tongue twisters and speedy rhymes. I will be the first to admit that Busdriver may not be for everyone but he does have qualities that if given half a chance he would get into your skin and you would be addicted. If you can't get into the quirky beats on "Avantcore" you need to check your pulse. Stick around for the three tracks after the blank track 14 for the three remixes. They are definitely the highlights of the album, "Avantcore" is remixed by D-Styles, "Happiness('s Unit of Measurement)" is done by Prefuse 73, and "Unemployed Black Astronaut" is done by Nobody. This is a fun and worthy album showcasing one of America's unsung hip-hop artists. - Music Emissions |
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