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Title: Fear Of A Black Tangent
Release date: 28 February, 2005
Record label: Big Dada
Single: Avantcore
Official website: Big Dada
Wikipedia: Busdriver
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Tracklisting
1) Yawning Zetigeist intro (freestyle)
2) Reheated Pop
3) Unemployed Black Astronaut
4) Happiness (‘s unit of Measurement)
5) Avantcore
6) Wormholes
7) Map Your Psyche
8) Cool Band Buzz
9) Note Boom
10) Low Flying Winged Books
11) Befriend the Friendless Friendster
12) Sphinx’s Coonery
13) Lefty’s Lament
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Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome the return of Busdriver. This time the LA native memorably described as sounding “like some street crazy”...
... (The Independent) casts himself in a role he knows well - an uncelebrated underdog of the indie rap circuit.
Rather than bolstering his usual freewheeling poetic rant, his new record , "Fear of a Black Tangent" (named as a kind of spoof/tribute to Public Enemy), focuses more on the ins-and-outs of the underground rapper's lifestyle. Filled with anecdotes dealing with touring, an unfailingly fickle fanbase, groupies, wack popular acts, racial-bias and just plain old-fashioned self-doubt, the record successfully pokes fun at the scene that birthed it.
As the full length follow-up to the legendary 2002 release "Temporary Forever", Busdriver has delivered the most cohesive work of his career, 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 emcees Abstract Rude, Ellay Khule, Mikah-9 (of Freestyle Fellowship), and 2Mex
Having recently toured Europe with Beans, Mike Ladd and Rob Sonic, where he stunned audiences with his verbal pyrotechnics, Busdriver is well acquainted with the joys of indie rap on both sides of the pond. A record packed with cutting humour, hard-won insights and, yes, a little babbling like a street crazy is the wonderful result.
Quotes for “Cosmic Cleavage”:
"Defiantly kicking against the norm" - HHC
"A dense blast of genius that begs to be unravelled" - Loose Lips Sink Ships
"It's Busdriver's genuinely original style of MCing alongside an ultra-sharp wit that makes 'Cosmic Cleavage' so different from the norm." - Rocksound
"Like some street crazy letting out his demons through a warped soliloquy... berserk." - The Independent
"Utterly bonkers" - Time Out
"The beats and rhymes are some of the funniest and freshest around." - The List
"Bang-on, biting humour... an album of unabated originality" - Logo
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