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- Fear of a Black Tangent
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Busdriver
Released 2005

Wormholes
04:26
928 plays

Befriend the Friendless Friendster
03:38
916 plays

Lefty's Lament
03:41
850 plays

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- 1
- Yawning Zeitgeist Intro [Freestyle]
- 01:30
- 1,108 plays

- 2
- Reheated Pop!
- 03:00
- 1,012 plays

- 3
- Unemployed Black Astrognaut
- 04:00
- 3,374 plays

- 4
- Happiness ('s Unit of Measuremant)
- 04:37
- 2,020 plays

- 5
- Avantcore
- 02:24
- 2,646 plays

- 6
- Wormholes
- 04:26
- 928 plays

- 7
- Map Your Psyche
- 04:15
- 1,491 plays

- 8
- Cool Band Buzz
- 03:28
- 707 plays

- 9
- Note Boom
- 03:43
- 671 plays

- 10
- Low Flying Winged Books
- 04:56
- 610 plays

- 11
- Befriend the Friendless Friendster
- 03:38
- 916 plays

- 12
- Sphinx's Coonery
- 04:43
- 821 plays

- 13
- Lefty's Lament
- 03:41
- 850 plays

- 14
- Avantcore [D-Styles Mix][*]
- 01:04
- 212 plays

- 15
- Happiness ('s Unit of Measurement) [Prefuse 73 Remix][*]
- 02:33
- 556 plays

- 16
- Unemployed Black Astronaut [Nobody Remix][*]
- 04:16
- 549 plays

- 17
- [Untitled Track]
- 04:39
- 437 plays

album review

On his first solo full-length for Mush, Busdriver goes the way of De La Soul Is Dead, jettisoning the joy and uproarious humor of Temporary Forever and replacing it with a litany of cynicism and sarcasm and even self-doubt. Often casting himself as a character he hates, Bus targets a parade of cultural foibles -- rappers both commercial and underground, indie hipsters, conservatives, his own "weird" career. He rarely hits those targets, however, and the negativity removes the focus from Busdriver's sizable musical talents and rests it squarely on his lyricism and themes (not a good idea). Sounding like a golden age rapper who never got his props, Bus complains "I did that record before you, and sure of course it was a tour de force," or "I wasn't invited to your shindig, I've got no plus-one and a low slush fund/I never expected to win big, I never expected for you to open my press kit." Several of the productions on Fear of a Black Tangent are excellent, including Omid's "Reheated Pop!," Paris Zax's "Unemployed Black Astrognaut," and the four productions by Daedelus. Also worth hearing are the three unlisted remixes, by D-Styles, Prefuse 73, and Nobody. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide