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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Busdriver (Regan Farquhar) is one of those rare hip-hop artists -- he has talent, creativity, and he's more interested in abstract lyrics than about more lame shooting/sex/drugs raps.
And he doesn't disappoint in his sixth album, "Roadkill Overcoat." Colourful and quirky, it is equal parts catchy hip-hop, gurgling electronics, and pop sensibilities, and veers through a string of memorable little rhythms.
"You did it/you got it/you wowed the world!/Casting agents and cowgirls/dress up, you're dressed up/to kill yourself," Busdriver says forcefully, before launching into a rapid-fire rap over a catchy little tune.
But he really blossoms in "Kill Your Employers," a tight and danceable hip-hop tune with brilliantly barbed lyrics about war, hippies and the self-righteous. "Cause smearing a salad on a SUV can't/Save the black faces at the refugee camp," he reminds us. "Riddled with neo-expressionism omitted words and arty erasure/You pass out your Green Party favor..."
He tries out a number of other colourful styles -- hazy electro-rock with hip-hop rhythms, sinuous raps, undulating hip-hop, shimmery little electro pop songs, and gloriously funky hip-hop like "(Bloody Paw on the) Kill Floor" and the swaying "Pompous Posies! Your Party's No Fun." Okay, I just wanted to mention those titles.
Though it's basically hip-hop, Busdriver weaves in lots of other music -- quirky techno, funk, blues, ambient stuff, and indiepoppy flavour. In other words, the sort of thing you'd expect from someone who collaborates with Daedalus and the Islands.
Boom Bip is responsible for a lot of the production here, along with Busdriver himself -- tight, sharp rhythms and rough beats, which shimmy along with some hazy electronic fuzz. His marshmallowy duet with Bianca Casady is probably the weakest song on here, but fortunately he gets back to the deliciously funky stuff.
Busdriver himself has a pretty nice voice -- he isn't trying to sound cool or tough, and so he does everything from a meowy whisper to a machine-gun rap. And his songs are equally atypical -- he skewers the music industry, the arty self-righteous, and other parts of modern culture. ("Cause recreational.... paranoia/Is the sport of now, so/Kill your employer!")
Busdriver is no "rapping know-it-all trying to de-politicize those big business ties," and he has talent in spades. "Roadkill Overcoat" has a couple dud songs, but Busdriver is still brilliant.
And he doesn't disappoint in his sixth album, "Roadkill Overcoat." Colourful and quirky, it is equal parts catchy hip-hop, gurgling electronics, and pop sensibilities, and veers through a string of memorable little rhythms.
"You did it/you got it/you wowed the world!/Casting agents and cowgirls/dress up, you're dressed up/to kill yourself," Busdriver says forcefully, before launching into a rapid-fire rap over a catchy little tune.
But he really blossoms in "Kill Your Employers," a tight and danceable hip-hop tune with brilliantly barbed lyrics about war, hippies and the self-righteous. "Cause smearing a salad on a SUV can't/Save the black faces at the refugee camp," he reminds us. "Riddled with neo-expressionism omitted words and arty erasure/You pass out your Green Party favor..."
He tries out a number of other colourful styles -- hazy electro-rock with hip-hop rhythms, sinuous raps, undulating hip-hop, shimmery little electro pop songs, and gloriously funky hip-hop like "(Bloody Paw on the) Kill Floor" and the swaying "Pompous Posies! Your Party's No Fun." Okay, I just wanted to mention those titles.
Though it's basically hip-hop, Busdriver weaves in lots of other music -- quirky techno, funk, blues, ambient stuff, and indiepoppy flavour. In other words, the sort of thing you'd expect from someone who collaborates with Daedalus and the Islands.
Boom Bip is responsible for a lot of the production here, along with Busdriver himself -- tight, sharp rhythms and rough beats, which shimmy along with some hazy electronic fuzz. His marshmallowy duet with Bianca Casady is probably the weakest song on here, but fortunately he gets back to the deliciously funky stuff.
Busdriver himself has a pretty nice voice -- he isn't trying to sound cool or tough, and so he does everything from a meowy whisper to a machine-gun rap. And his songs are equally atypical -- he skewers the music industry, the arty self-righteous, and other parts of modern culture. ("Cause recreational.... paranoia/Is the sport of now, so/Kill your employer!")
Busdriver is no "rapping know-it-all trying to de-politicize those big business ties," and he has talent in spades. "Roadkill Overcoat" has a couple dud songs, but Busdriver is still brilliant.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I can't say much more that I haven't been able to listen to much else since I got this album a week ago and that don't happen very often these days! This album is testiment to the determination that Busdriver has used to swim against the flow of popular hip hop culture in his songwriting over his last five studio albums. On Roadkillovercoat he updates the industrial political energy that Consolodated and Disposable Heroes mixed up with soulful vocal hooks and conscientious lyrics. Roadkillovercoat is not only impressive because the indevidual songs are great, but because when compiled they create a spectacular album. Check it out and spread the word, this is one of the 'must haves' of 2007.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I don't join the ranks of ordinary men
31 Jan 2007
Format:Audio CD
Busdriver (Regan Farquhar) is one of those rare hip-hop artists -- he has talent, creativity, and he's more interested in abstract lyrics than about more lame shooting/sex/drugs raps.
And he doesn't disappoint in his sixth album, "Roadkill Overcoat." Colourful and quirky, it is equal parts catchy hip-hop, gurgling electronics, and pop sensibilities, and veers through a string of memorable little rhythms.
"You did it/you got it/you wowed the world!/Casting agents and cowgirls/dress up, you're dressed up/to kill yourself," Busdriver says forcefully, before launching into a rapid-fire rap over a catchy little tune.
But he really blossoms in "Kill Your Employers," a tight and danceable hip-hop tune with brilliantly barbed lyrics about war, hippies and the self-righteous. "Cause smearing a salad on a SUV can't/Save the black faces at the refugee camp," he reminds us. "Riddled with neo-expressionism omitted words and arty erasure/You pass out your Green Party favor..."
He tries out a number of other colourful styles -- hazy electro-rock with hip-hop rhythms, sinuous raps, undulating hip-hop, shimmery little electro pop songs, and gloriously funky hip-hop like "(Bloody Paw on the) Kill Floor" and the swaying "Pompous Posies! Your Party's No Fun." Okay, I just wanted to mention those titles.
Though it's basically hip-hop, Busdriver weaves in lots of other music -- quirky techno, funk, blues, ambient stuff, and indiepoppy flavour. In other words, the sort of thing you'd expect from someone who collaborates with Daedalus and the Islands.
Boom Bip is responsible for a lot of the production here, along with Busdriver himself -- tight, sharp rhythms and rough beats, which shimmy along with some hazy electronic fuzz. His marshmallowy duet with Bianca Casady is probably the weakest song on here, but fortunately he gets back to the deliciously funky stuff.
Busdriver himself has a pretty nice voice -- he isn't trying to sound cool or tough, and so he does everything from a meowy whisper to a machine-gun rap. And his songs are equally atypical -- he skewers the music industry, the arty self-righteous, and other parts of modern culture. ("Cause recreational.... paranoia/Is the sport of now, so/Kill your employer!")
Busdriver is no "rapping know-it-all trying to de-politicize those big business ties," and he has talent in spades. "Roadkill Overcoat" has a couple dud songs, but Busdriver is still brilliant.
And he doesn't disappoint in his sixth album, "Roadkill Overcoat." Colourful and quirky, it is equal parts catchy hip-hop, gurgling electronics, and pop sensibilities, and veers through a string of memorable little rhythms.
"You did it/you got it/you wowed the world!/Casting agents and cowgirls/dress up, you're dressed up/to kill yourself," Busdriver says forcefully, before launching into a rapid-fire rap over a catchy little tune.
But he really blossoms in "Kill Your Employers," a tight and danceable hip-hop tune with brilliantly barbed lyrics about war, hippies and the self-righteous. "Cause smearing a salad on a SUV can't/Save the black faces at the refugee camp," he reminds us. "Riddled with neo-expressionism omitted words and arty erasure/You pass out your Green Party favor..."
He tries out a number of other colourful styles -- hazy electro-rock with hip-hop rhythms, sinuous raps, undulating hip-hop, shimmery little electro pop songs, and gloriously funky hip-hop like "(Bloody Paw on the) Kill Floor" and the swaying "Pompous Posies! Your Party's No Fun." Okay, I just wanted to mention those titles.
Though it's basically hip-hop, Busdriver weaves in lots of other music -- quirky techno, funk, blues, ambient stuff, and indiepoppy flavour. In other words, the sort of thing you'd expect from someone who collaborates with Daedalus and the Islands.
Boom Bip is responsible for a lot of the production here, along with Busdriver himself -- tight, sharp rhythms and rough beats, which shimmy along with some hazy electronic fuzz. His marshmallowy duet with Bianca Casady is probably the weakest song on here, but fortunately he gets back to the deliciously funky stuff.
Busdriver himself has a pretty nice voice -- he isn't trying to sound cool or tough, and so he does everything from a meowy whisper to a machine-gun rap. And his songs are equally atypical -- he skewers the music industry, the arty self-righteous, and other parts of modern culture. ("Cause recreational.... paranoia/Is the sport of now, so/Kill your employer!")
Busdriver is no "rapping know-it-all trying to de-politicize those big business ties," and he has talent in spades. "Roadkill Overcoat" has a couple dud songs, but Busdriver is still brilliant.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Dancing on the kill floor
6 Mar 2007
Format:Audio CD
Busdriver (Regan Farquhar) is one of those rare hip-hop artists -- he has talent, creativity, and he's more interested in abstract lyrics than about more lame shooting/sex/drugs raps.
And he doesn't disappoint in his sixth album, "Roadkill Overcoat." Colourful and quirky, it is equal parts catchy hip-hop, gurgling electronics, and pop sensibilities, and veers through a string of memorable little rhythms.
"You did it/you got it/you wowed the world!/Casting agents and cowgirls/dress up, you're dressed up/to kill yourself," Busdriver says forcefully, before launching into a rapid-fire rap over a catchy little tune.
But he really blossoms in "Kill Your Employers," a tight and danceable hip-hop tune with brilliantly barbed lyrics about war, hippies and the self-righteous. "Cause smearing a salad on a SUV can't/Save the black faces at the refugee camp," he reminds us. "Riddled with neo-expressionism omitted words and arty erasure/You pass out your Green Party favor..."
He tries out a number of other colourful styles -- hazy electro-rock with hip-hop rhythms, sinuous raps, undulating hip-hop, shimmery little electro pop songs, and gloriously funky hip-hop like "(Bloody Paw on the) Kill Floor" and the swaying "Pompous Posies! Your Party's No Fun." Okay, I just wanted to mention those titles.
Though it's basically hip-hop, Busdriver weaves in lots of other music -- quirky techno, funk, blues, ambient stuff, and indiepoppy flavour. In other words, the sort of thing you'd expect from someone who collaborates with Daedalus and the Islands.
Boom Bip is responsible for a lot of the production here, along with Busdriver himself -- tight, sharp rhythms and rough beats, which shimmy along with some hazy electronic fuzz. His marshmallowy duet with Bianca Casady is probably the weakest song on here, but fortunately he gets back to the deliciously funky stuff.
Busdriver himself has a pretty nice voice -- he isn't trying to sound cool or tough, and so he does everything from a meowy whisper to a machine-gun rap. And his songs are equally atypical -- he skewers the music industry, the arty self-righteous, and other parts of modern culture. ("Cause recreational.... paranoia/Is the sport of now, so/Kill your employer!")
Busdriver is no "rapping know-it-all trying to de-politicize those big business ties," and he has talent in spades. "Roadkill Overcoat" has a couple dud songs, but Busdriver is still brilliant.
And he doesn't disappoint in his sixth album, "Roadkill Overcoat." Colourful and quirky, it is equal parts catchy hip-hop, gurgling electronics, and pop sensibilities, and veers through a string of memorable little rhythms.
"You did it/you got it/you wowed the world!/Casting agents and cowgirls/dress up, you're dressed up/to kill yourself," Busdriver says forcefully, before launching into a rapid-fire rap over a catchy little tune.
But he really blossoms in "Kill Your Employers," a tight and danceable hip-hop tune with brilliantly barbed lyrics about war, hippies and the self-righteous. "Cause smearing a salad on a SUV can't/Save the black faces at the refugee camp," he reminds us. "Riddled with neo-expressionism omitted words and arty erasure/You pass out your Green Party favor..."
He tries out a number of other colourful styles -- hazy electro-rock with hip-hop rhythms, sinuous raps, undulating hip-hop, shimmery little electro pop songs, and gloriously funky hip-hop like "(Bloody Paw on the) Kill Floor" and the swaying "Pompous Posies! Your Party's No Fun." Okay, I just wanted to mention those titles.
Though it's basically hip-hop, Busdriver weaves in lots of other music -- quirky techno, funk, blues, ambient stuff, and indiepoppy flavour. In other words, the sort of thing you'd expect from someone who collaborates with Daedalus and the Islands.
Boom Bip is responsible for a lot of the production here, along with Busdriver himself -- tight, sharp rhythms and rough beats, which shimmy along with some hazy electronic fuzz. His marshmallowy duet with Bianca Casady is probably the weakest song on here, but fortunately he gets back to the deliciously funky stuff.
Busdriver himself has a pretty nice voice -- he isn't trying to sound cool or tough, and so he does everything from a meowy whisper to a machine-gun rap. And his songs are equally atypical -- he skewers the music industry, the arty self-righteous, and other parts of modern culture. ("Cause recreational.... paranoia/Is the sport of now, so/Kill your employer!")
Busdriver is no "rapping know-it-all trying to de-politicize those big business ties," and he has talent in spades. "Roadkill Overcoat" has a couple dud songs, but Busdriver is still brilliant.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
More nerdy than Gnarls Barkley and catchier than Subtle
2 Mar 2007
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
WOW! This disk took no time to sink in with me. I was hooked by the time I
reached the third song on my first listen. Perhaps "Fear of a Black Tangent"
suggested some new directions, but this is still a HUGE leap into
forward-thinking territory. This is kind of like Bus's version of pop
tinkering, with moments that are even reminiscent of Peeping Tom or Beck's
ideas (they 3 should do a song together). Nobody and Boom Bip have never
sounded more accomplished as they do in this production. Finally Bus seems to
see his niche as well, somewhere near Subtle. I typically go on and on with
my reviews, but Bus is Bus, so start there and then imagine him trying to
make indie music for college rock radio with singing parts and yet still
using plenty of his typical style, but lacing that silly style through
amazingly mature electronica production ideas on a grandiose level like that
of Air. I know, it's hard to picture. This is every bit as creative as Gnarls
Barkley, but driven by that nasally rapid-paced rhyme style that Busdriver is
best known for. Songs like Sun Shower, sparkle and glisten in a rising swirl
of pop brilliance as if Goldfrapp and Bright Eyes were being braided together
with each note and word. I questioned if Bus would ever break out of his
dorky shell, and well...he's still dorky as hell (thank God), but it's making
perfect sense now and there is a beauty that is much harder to deny. I
finally have something to listen to between Subtle, Peeping Tom &
Beck...perfect! I'm totally blown away.
reached the third song on my first listen. Perhaps "Fear of a Black Tangent"
suggested some new directions, but this is still a HUGE leap into
forward-thinking territory. This is kind of like Bus's version of pop
tinkering, with moments that are even reminiscent of Peeping Tom or Beck's
ideas (they 3 should do a song together). Nobody and Boom Bip have never
sounded more accomplished as they do in this production. Finally Bus seems to
see his niche as well, somewhere near Subtle. I typically go on and on with
my reviews, but Bus is Bus, so start there and then imagine him trying to
make indie music for college rock radio with singing parts and yet still
using plenty of his typical style, but lacing that silly style through
amazingly mature electronica production ideas on a grandiose level like that
of Air. I know, it's hard to picture. This is every bit as creative as Gnarls
Barkley, but driven by that nasally rapid-paced rhyme style that Busdriver is
best known for. Songs like Sun Shower, sparkle and glisten in a rising swirl
of pop brilliance as if Goldfrapp and Bright Eyes were being braided together
with each note and word. I questioned if Bus would ever break out of his
dorky shell, and well...he's still dorky as hell (thank God), but it's making
perfect sense now and there is a beauty that is much harder to deny. I
finally have something to listen to between Subtle, Peeping Tom &
Beck...perfect! I'm totally blown away.
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