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5.0 out of 5 stars
Oh yeah!, June 10, 2009
Rap sucks, but Busdriver proves that it does not have to. He mixes intelligent lyrics, with rapid-fire delivery, and catchy beats. I highly recommend this and all of his albums. I personally think that this is his best album to date, but everything he does is platinum to me, but 99.999999999% of hip-hop audiences do not know that and they are missing out. They can have their Eminems, 50 Cents, T-Pains, and other crap while true hip-hop fans listen to what hip-hop should be - Busdriver, Aesop Rock, and the other unknowns that are incredibly talented. Just buy this c.d.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Saving grace, December 19, 2006
There are those who insist that "real rap" is dead, that it was killed by R&B and Gansgsta and Crunk. They are the ones who stopped listening.
Busdriver gives hip-hop a new direction with rapid-fire, esoteric lyrics with a sophistication and intellectualism that rises above the collegiate Chubb Rock; like Professor Griff without the agenda.
"Unemployed Black Astronaut" is the showcase track here, a catchy tune with a sing-along chorus that deep down unloads double cynical barrels on mainstream hip-hop, major labels, even racial and urban-cultural divisions. He continues his lament against both mainstream music and cultured music critics with "Reheated Pop Sensation", a song-length prostration parody.
Even Busdriver's own adoptive subgenre of music is fair game for the rap critic of rap, with "Avantcore" glibly mocking the contrarians of underground/alternative hip-hop. The album ends with remixes of three of the album's showcase tracks.
No, rap is not dead, it never died, you just fell off. Time to get back on the bus.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
It's called life by resurrection., April 17, 2006
People base reviews on personal taste. I have no beef with that, or someone who gives this album a two of three. But as you can probably tell, other people do like this album. Emcees diss their fans all the times, have you ever been to a show? And if an emcee never criticizes themselves, then how do we know their real? Every emcee should have an album like this. Considering it's Easter its very odd I'm listening to this album. I think Busdriver had a plan with this one. Maybe rip himself down with some sort of emo-suicide album, and then come again with another Temporary Forever-album. But the most important thing is that he switched up his style. He didn't want to be fast and happy Busdriver anymore. He wanted to be fast and angry Busdriver. Sometimes on this album I think he should just stay pissed (Unemployed Black Astronaut) and sometimes I wish he would just go back to Temporary Forever. Overall this album is not as good as Temp. Forever, but I like this better than all his Temp. Forever wannabe albums. If you really like Busdriver but think his writing is monotonous, buy this album.
PS also here's a tip for a reviewer. Express your opinions without completely trashing fans of the artist and the genre. I mean seriously if you bought the CD you were obviously a fan of the guy at one point in time, so are you a clone pseudo-intellectual like the rest of us. Oh, and if you've ever listened to Temporary Forever, he explains the name.
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