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ROADKILL OVERCOAT

Busdriver Format: Audio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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Audio CD, January 30, 2007
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Track Listings

1 Casting Agent And Cowgirls
2 Less Yes's. More No's
3 Kill Your Employer (Recreational Paranoia Is The Sport Of Now)
4 Ethereal Driftwood
5 Secret Skin
6 Sun Showers
7 Go Slow
8 Troglodyte Wins, The
9 Pompous Posies! Your Party's No Fun
10 (Bloody Paw On The) Kill Floor
11 Mr. Mistakes
12 Dream Catcher's Mitt

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Product Description

Busdriver is that rare artist who brings so much flair and originality to his music that he's transformed a whole genre with his intricate assault of complex rhymes and vocal delivery. On this release, he delivers synth-laden, post-techno hooks and indie-pop moves provided by underground heroes, Boom Bip and DJ Nobody. He strings together pop culture reference points, cryptic wordplay, and gallant wit, with a wide musical palette of pop grandeur, psychedelic hip-hop, and minimal beats, capturing listeners with his most undeniably catchy release yet.

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Regan Farquhar has steadily climbed the ranks of underground hip-hop's thesaurus-toting klatch since the turn of the millennium, and RoadKillOvercoat only cements his position as both the most charismatic and the most prolific of the sub-genre's loquacious purveyors. Having released numerous singles and almost annual full-lengths on a number of labels since 2000, Farquhar (a.k.a. Busdriver) joins SoCal's formidable Epitaph Records with RoadKillOvercoat. Opener "Casting Agents and Cowgirls" sets the tone, Busdriver's rapid-fire verses bolstered by instrumental steroid-infusions from production partners DJ Nobody and Boom-Bip. Between the thick slabs of overcrowded rhyme that mark Busdriver's modus operandi, RoadKillOvercoat throws listeners a meaty bone in the form of the surprisingly melodic choruses ("Less Yes's, More No's," "Mr. Mistake," lead single "Kill Your Employer") that stud more than half of these tracks. Lyrically, Busdriver's attention fluctuates between a steady diet of wordy near-nonsense ("The Troglodyte Wins") and poser-smashing machismo ("Pompous Posies! Your Party's No Fun!"), but he knows his audience well, and the addition of Nobody and Boom-Bip adds a welcome, bumping sheen to the verbal hailstorm. In all, this is well-read rap that skates the line between density and opaqueness with more subtle skill than its over-the-top appearances let on. --Jason Kirk

Product details

  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 5 inches; 8 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Epitaph
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 15, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Epitaph
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000LPR4YE
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Best Sellers Rank: #303,357 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
13 global ratings

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  • Jason Harrington
    5.0 out of 5 stars More nerdy than Gnarls Barkley and catchier than Subtle
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2007
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    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.
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  • Joe Shmoe
    4.0 out of 5 stars Something Different From Busdriver
    Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2008
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    This album is not like other busdriver albums - but then again, no two busdriver albums are the same. This one features more melody and less frenetic rap than most of his recordings. The single Sun Showers stands out as a great song, but unfortunately it is unique on this album. The rest of the songs feature more rapping and less singing, but still sit somewhere on the fence between genres. This album is catchy and full of intelligent wordplay, but it is too short to fully satisfy - I think it could use one more track that busdriver sings on - or maybe it's just that I can't get over SunShowers.
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  • Mark Kotecki
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2014
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    Budriver blows away the competition off the mic!
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  • taogoat
    5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive
    Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2009
    I've been following Busdriver's work for the past 10 years, and I gotta say this is his most consistent, cohesive album. You know what I mean when I say this sounds like a real album? It's not just a collection of songs, it's a real album -- you want to listen to the whole thing from start to finish. The whole is more than the sum of its parts. That might be because it was produced by two likeminded producers, Nobody & Boom Bip. While there is a consistent sound throughout, there is still enough variability that each song is fresh.

    There's definitely an indie rock sound on this album, with more emotion and melodic singing from Busdriver than on any of his previous albums. The musicality of the choruses is light years beyond anything he's done previously in terms of evoking emotions. But don't think this still isn't some raw hip hop -- he's still chopping and styling and generally rapping his @$$ off in the way that only Busdriver can. This is a great album for your indie friends who don't know they like hip hop.

    Great lyrics, rapping, production, singing... this album's got it all.

    For anyone who's interested in Busdriver's crew, check out the new documentary "This is the Life" -- goodlifelove dot com.
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  • David M. Madden
    4.0 out of 5 stars Subtitle + Subtle
    Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2007
    Regan Farquhar aka Busdriver, L.A.'s non-hip-hop/hip-hopper, returns with his first stab at the semi-majors - a stab indeed. He's odder than ever, his oft-relayed frustrations of the rap game and personal issues (i.e. "Cuz before we met you thought that hoodrats lay eggs"/"Last year I was passing out Green Party leaflets while you're at the chalet on ski trips.") matched by three-dollar bill Nobody's production, Daddy Kev and Boom Bip's mixing and a cameo by CocoRosie's Bianca Casady ("Go Slow"). Be it stuttering synthpop ("Sun Shower"), neo-crunk (("Bloody Paw on the) Kill Floor"), jock-jam beats ("Kill Your Employer (Recreational Paranoia Is the Sport of Now") or clicking folk ("Dream Catcher's Mitt"), Farquhar can take it, spitting with the precision of a world record holding tongue-twisting auctioneer. And, really, isn't anyone who can use the word polyglot and rap "hemorrhages with a carbonated fizz" probably worth a piece of your day?
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  • Aaron Caine Hernandez
    4.0 out of 5 stars Not his best work but he still is the best....................
    Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2007
    Roadkill Overcoat let me down because I was expecting Temporary Forever. I guess I expect Temporary Forever every time Busdriver comes out. But let it be known this is still the lyrical genius with a style second to none with the best producers hip hop underground has to offer.
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  • Martin O
    5.0 out of 5 stars Abwechslungsreich und spannend
    Reviewed in Germany on March 25, 2014
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    Ich bin eher zufällig auf diese CD gestossen (ein Song im Radio) und bin eher kein Hip-Hop-Hörer. Diese CD ist aber von derart atemberaubenden Sprech/Singtempo, musikalischem Witz und echtem Groove, dass ich, obwohl am Computer sitzend und arbeitend, gar nicht anders konnte, als mich dazu weg zu shaken. Die einzelnen Songs sind durchaus unterschiedlich, sodass keinerlei Langeweile aufkommt. Unbedingte Empfehlung.
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