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	:: urban smarts . com \| busdriver : temporary forever \| review ::
		So you need to pay in mind that Busdriver is going through extra efforts to have this album out, and we should be thankful for that, and even more, since this record is excellent.
		And Busdriver is excellent when it comes to keeping his lyrics within a circle of one identifiable thematic.
		Busdriver declares that "when you cross my mind, you best look both ways / cause my personality is bigger than yours", while he fills the gaps with freestylish 'rapping about what the thoughts carry you to' content.
	www.urbansmarts.com /reviews/albums/busdriver.htm (645 words)

	URB :: Feature :: Busdriver - The Road Less Traveled (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The next time I’d see him, almost 10 years down the line, he’d be rocking a packed crowd of drum and bass heads at a local LA club as Busdriver with a fierce, unintelligible and commanding flow light-years ahead of the rhymes I had once heard.
		Busdriver retains vivid memories of those open mic sessions at the Good Life, even if some of them didn’t turn out quite like he’d have imagined them to.
		In casual conversation, Busdriver articulates with the same deliberate, self-assured word flow that typifies his MCing, but can snap back a train of thought so quickly at the mere hint of self-doubt.
	www.urb.com /online/features/busdriver.shtml (1135 words)

	Modern Fix
		Busdriver), it seems the majority of hip-hop seem lost in this purgatory of simplicity and embrace of the status quo.
		Busdriver, whose quirky delivery actually recalls Les Claypool more than most MCs, carelessly drops verbiage ranging from “anachronism” to “zeitgeist,” while critiquing everything from his career and existence to mainstream hip-hop on last year’s “Fear of a Black Tangent” (Mush).
		Busdriver wouldn’t say whether that indie rock appeal led to his signing with Epitaph (“I don’t know why I signed with them.
	www.modernfix.com /features/52/busdriver.html (1329 words)

	Textura
		Having established a strong presence in underground hip-hop with his freestyle skills and dexterous flow, the new album finds the LA MC railing against the music industry and itemizing the innumerable trials he's endured.
		Busdriver receives invaluable support from producers Daedelus, Danger Mouse, Thavius Beck, Omid, and Paris Zax, while guests emcees Abstract Rude, Ellay Khule, Mikah-9, and 2Mex offer intermittent contrast to Farquhar's theatrical style.
		As Busdriver's torrential delivery sometimes renders words unintelligible, it's heartening to discover lyrics are included, enabling one to better appreciate Farquhar's witty wordsmithing.
	www.textura.org /newreviewspages/busdriver.htm (415 words)

	HAR8901S
		The Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was the busdriver's inattention to his driving task and his misjudgment of the closing speed between the bus and the truck in front of him.
		The Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was the busdriver's lack of vigilance which resulted in his failure to perceive that his vehicle was leaving the roadway.
		The busdriver's impairment from the recent use of cocaine while on duty which resulted in the loss of control of her vehicle.
	www.ntsb.gov /publictn/1989/HAR8901S.htm (699 words)

	Busdriver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Busdriver (born Regan Farquhar) is an hip-hop MC from Los Angeles.
		A regular at the Project Blowed open mic during the mid-1990s, he would be introduced to fellow underground artists, leading him to being a guest on at least 20 singles.
		Busdriver released his first album Memoirs Of The Elephant Man, in 2001, followed by This Machine Kills Fashion Tips and Temporary Forever in 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Busdriver (400 words)

	Busdriver: Fear Of A Black Tangent (2005): Reviews
		Busdriver is either an emcee from the future or the future of the emcee.
		The album is one of the few anti-industry freakouts that have appealed to me on both a conceptual and musical level, so whether or not you are familiar with Busdriver’s skittering flow or innovative song structure, it’s worth the time to see why he’s so damn mad after all.
		The negativity removes the focus from Busdriver's sizable musical talents and rests it squarely on his lyricism and themes (not a good idea).
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/busdriver/fearofablacktangent (444 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Roadkillovercoat: Busdriver: Music
		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.
		Busdriver is no "rapping know-it-all trying to de-politicize those big business ties," and he has talent in spades.
		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.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Roadkillovercoat-Busdriver/dp/B000L21EES (678 words)

	Reviews: Busdriver - Temporary Forever
		Busdriver's style is unorthodox, marked by inventive cadences and fluctuating tones, and the music that accompanies his rhymes is often as neoteric as the MC's lyrical delivery.
		Busdriver declares that "when you cross my mind, you best look both ways/cause my personality is bigger than yours," while he fills the gaps with freestylish 'rapping about what the thoughts carry you to' content.
		Busdriver et Radioinactive ne font pas ici l'étalage de leur rapidité de flow brut mais posent tout en finesse, avec une technique irréprochable, et l'inconnu qu'est Rethoric assure son couplet de voix de maître, se hissant à leur niveau, avec qui plus est des lyrics abstraites du plus bel effet.
	www.daddykev.com /rev-temporary.html (3312 words)

	Cokemachineglow.com - Busdriver: Fear of a Black Tangent
		Busdriver is pretty prolific and he’s worked with a lot of the forerunners of the L.A. underground hip hop scene: Daddy Kev, Daedelus, Radioinactive, OMD, Riddlore, Aceyalone, Mikah 9 — he’s even got beatwork by Daedelus and Danger Mouse and Prefuse 73 on the record I was supposed to write about.
		I think at the time his most recent collaboration was with French hip hop act TTC on their fantastic Batards Sensibles album.
		AN: That line is from “Reheated Pop!” where, first, Busdriver compares posthumous hip hop albums to reheated microwave dinners, essentially calling them synthetic products of label manipulation.
	www.cokemachineglow.com /reviews/busdriver_tangent2005.html (933 words)

	Splendid Magazine reviews Busdriver: Fear of a Black Tangent
		It's even long, thanks to three remixes tacked onto the end (but as those remixes are by D-Styles, Prefuse 73 and Nobody -- and they live up to their auteurs' reputations -- we aren't complaining).
		Busdriver, following both rap precedent and the "write what you know" credo with a vengeance, filters everything through the lens of Self.
		They leave a unique imprint on their respective tracks, but Busdriver's own oddity ensures that the album doesn't sound schizophrenic (at least, not in the sense of the songs not fitting together).
	www.splendidmagazine.com /review.html?reviewid=112470566057251 (491 words)

	Epitaph Records: Busdriver
		On the tenuous fringes of what can be deemed "rap" there lies the reviled LA maverick, Busdriver, who for years has been wowing unsuspecting audiences with his patented visceral onslaught of rants, rhyming and displaced musical sensibility.
		Whether sitting-in with such unlikely cohorts as Islands, Daedelus, Z-Trip, TTC, Boom-Bip, 2mex etc., or plowing through his enthralling solo sets, there is a distinct brand of showmanship employed by Busdriver and at least a handful of concert-goers who are maladjusted enough to submit to the sheer unadulterated thrill of it all.
		The record playfully highlights Busdriver's disdain for the prematurely plateaued career that he must lug here and fro, yet spares the listener of any bitter self-pity.
	www.epitaph.com /artists/artist/229 (1107 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Busdriver, Radioinactive with Daedelus *
		They have been hailed as two of L.A.’s pioneers of leftfield emceeing, and their finest works, Busdriver’s Memoirs of an Elephant Man and Radioinactive’s Pyramidi, were both incredibly harsh slabs of unorthodox music that people dared to call hip hop, but were still a wingspan away from each other in terms of their creative scope.
		It’s an exercise in free-for-all as Busdriver and Radioinactive trade rapid fire verses, occasionally coming together in awkward fashion, but when the groove finally settles, it’s absolutely jaw dropping (at which point the included lyric sheet will undoubtedly be needed).
		There are definitely moments of brilliance for each of the three players, but when their respective moments of genius successfully merge, it only tends to be marred by the inconsistent blotches of less spectacular moments.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/652 (852 words)

	The Official Busdriver Site
		Busdriver has signed on with Epitaph for his upcoming release.
		Busdriver will be opening up, hopefully working through some of the new material from his Epitaph debut.
		Busdriver also performed at the awards show at The Roxy in NYC.
	www.busdriversite.com /welcome.php (353 words)

	Busdriver - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		The hip-hop gene was passed down to Los Angeles-based MC Busdriver by his father, who wrote the screenplay to seminal '80s scene-piece Krush Groove--one of the first movies that ever used the genre as its foundation.
		Busdriver released his first record at age 13 with his group 4/29, and followed it up with more than a handful of solo records that highlight his dizzying, eccentric style.
		Busdriver has taken a year's worth of material and trimmed it down to thirteen impressive tracks that range from lightning fast Project Blowed style raps to sing-song pop.
	music.download.com /busdriver/3600-8520_32-100009474.html (258 words)

	Busdriver - Fear Of A Black Tangent : album review
		Its possible to prise apart the flix 'n' trix of each producer, but all are in simpatico with Busdriver's rhymestyle that is just a tongue-tie away from free association.
		In place of breathless confrontation, Busdriver opts for the space cadet button, a vintage utility of afro-American music for social commentary at-one-remove.
		And despite the range of his raps, Busdriver is just a little too boys' own to form part of a genuine revolutionary generation.
	www.musicomh.com /albums3/busdriver.htm (609 words)

	Busdriver - Fear Of A Black Tangent - busdriversite.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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.
		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.
	busdriversite.com /busrelease.php?catalog=MH-235&... (252 words)

	Free Busdriver Music Online, Music Downloads, Music Videos and Lyrics - Rhapsody Online
		Busdriver is one of the most consistently creative emcees in underground hip-hop.
		To that end, his style harks back both to early 20th century Dada as well as hip-hop's earlier years, when the experimentalism of such acts as Afrika Bambaaata and Mantronix was viewed (by enlightened critics) as the apex of post-modern art.
		But to be fair, over time, Busdriver's albums have increasingly become more freewheeling and less tied to their lofty conceptual framework.
	www.rhapsody.com /busdriver (200 words)

	Busdriver defies the rules of rap's road - Los Angeles Times
		The slogan seemed an apt summation of Busdriver’s left-field aesthetic, mordant wit and salient desire to push the boundaries of hip-hop forward, a stark contrast to many of his peers who are a decade into their careers and still writing lyrics about how good their lyrics are.
		Not to mention that Busdriver’s father, Ralph Farquhar, wrote the seminal hip-hop film “Krush Groove.” And onstage, beneath his tongue-twisting mad-auctioneer rapping style, Busdriver’s b-boy roots come through in the form of his unimpeachable microphone skills and ability to mesmerize the crowd.
		But it’s about to be 2008, and Busdriver’s live show reflects that, with its stylistic postmodern mishmash of sounds, a genre fusion encompassing guitar rock and techno, Baltimore club rap and reggae, Southern bass and good old-fashioned boom-bap.
	articles.latimes.com /2007/dec/24/entertainment/et-busdriver24 (486 words)

	village voice > music > Busdriver's Temporary Forever by Jon Caramanica
		Regan Farquhar, a/k/a Busdriver, rhymes like a syncopated giggle, sine-curve-scrambling words jockeying for position even as the foundation they springboard from disintegrates into nothingness.
		Busdriver's technique is an anti-apathy strategy, a stylistically absurd response to politically absurd times.
		Instead, call Busdriver a humanist, or at least humane, or at least aware.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0301/caramanica.php (590 words)

	Midheaven Mailorder \| Browse by Artist: BUSDRIVER (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Out of the legendary Project Blowed crew, Busdriver has carved a niche in underground hip hop with unique performance and freestyle skills that combine elements of vocal jazz, theatrics, spoken word, and machine precision with witty and incisive free association lyrics.
		But that doesn't mean Busdriver's style is too far over the heads of rap fans who look for something bigger and more universal than bling and bitches in their hip-hop.
		The weight of his artistic drive is evident in his dense rhymes, and the caliber of his taste in rap music is evidenced in his choice of producers and beats.
	www.midheaven.com /artists/busdriver.html (1039 words)

	Busdriver . Cosmic Cleavage [prefixmag review]
		Many people will dislike Busdriver's unique flow, but one thing that can't be denied is that when the L.A. native's on the mike, it's never a dull moment.
		After his under-underground 2002 debut, Temporary Forever, gained recognition for his unique style, Busdriver hooked up last year with Daedelus and Radioinactive for The Weather, a project that was just as enjoyable, even if it was what it seemed: a bunch of talented guys screwing around.
		What Busdriver is saying doesn't matter nearly as much as what he sounds like, particularly up against the album's excellent production.
	www.prefixmag.com /reviews/cds/B/Busdriver/Cosmic-Cleavage/679 (778 words)

	Busdriver \| Pitchfork
		Busdriver wanted his latest record to be "stadium rap." "I always would get a lot of criticism that there's a lot of 'space talk' on my albums, a lot of metaphorical gibble-gabble," he explains.
		Busdriver, who names Jon Hendricks of the jazz vocalese group Lambert, Hendricks and Ross as his biggest influence, is known for a virtuoso flow and a wide-ranging musical appetite.
		Busdriver hooked up with the Project Blowed collective-- they'll release a 10th anniversary album in April-- and started releasing his own records, most notably 2002's Temporary Forever.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/feature/10290-profile-busdriver (650 words)

	URChicago.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When we think of coffeehouse hip-hop, a lot of things come to mind, but not one of them is anyone's idea of a riotous party.
		So people who've seen L.A. MC Busdriver perform live might be surprised to hear that he got his legs in the early '90s at the infamous Goodlife open-mic, which was a breeding ground for renowned acts like Pharcyde, Jurassic 5 and Freestyle Fellowship.
		Though that fast-rap style is what Busdriver's best known for, he has a chameleon cadence that slips in and out of various affectations -- most notably a bay-area sing-jay style that calls to mind fellow West Coaster Latyrx.
	www.urchicago.com /listingsEntry.asp?ID=433831&PT=content&TT=Sounds (211 words)

	Busdriver - Pandora Internet Radio
		Possessing a hyper-literate, intellectual style of rapping augmented with dizzying elocution that would tongue-tie even the fiercest auctioneer, Busdriver is eclectic and eccentric enough to cite vocalese jazz singer Jon Hendricks as a primary influence.
		Born Regan Farquhar, the Los Angeles MC was introduced to hip-hop culture early -- his father wrote the screenplay to one of the earliest films focusing on hip-hop, Krush Groove.
		By the mid-'90s, Busdriver was a regular at the Project Blowed open mic, where he would meet future collaborators and underground luminaries like Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, and Freestyle Fellowship.
	www.pandora.com /music/artist/busdriver (277 words)

	Busdriver – Listen free at Last.fm
		In March of ‘05, Busdriver teamed up with ex-Unicorns, future-Islands Nick Diamonds and J’aime Tambeur in genre-mashing Th’ Corn Gangg and certified himself as an indie-rock darling.
		Because despite the larger profile, Busdriver is not, and never will be, a rapper for the masses.
		Throughout, Busdriver doesn’t let up on his dense, full-mouthed flow, so spacey hooks sung either by the ‘driver himself (“Less Yes’s, More No’s”) or by anonymous female guests (“The Trogylodyte Wins”) are welcome aural respites.
	www.last.fm /music/Busdriver (853 words)

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