The Weather (Busdriver & Radioinactive album)
The Weather is a collaborative studio album by Busdriver & Radioinactive with Daedelus. It was released on Mush Records on February 18, 2003.[8]
The Weather | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | February 18, 2003 |
Genre | Hip hop |
Length | 60:47 |
Label | Mush Records |
Producer | Daedelus |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Robert Christgau | |
Dusted Magazine | unfavorable[3] |
East Bay Express | favorable[4] |
Exclaim! | mixed[5] |
Pitchfork | 8.5/10[6] |
Stylus Magazine | D[7] |
Daedelus released a reworking instrumental version of the album, titled Rethinking the Weather, on Mush Records on June 10, 2003.[9]
Critical reception
Julianne Shepherd of Pitchfork praised the album, writing, "The Weather is smart but not pretentious, skeptical but not misanthropic, and it proves avant-hiphop doesn't have to be avant-crappy."[6] Meanwhile, Fredrick Thomas of Stylus Magazine criticized the album's consistency, writing: "It's not that any track on the album is actually bad when compared to artists doing similar work – it's just that it does nothing to differentiate them from the pack."[7]
Eric K. Arnold of East Bay Express said, "Busdriver and Radioinactive's rhyming cadences owe a debt to both Freestyle Fellowship and Latyrx, while Daedelus' lo-fi Casio tones could qualify him for at least a charter membership in Anticon."[4]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Exaggerated Joy" | 3:08 |
2. | "Pen's Oil" | 4:27 |
3. | "Carl Weathers" | 4:35 |
4. | "Glorified Hype Man" | 3:34 |
5. | "Fine for a Robot" | 4:44 |
6. | "Germs That May Cause the Following" | 2:42 |
7. | "Weather Locklear" | 4:17 |
8. | "Break for 2300" | 2:25 |
9. | "DJ Furry" | 2:50 |
10. | "Raffle Ticket Blues" | 4:06 |
11. | "Sleep Standing Up" | 2:28 |
12. | "Name Forgetter" | 5:00 |
13. | "Thousand Words" | 7:00 |
14. | "Fizzing Energy Drink" | 0:23 |
15. | "Barely Music" | 9:06 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Busdriver – vocals, jacket zipper (2), party noisemaker (2)
- Radioinactive – vocals, gargle (5)
- Daedelus – production
- DJ ESP – turntables
- Rhetteric – vocals (4)
- Anita Qureshi – vocals (5)
- Myka 9 – whistle (7)
- Awol One – vocals (15)
- 2Mex – vocals (15)
- Circus – vocals (15)
- Daddy Kev – mixing
References
- "The Weather - Busdriver". AllMusic. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- Christgau, Robert. "Busdriver & Radioinactive With Daedelus". Christgau's Consumer Guide. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- Ho, Brian (March 27, 2003). "Busdriver, Radioinactive with Daedelus - The Weather". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on October 26, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- Arnold, Eric K. (March 26, 2003). "Busdriver and Radioinactive with Daedelus - The Weather". East Bay Express. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- Quinlan, Thomas (February 1, 2003). "Busdriver & Radioinactive with Daedelus - The Weather". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- Shepherd, Julianne (February 18, 2003). "Busdriver / Daedelus / Radioinactive: The Weather". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- Thomas, Fredrick (September 1, 2003). "Busdriver & Radioinactive with Daedelus - The Weather". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- "MH-215 Busdriver & Radioinactive With Daedelus - The Weather". Mush Records. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- "MH-218 Daedelus - Rethinking The Weather". Mush Records. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
Further reading
- Fintoni, Laurent (September 21, 2014). "Busdriver on Busdriver: The L.A. cult hero talks us through his career album-by-album (page 4 of 10)". Fact.
External links
- The Weather at Discogs (list of releases)