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UrbStrap on your seatbelt, 'cause you never been on a ride like this befo.' [Jan/Feb 2006, p.78]
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Busdriver gives his best performance thus far.
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His choruses are instantly memorable and his word-soup lyricism easily places him in the upper echelon of intelligent emcees, somewhere between MF Doom and Dose One.
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A fantastically pedicured amalgam of every side and thing Busdriver thinks he can effectively be.
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Roadkill Overcoat is a thorny album, one that doesn't give itself over easy, and definitely not on first listen.
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There's still space for reliable 'Driver fare: paranoid, vocab-intensive rhymes, self-deprecation and absurd imagery woven into a frayed lyrical tapestry that begs to be unravelled.
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Besides his singular style on the mike, it's Busdriver's willingness to challenge orthodoxy that's most refreshing.
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Maybe some thought Busdriver sounded self-satisfied before, but he used to sound one step ahead of the listener instead of running to catch up.
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Alternative PressUndoubtedly his catchiest record so far. [Feb 2007, p.122]
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SpinWhile 2005's Fear of a Black Tangent was a hilarious, merciless evisceration of rap hypocrisy from the bottom up, he's now trying to address the wider world. [Feb 2007, p.82]
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RoadKillOvercoat will certainly win him some fans who have previously avoided hip-hop, but for those same reasons, it might also cost him some, too.
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Roadkillovercoat, though possessing several arresting and infinitely entertaining moments, lacks the overall effect and a certain cohesion to render it an instant classic.
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UncutRoadKillOvercoat fattens his usual oblique rhymes into even more demanding, bombastic forms. [Apr 2007, p.93]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Aaron*Mar 9, 2007
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JakeB.Feb 16, 2007great album, for people who enjoy creative and fast pace rap music.
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JamalS.Feb 16, 2007