Temporary Forever
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| Studio album by Busdriver | ||||
| Released | 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop, abstract hip hop | |||
| Length | 1:03:55 | |||
| Label | Temporary Whatever (US) | |||
| Producer | Daddy Kev, Paris Zax, Omid, Hive, Conartist | |||
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Temporary Forever is an abstract rap album by hip hop artist Busdriver. It was released in 2002 on the Temporary Whatever label.
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[edit] Album information
The album features the fast paced, humorous, surreal and non-sequitur lyrics of Busdriver with guest appearances by Aceyalone, 2mex, Xololanxinxo, Radioinactive and Rhetoric. Most of the tracks were recorded and mixed by Daddy Kev, who along with Busdriver, was also the album's executive producer. All scratching on the album was done by D-Styles.
The tracks New Aquarium and Wrong Route do not contain Busdriver lyrics at all, instead being sampled dialogue on top of beats. New Aquarium contains a montage conversation sampled from the 1980s cult film Repo Man, while Wrong Route contains an apparent news report on an incident of a bus driver kidnapping a bus-load of school children.
The song Stylin' Under Pressure is a freestyle done spontaneously at a fast food restaurant. The song Imaginary Places is based on an excerpt from Bach's Suite for Orchestra No. 2 in B Minor and from Paganini's 24 Capricci Per Violino Solo Op. 1, No. 5 Agitato in A Minor. Imaginary Places was featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Underground. At the end of Post Apocalyptic Rap Blues there is an alternate take of the song Stylin' Under Pressure.
[edit] Reception
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Vibe (p. 75) - "[H]is adenoidal flow, a breathless bundle of consonants and exclamation points, will challenge anyone looking to tune the MC out." [2]
[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "New Aquarium" | 1:07 |
| 2. | "Imaginary Places" | 3:15 |
| 3. | "Along Came a Biter" | 4:05 |
| 4. | "Idle Chatter" | 3:38 |
| 5. | "Gun Control" | 3:11 |
| 6. | "Mindcrossings" | 2:56 |
| 7. | "Suing Sony" | 2:46 |
| 8. | "Stylin' Under Pressure" | 2:20 |
| 9. | "Single Cell Ego" | 2:39 |
| 10. | "Somethingness" (Featuring Radioinactive and Rhetoric, produced by Edit) | 6:08 |
| 11. | "Driver's Manual" | 0:50 |
| 12. | "The Truth of Spontaneous Human Combustion" (Featuring Of Mexican Descent) | 4:39 |
| 13. | "Opposable Thumbs" | 4:43 |
| 14. | "Unplanned Parenthood" | 1:44 |
| 15. | "Jazz Fingers" (Featuring Aceyalone) | 4:34 |
| 16. | "Reality Sandwich" | 4:14 |
| 17. | "Wrong Route" | 1:03 |
| 18. | "Post Apocalyptic Rap Blues" | 10:04 |
