Man Overboard (Buck 65 album)
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Man Overboard is a 1999 album by Buck 65. Originally released on the anticon. label in 1999, this album broke Buck 65 to an international audience. When re-released on Warner in 2002 it had track 12, 'Azazellos Cream', omitted because of a Metallica sample that was used as a part of the music.
Track listing on anticon. release
- "Off and Running" – 3:10
- "Plastic Bag" – 4:17
- "Up the Middle" – 4:53
- "Hats on Beds" – 5:31
- "Lil' Taste Of Poland" – 3:11
- "Sunday Driver" – 2:00
- "Can of Worms" – 3:22
- "You know the Science" – 3:20
- "Ice" – 4:54
- "Achilles And The Tortoise" – 7:19
- "Coleco Vision" – 9:32
- "Azazellos Cream" – 1:27
- "Secret Splendor" – 6:43
- "Pants on Fire" – 6:24
- "Mudslide" – 3:54
History
Man Overboard, originally released on the anticon. label, was a significant turning point in his career. The record, and the entire anticon. collective (of which Sixtoo was also a part), were considered hallmarks of a new avant-garde movement in underground hip hop. It was at this time that Buck met Cincinnati DJ Mr. Dibbs who inducted him into the 1200 Hobos, a loosely-knit hip-hop collective named for their proficiency and skill in manipulating the Technics 1200 turntable.
The album explores themes very common in Buck 65's early music. It originally contained material from the album "Boy/Girl Fight", and also, the track "You Know the Science" was a re-recording from his early album "Year Zero". The album was recorded shortly after his mother died, which proved a creative influence, notibly on the tracks "Ice" and "Azazellos Cream", while the track "Secret Splendor" is about rebirth. Other themes on the album include old age ("Achilles and the Tortoise"), religion ("Plastic Bags"), lonliness ("Pants on Fire"), sex ("Mudslide"), and the pressures of being famous ("Up the Middle", "Sunday Driver").