The Weather (Busdriver, Radioinactive and Daedelus album)
| The Weather | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by | |
| Released | February 18, 2003 |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Length | 60:47 |
| Label | Mush Records |
| Producer | Daedelus |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
| Dusted Magazine | unfavorable[3] |
| East Bay Express | favorable[4] |
| Exclaim! | mixed[5] |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10[6] |
| Stylus Magazine | D[7] |
The Weather is a collaborative studio album by Busdriver & Radioinactive with Daedelus. It was released on Mush Records on February 18, 2003.[8]
Daedelus released a reworking instrumental version of the album, titled Rethinking the Weather, on Mush Records on June 10, 2003.[9]
Critical reception
[edit]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
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Shepherd, Julianne (February 18, 2003). "Busdriver / Daedelus / Radioinactive: The Weather". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ a b 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- The Weather at Discogs (list of releases)
