(Anti-) From Jhelli Beam‘s first moments to its last, MC Busdriver finally sounds like a man given the Christian name of “Regan Farquahar.” It’s a rich, nearly-British sounding title and he plays up its (his) theatricality like a team of schizophrenics tackling Hamlet. (“How the fuck you talk with a cockney patois/When you come from the Rockies” from “Do the Wop” addresses this phenom handily.) While Busdriver’s raps dip and doodlebug in a highly odd accented voice(s) through the rapier fast piano-pirouetting “Me-Time” and the loopy, loping “Split Seconds” in a voice at once funny and mean, the rest of the album finds him bellowing low through carnival organ-scapes, skittering jazzed drum patterns and what seems to be either an ELO sample or a real-close-approximation (see: “Happy Insider”). The best part of all this is still Busdriver’s texts – a semiotic melting pot of spit-take raps worthy of a meeting between Roland Barthes and Lord Buckley. Standout Tracks: “Split Seconds” “Least Favorite Rapper” “World Agape” A.D. ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAZZ FANS! Join Bill “Musoscribe” Kopp for a look at the jazz world – past, present, and yet-to-come, via interviews, essays, and reviews of new releases and archival titles. For full details, along with direct links to this exclusive content.
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