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Fear of a Black Tangent
Studio album by Busdriver
Released	February 22, 2005 (2005-02-22)
Genre	Progressive rap
Length	48:24
Label	Mush Records
Producer	Daedelus Omid Paris Zax Thavius Beck Danger Mouse
Busdriver chronology
Cosmic Cleavage (2004) Fear of a Black Tangent (2005) RoadKillOvercoat (2007)
Singles from Fear of a Black Tangent
"Avantcore" Released: January 18, 2005 (2005-01-18)

Fear of a Black Tangent is the fourth studio album by American rapper Busdriver. It was originally released on Mush Records in 2005. In Europe, it was released on Big Dada.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	favorable
BBC	favorable
Robert Christgau	A−
Cokemachineglow	82/100
Exclaim!	favorable
MusicOMH	favorable
Pitchfork	7.9/10
PopMatters
Stylus Magazine	B

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Rollie Pemberton of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of B, saying: "The album is one of the few anti-industry freakouts that have appealed to me on both a conceptual and musical level, so whether or not you are familiar with Busdriver's skittering flow or innovative song structure, it's worth the time to see why he's so damn mad after all."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Busdriver – vocals
• Daedelus – production (1, 6, 11, 13)
• Omid – production (2)
• Paris Zax – production (3, 5, 7, 9, 12)
• Thavius Beck – production (4, 10)
• Subtitle – keyboards (5)
• Abstract Rude – vocals (7)
• Ellay Khule – vocals (7)
• Danger Mouse – production (8)
• Kevin McNulty – keyboards (9)
• Myka 9 – vocals (12)
• 2Mex – vocals (12)
• Isaac Sprintis – guitar (12)

References

1. ^ "MH-235 Busdriver - Fear Of A Black Tangent". Mush Records. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
2. Hamilton, Pierre (May 11, 2005). "Busdriver: Fear of a Black Tangent". PopMatters. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
3. "MH-028 Busdriver - Avantcore". Mush Records. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
4. ^ "Fear Of A Black Tangent by Busdriver". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
5. Bush, John. "Fear of a Black Tangent - Busdriver". AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
6. Rabin, Nathan (March 8, 2005). "Busdriver: Fear Of A Black Tangent". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
7. Webb, Adam (2005). "Busdriver - Fear Of A Black Tangent - Review". BBC. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
8. Christgau, Robert. "Busdriver". Christgau's Consumer Guide. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
9. Newell, Aaron (February 16, 2005). "Busdriver: Fear of a Black Tangent". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on October 26, 2006. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
10. Quinlan, Thomas (February 28, 2005). "Busdriver - Fear of a Black Tangent". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
11. Hands, Steve (February 28, 2005). "Busdriver – Fear Of A Black Tangent". MusicOMH. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
12. Macdonald, Cameron (March 8, 2005). "Busdriver: Fear of a Black Tangent". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
13. Hamilton, Pierre (May 11, 2005). "Busdriver: Fear of a Black Tangent". PopMatters. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
14. ^ Pemberton, Rollie (March 8, 2005). "Busdriver - Fear Of A Black Tangent". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on May 4, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

Further reading

• Fintoni, Laurent (September 21, 2014). "Busdriver on Busdriver: The L.A. cult hero talks us through his career album-by-album (page 6 of 10)". Fact.

External links

• Fear of a Black Tangent at Discogs (list of releases)

• 2005 albums
• Busdriver albums
• Mush Records albums
• Big Dada albums
• Albums produced by Danger Mouse (musician)
• Albums produced by Thavius Beck
• Progressive rap albums