| The Weather | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by Busdriver & Radioinactive with Daedelus | |
| Released | February 18, 2003 (2003-02-18) |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Length | 60:47 |
| Label | Mush Records |
| Producer | Daedelus |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau |  |
| Dusted Magazine | unfavorable |
| East Bay Express | favorable |
| Exclaim! | mixed |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10 |
| Stylus Magazine | D |
The Weather is a collaborative studio album by Busdriver & Radioinactive with Daedelus. It was released on Mush Records on February 18, 2003.
Daedelus released a reworking instrumental version of the album, titled Rethinking the Weather, on Mush Records on June 10, 2003.
Critical reception
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." 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."
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."
Track listing
| 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
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
- "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shepherd, Julianne (February 18, 2003). "Busdriver / Daedelus / Radioinactive: The Weather". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ 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
- 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
- The Weather at Discogs (list of releases)
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