If I knew one of your angles, I'd know the other.

Thumbs are no longer anatomical but rather the static characters of approval for a job well done. The likes that catalog our individual preferences.

They grade the successes playing out in a virtual world and within our own minds. Endlessly gathered into a sprawling market-ready databases rivalled only by our idea of a God.

Thumbs is the latest effort from Busdriver to further explore the concept of a homogenous citizenry from his last record Perfect Hair.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/thumbs/id1051982882
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B U S D R I V E R  -  T  H  U  M  B  S

Bonus song off of Perfect Hair

prod. by Driver and Candy Claws

chorus by Del

Perfect Hair

Busdriver - How Your Sprinkler System Works feat. Del The Funky Homosapien prod. by Driver

Log cabin Crew /Sunsprayed

IG? (prod. T-Trippin)

Devils Hitlist

MAYBE ONE DAY ILL SEE MY WORTH

2nd single from the new tape from Busdriver "Thumbs"

Pre-order Thumbs now and get a download of "Ministry of the Torture Couch" and "Worlds to Run"
itunes.apple.com/us/album/thumbs/id1051982882
https://busdriver-thumbs.bandcamp.com/album/thumbs-2

due out November 6th

guest verse by: Hemlock Ernst(Sam Herring)
production by Elos (Team Supreme)
engineering by Kenny Segal (Team Supreme)

Artwork by Moneekah http://www.moneekah.com/

Busdriver - Ministry Of The Torture Couch feat. Hemlock Ernst prod. by Elos

From Busdriver's album, Thumbs.

featuring Kaveh Rastegar(Kneebody) on the bass and guitar
Fumitake Tamura on the beat
extra production by Dakim
Guest verse by Zeroh

out on Temporary Whatever/Alphapup
busdriver-thumbs.bandcamp.com/album/thumbs-2
itunes.apple.com/us/album/thumbs/id1051982882

Thumbs


Hottentot Supercluster (feat. Zeroh) beat by Fumitake Tamura

From Busdriver's album, Thumbs.

greayhat produced and mixed this
featured back up vocals by Terra Lopez of Sister Crayon
talking at the end by Shannon Moore

out on Temporary Whatever/Alphapup
busdriver-thumbs.bandcamp.com/album/thumbs-2
itunes.apple.com/us/album/thumbs/id1051982882

Thumbs

Thumbs


Black Labor (as Understood By Equiano)

From Busdriver's album, Thumbs.
beat by Mono/Poly of Brainfeeder

out on Temporary Whatever/Alphapup
busdriver-thumbs.bandcamp.com/album/thumbs-2
itunes.apple.com/us/album/thumbs/id1051982882

Thumbs


Hyperbolic 2 prod by Mono/Poly

From Busdriver's album, Thumbs.

beat by Kenny Segal, Mike Parvizi, Driver and Mr. Carmack

out on Temporary Whatever/Alphapup
busdriver-thumbs.bandcamp.com/album/thumbs-2
itunes.apple.com/us/album/thumbs/id1051982882

Thumbs


MUCH prod. by the Jefferson Park Boys

From Busdriver's album, Thumbs.

beat by Driver

out on Temporary Whatever/Alphapup
busdriver-thumbs.bandcamp.com/album/thumbs-2
itunes.apple.com/us/album/thumbs/id1051982882

Thumbs

Del S Couch (feat. Del The Funky Homosapien)

featuring Jeremiah Jae

out on Temporary Whatever/Alphapup
busdriver-thumbs.bandcamp.com/album/thumbs-2
itunes.apple.com/us/album/thumbs/id1051982882

Thumbs

Thumbs


Shadows And Victories (feat. Jeremiah Jae)

"Graffiti Writer Killed" is the first single from Blueprint's upcoming Vigilante Genesis EP, produced entirely by Aesop Rock. Vigilante Genesis is out May 27th. Preorder here: bit.ly/VGpreorder

Blueprint "Graffiti Writer Killed" (prod. Aesop Rock)

Savannah, GA microphone monster DOPE KNIFE is set to drop his self-produced full-length SFdigi debut “NineteenEightyFour” (featuring Sage Francis, Ceschi, and more) on January 27, 2017! 
Get your MP3 download, CDs, + 7-inch Records exclusively at http://tinyurl.com/DopeKnifeSFR 

Perhaps it was the euphoria of the first time he heard a rhyme collide with a beat. It may have been the gruesome civil war that touched his young life, and that war’s impact his family. Likely, it was the fusion of the two experiences that inspired a young Kedrick Mack to develop and refine his sound into what is now the intense, distinctive art of emcee/producer Dope KNife.  

“NineteenEightyFour”, KNife’s Strange Famous Digital debut, effectively demonstrates his style in ferocious, focused bursts, fused to form a gritty boom-bap soundscape littered with dense wordplay. Within this world, the listener has the opportunity to come to learn who Dope KNife is, but only if they choose to: “I think of this album as a character portrait; it's like the movie Taxi Driver in rap form,” says Mack. “It’s one man’s experience with the world, laid out for society to see, but there’s no guarantee the world will understand it. You either vibe with the experience and accept that it has a reason for existing, or you just think its a collection of songs that you like or dislike individually. I’m fine with either.” 

The son of a US diplomat, Mack's childhood was spent hopping around the globe in the course of his father's work. Most of that travel was within the continent of Africa, including a residency in Liberia, his mother's home country. Liberia's civil war broke out, and while Mack and his immediate family were able to evacuate, his mother's extended family were not so fortunate, leaving them to live amongst the chaos of a decade-long conflict.  Mack would learn of his family’s tragedies and hardships through the tears on his mother’s face, an almost daily ritual that left him feeling isolated during his teen years. His discovery of music, and hip-hop in particular, gave him a way to reach out: he began to immerse himself in the culture, finding inspiration in artists as disparate as Rakim, Nine Inch Nails, and Ice-T. He began fronting a rap/rock band and spending time on the freestyle battle circuit.  ￼ 

Mack forged strong friendships through his foray into music, friendships which lead to the formation of a DIY record label that allowed him to release 2 full-length group LPs under the crew name Dope Sandwich.  

Remaining true to his collaborative roots, Mack invites a gang of indie emcees to contribute to “NineteenEightyFour”; rappers with whom he built a mutual respect over years of extensive touring appear on the posse cuts “#SQUADGOHARD” and “Tombstone”. KNife uses the solo album format to display his sharp wit and a knack for social commentary, and to explore heavier subject matter and experiment with his own music production. Moments of note include the first single, “Name Up”, and the introductory mission statement “Nothing To Lose”. Strange Famous label boss Sage Francis makes an appearance on “Cult Personality”, and indie rap troubadour Ceschi pops up on “Fear and Loathing”.  

The title “NineteenEightyFour” refers to both the year of Kedrick Mack’s birth, and to the year of an experience that helped to set him on his path - an event captured by artist Pat Jensen on the album cover. Mack explains: “When I was a baby, I fell into a water well in Sierra Leone. I have a scar on the back of my skull from it. How it happened became one of those stories that my mother would reveal to new acquaintances as they became friends. As a result, as an adult, for me, the story is like the last barrier of information I give a person as an affirmation of our relationship. If a person has known me long enough for me to tell them how I fell in a well as a baby, it's a sign I’m opening up to them. “NineteenEightyFour” is that last barrier for me as a musician.”

NineteenEightyFour

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"NOTHING TO LOSE" - Dope KNife

Grape Drank
produced by BUSDRIVER
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guest verse by Denmark Vessey
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from the new double-album "Electricity is on our Side" by BUSDRIVER
get the album now: busdriver.lnk.to/ElectricityIsOnOurSide

Drawing from memory and community roots, the 10th album from rap innovator BUSDRIVER plays out like an ode to modern folk art via the act’s characteristically warped take on the world’s leading pop music: hiphop. Homespun and bursting with intention, “electricity is on our side” argues that the quintessential underground hiphop album is in fact the high art of the day.// A fluid understanding of electronic musics, jazz, hiphop and creative writing are once again minced into a unique configuration(underground social music) to achieve the aesthetic ends and off-kilter messaging exacted by the legendary BUSDRIVER.

Shadows And Victories (feat. Jeremiah Jae)

Temporary Whatever/Busdriverse

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