Fear of a Black Tangent
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| Studio album by Busdriver | ||||
| Released | February 15, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 60:55 | |||
| Label | Mush Records, Big Dada | |||
| Producer | Daedelus, Omid, Paris Zax, Thavius Beck, Danger Mouse | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| The A.V. Club | favorable |
| BBC | mixed |
| Exclaim! | favorable |
| MusicOMH | favorable |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.9/10 |
| PopMatters |   |
| Stylus Magazine | B |
Fear of a Black Tangent is a studio album by American hip hop musician Busdriver. It was released on Mush Records in 2005.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Fear of a Black Tangent received an average score of 78% based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Rollie Pemberton of Stylus Magazine gave Fear of a Black Tangent 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."
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