The Weather is a collaboration album among rappers Busdriver and Radioinactive and producer Daedelus, released on February 18, 2003. Fitting in with the style of music each artist is known for, it can described as alternative hip hop with avant-garde and experimental influences. It is the only album the trio have released together, and no artist has revealed plans for any further projects.
Reaction
The album received very mixed reviews when released. Pitchfork Media praised it, commenting:
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The Weather is smart but not pretentious, skeptical but not misanthropic, and it proves avant-hiphop doesn't have to be avant-crappy. [citation needed] |
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Whereas Stylus Magazine criticized the album's consistency, saying:
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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. It’s the “throw in everything including the kitchen sink, and hopefully it’ll work itself out” mentality at work again, and the end product is expectedly uneven. [citation needed] |
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Track listing
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"Exaggerated Joy" |
3:08 |
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"Pen's Oil" |
4:27 |
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"Carl Weathers" |
4:35 |
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"Glorified Hype Man" |
3:34 |
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"Fine for a Robot" |
4:44 |
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"Germs That May Cause the Following" |
2:42 |
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"Weather Locklear" (feat. Myka 9) |
4:17 |
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"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" (feat. Awol One, 2Mex and Circus) |
9:06 |
References
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| | Studio albums | |
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| | Live albums | |
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| | Mix albums | |
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| | Collaboration albums | |
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| | EPs |
- The Quiet Party
- The Household EP
- 28:06:42:12
- Something Bells
- Meanwhile...
- Impending Doom / Just Briefly
- Axe Murderation Remixes
- Sundown
- Throw a Fit
- Fair Weather Friends
- For Withered Friends / Touchtone
- Friends of Friends Vol. 1
- LA 10x6
- Proximity One: Narrative of a City
- Overwhelmed EP
- Looking Ocean
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| | Solo albums | |
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| | Collaborative albums | |
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| | Mixtapes | |
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