''Jhelli Beam'' is a studio album by American rapper
Busdriver
Regan Farquhar (born February 12, 1978), better known by his stage name Busdriver, is an American rapper and producer from Los Angeles, California. He has collaborated with rappers such as Myka 9, Milo, Nocando, Open Mike Eagle, 2Mex, and Ra ...
. It was released on
Anti- in 2009.
Critical reception
At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
[
Alan Ranta of '']PopMatters
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'' gave the album 8 stars out of 10, saying: "It is too intelligent and challenging to the status quo for the mainstream media to truly embrace, and Anti- seems to be lacking a little on the side of their hip-hop promotion department."[ Mosi Reeves of '' Spin'' gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, writing: "Extraordinarily irrational and willfully convoluted, ''Jhelli Beam'' is avant-rap as quantum physics."][
The opening track, "Split Seconds (Between Nannies and Swamis)", was described by Thomas Quinlan of '' URB'' as "Busdriver's simplest, most accessible rap jam, eschewing the bursts of rapid rap flows that usually accompany his slower style, and only occasionally bringing in a bit of sing-song."][ He gave the album 4 stars out of 5, stating: "While there's some experimentation with new ideas here, ''Jhelli Beam'' is familiar enough to leave Busdriver fans more than satisfied."][
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Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
* Busdriver
Regan Farquhar (born February 12, 1978), better known by his stage name Busdriver, is an American rapper and producer from Los Angeles, California. He has collaborated with rappers such as Myka 9, Milo, Nocando, Open Mike Eagle, 2Mex, and Ra ...
– vocals, production (3, 11, 12, 14)
* Nosaj Thing
Jason W. Chung (born January 27, 1985), better known as Nosaj Thing, is an American artist, record producer, and DJ based in Los Angeles, California. He has produced tracks for Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, Kid Cudi, Julianna Barwick, and i ...
– production (1)
* Omid
''Omid'' ( fa, امید, meaning "Hope") was Iran's first domestically made satellite. Omid was a data-processing satellite for research and telecommunications; Iran's state television reported that it was successfully launched on 2 February 2009 ...
– production (2, 10)
* Nobody
Nobody may refer to:
* Nobody, an indefinite pronoun
Nobody may also refer to:
Fictional characters
* Nobody (''Kingdom Hearts''), a race of beings in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' video game series
*Nobody, a character in the Jim Jarmusch films '' D ...
– production (3, 6, 9)
* AntiMC – glockenspiel (3), electric guitar (4), bass guitar (8)
* Shawn Lee – string arrangement (3)
* Everton Nelson – violin (3)
* Warren Zielenski – violin (3)
* John Metcalfe – viola (3)
* Ian Burge – cello (3)
* Daedelus – production (4, 7, 11, 13)
* Nocando
James McCall (born June 3, 1983), better known by his stage names Nocando and All City Jimmy, is an American rapper from Los Angeles, California. He is the 2007 Scribble Jam champion and founder of Hellfyre Club. He is a member of hip hop group ...
– vocals (5)
* Free the Robots
Free the Robots (born Chris Alfaro) is an underground hip hop producer from Los Angeles, California.
Style
Free the Robots pulls together jazz, dubstep, psychedelic music, electronic music and hip hop.
History
Free the Robots started as a sid ...
– production (5)
* Greg Saunier
Greg Saunier (born 18 May 1969) is a musician, producer, and composer best known as the drummer and founding member of Deerhoof.
''Rolling Stone'' included Saunier alongside Brian Chippendale (of Lightning Bolt) and Zach Hill (of Hella, lat ...
– production (8)
* Myka 9
Michael Lafayette Troy (born January 15, 1969), better known by his stage name Myka 9, is a rapper from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of Freestyle Fellowship, Haiku d'Etat and Magic Heart Genies. Known for years as Mikah Nine, he chan ...
– vocals (9)
* Leticia – additional instrumentation (10)
* Create(!) – additional instrumentation (10)
* Nick Thorburn – vocals (11)
* John Dieterich – guitar (13), bass guitar (13), soundscape (13)
* Trevor Hernandez – artwork, design
* Bryan Sheffield – photography
References
Further reading
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External links
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2009 albums
Busdriver albums
Anti- (record label) albums