Jhelli Beam

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Jhelli Beam
Busdriver jhelli beam.jpg
Studio album by
Busdriver
ReleasedJune 9, 2009 (2009-06-09)
Genre Hip hop
Length50:41
Label Anti-
Producer Nosaj Thing, Omid, Nobody, Busdriver, Daedelus, Free the Robots, Greg Saunier
Busdriver chronology
RoadKillOvercoat
(2007)		Jhelli Beam
(2009)		 Beaus$Eros
(2012)
Singles from Jhelli Beam
  1. "Me-Time (With the Pulmonary Palimpsest)"
    Released: 2009 (2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [3]
HipHopDX 3.0/5 [4]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Pitchfork 6.2/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
URB Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
XLR8R 7/10 [11]

Jhelli Beam is a studio album by American rapper Busdriver. It was released on Anti- in 2009. [12]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, 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". [1]

Alan Ranta of PopMatters 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." [8] Mosi Reeves of Spin gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying: "Extraordinarily irrational and willfully convoluted, Jhelli Beam is avant-rap as quantum physics." [9]

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." [10] He gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "While there's some experimentation with new ideas here, Jhelli Beam is familiar enough to leave Busdriver fans more than satisfied." [10]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Split Seconds (Between Nannies and Swamis)" Nosaj Thing 4:16
2."Me-Time (With the Pulmonary Palimpsest)" Omid 2:36
3."Handfuls of Sky" Nobody, Busdriver 5:08
4."Scoliosis Jones" Daedelus 2:36
5."Least Favorite Rapper" (featuring Nocando) Free the Robots 3:23
6."Quebec and Back"Nobody4:07
7."Do the Wop"Daedelus3:02
8."World Agape" Greg Saunier 2:16
9."Manchuria" (featuring Myka 9)Nobody3:48
10."Unsafe Sextet/Gilded Hearts of Booklovers"Omid5:11
11."Happy Insider" (featuring Nick Thorburn)Daedelus, Busdriver3:29
12."I've Always Known"Busdriver2:37
13."Fishy Face" (featuring John Dieterich)Daedelus5:09
14."Sorry Fuckers" (bonus track)Busdriver3:03

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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References

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  2. ↑ Bush, John. "Jhelli Beam - Busdriver". AllMusic . Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Busdriver". Christgau's Consumer Guide . Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ Noz, Andrew (June 13, 2009). "Busdriver - Jhelli Beam". HipHopDX . Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  5. ↑ Doran, John (July 9, 2009). "Album review: Busdriver - 'Jhelli Beam'". NME . Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ Faraone, Chris (June 2, 2009). "Busdriver - Jhelli Beam". The Phoenix . Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ Cohen, Ian (June 12, 2009). "Busdriver: Jhelli Beam". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  8. 1 2 Ranta, Alan (June 7, 2009). "Busdriver: Jhelli Beam". PopMatters . Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  9. 1 2 Reeves, Mosi (June 2, 2009). "Busdriver, 'Jhelli Beam' (Anti-)". Spin . Archived from the original on June 18, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 Quinlan, Thomas (June 15, 2009). "Busdriver :: Jhelli Beam". URB . Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  11. ↑ Maharaj, Zoneil (June 10, 2009). "Busdriver: Jhelli Beam". XLR8R . Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Jhelli Beam". Anti- . Retrieved July 19, 2018.

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