Perfect Hair (album)
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| Perfect Hair | ||||
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| Released | September 9, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 46:55 | |||
| Label | Big Dada | |||
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Perfect Hair is the eighth studio album by American rapper Busdriver.[1] It was released on September 9, 2014, by Big Dada.[2] The album features guest appearances from Aesop Rock, Danny Brown and Open Mike Eagle, among others.[3] The cover art was painted by John Lurie.[4] Music videos were made for "Ego Death",[5] "Colonize the Moon",[6] "Eat Rich"[7] and "Motion Lines".[8]
On June 20, 2014, "Ego Death" was chosen by Consequence of Sound as one of their Top 10 Songs of the Week.[9]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.1/10[10] |
| Metacritic | 74/100[11] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [12] |
| Clash | 7/10[13] |
| Consequence of Sound | B−[14] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10[15] |
| musicOMH | [16] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[17] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [18] |
Perfect Hair received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on 10 reviews.[11]
Adam Kivel of Consequence of Sound said: "Wild, insanely ambitious, and a bit inconsistent, Perfect Hair encodes and decodes the ideas, opinions, and deconstructions that can only come from Farquhar's brain."[14] David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "Perfect Hair contains all the usual reasons Busdriver is wonderful, just with a little more sugar baked in."[12] Grant Brydon of Clash said, "The rollercoaster ride of his delivery makes it an enjoyable experience rather than a textbook headache."[13] Matt Bauer of Exclaim! said, "A few duds abound, like the wearisome "Eat Rich", but the album ends strongly with the sci-fi-flavoured "Colonize the Moon".[15] Jack Dutton of musicOMH said, "Although this album is at times a difficult listen, you can't help but admire Busdriver for his innovation and general wackiness."[16] Nathan Stevens of PopMatters said, "Perfect Hair is no doubt a great album, but its tendency to fidget between ideas leaves it the idea of cohesion in a shallow grave."[17]
