What is it about Los Angeles that creates some of hip-hop's most mind-bending MCs? Hailing from the same Project Blowed scene that blew up artists like Aceyalone and Abstract Rude, Busdriver's RoadKillOvercoat shows an unrepentant penchant for raps with angles so obtuse they leave dents in your medulla oblongata. At times, he comes off like a leftist revolutionary, with lines like 'I don't join the ranks of ordinary men/I burn flags, not oil reserves,' but Busdriver's main mission is to break all conventional modes of thought for hip-hop. He's ...

Busdriver's debut single for post-backpack-fervor powerhouse Epitaph has all the long title, bizarre humor and nasally taunts for boss killing that one could ever hope for. Piling on the Nintendoism with the relative-minimalism of some frantic drums, this LA hip-hopper holds down the goofy chorus with the best of them and this one is actually kinda catchy.