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Another baffler from the Anticon collective, Why?'s Oaklandazulasylum has more to do with awkward oddball folk than underground hip-hop, despite the presence of pungent beats on a handful of tracks. If you can get past the clothespin-on-nose delivery -- a cross between Big Bird and the wiry one from They Might Be Giants -- and the constant up-and-down swoops and dives in which it's delivered, the album has a certain sense of awkward, ramshackle charm that's frequently unhinged and claustrophobic at once. Anticon followers will lap all of this up, for sure. Others will know to steer clear from it. Incidentally, the album gets the Sentridoh Tortoise Award for Horrifically Scrawled "Ha Ha We Don't Care" Graphic Design.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo

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1
Ferriswheel
00:02:24

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

2
Cold Lunch (Albert Brown Mortuary Dumpster Dive Remix)
00:01:36

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

3
Afterschool America
00:01:19

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

4
Our Neighbor's Daughter
00:01:44

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

5
A Little Titanic
00:03:32

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

6
Weak Moon
00:02:14

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

7
Early Whitney
00:04:03

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

8
Dream On Cortelyou
00:02:55

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

9
Women Eye, No
00:01:32

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

10
Dirty Glass
00:03:27

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

11
Shirtless, Sheetless, And
00:01:59

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

12
Bad Entropy
00:05:02

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

13
Seventeen
00:02:33

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

14
Ape In Cage With Wire Cutters
00:04:08

Why?, Composer, MainArtist - Jonathans Hope (ASCAP), MusicPublisher

2003 anticon 2003 Jonathans Hope (ASCAP)

Album review

Another baffler from the Anticon collective, Why?'s Oaklandazulasylum has more to do with awkward oddball folk than underground hip-hop, despite the presence of pungent beats on a handful of tracks. If you can get past the clothespin-on-nose delivery -- a cross between Big Bird and the wiry one from They Might Be Giants -- and the constant up-and-down swoops and dives in which it's delivered, the album has a certain sense of awkward, ramshackle charm that's frequently unhinged and claustrophobic at once. Anticon followers will lap all of this up, for sure. Others will know to steer clear from it. Incidentally, the album gets the Sentridoh Tortoise Award for Horrifically Scrawled "Ha Ha We Don't Care" Graphic Design.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo

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