Thumbs

BUSDRIVER

2015

Thumbs was made as a mixtape by BUSDRIVER to further explore the concept of a homogenous citizenry from his last record Perfect Hair. It draws from the defining musical tropes of the LA underground rap experience with the isolation born from racial politics fixed as a central theme.

“Thumbs are no longer anatomical but rather the static characters of approval for a job well done,” BUSDRIVER said. “The likes that catalog our individual preferences. They grade the successes playing out in a virtual world and within our own minds. Endlessly gathered into sprawling market-ready databases rivalled only by our idea of a God.”