{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Thumbs | type = mixtape | artist = [[Busdriver]] | cover = Thumbsbusdriver.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2015|11|06}}<ref name=stereogum/> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] | length = {{Duration|m=51|s=18}} | label = [[Temporary Whatever]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Busdriver]]|Fumitake Tamura|Greyhat|[[Mono/Poly]]|[[Kenny Segal]]|Mike Parvizi|Mr. Carmack|JNTH STN|Lebeatski|[[Jeremiah Jae]]|Caural}} | prev_title = [[Perfect Hair (album)|Perfect Hair]] | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = [[Electricity Is on Our Side]] | next_year = 2018 }} '''''Thumbs''''' is a mixtape by American rapper [[Busdriver]]. It was released by [[Temporary Whatever]] on November 6, 2015.<ref name=stereogum>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1841780/busdriver-much-video-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/|title=Busdriver – "Much" Video (Stereogum Premiere)|work=[[Stereogum]]|first=Charles|last=Innis|date=November 4, 2015|accessdate=August 14, 2019}}</ref> A music video was created for "Much".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imposemagazine.com/tv/busdriver-much-video|title=Busdriver, "MUCH"|work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]]|first=Blake|last=Gillespie|date=|accessdate=August 14, 2019}}</ref>
==Production== ''Thumbs'' is produced by the likes of [[Mono/Poly]], Fumitake Tamura, [[Kenny Segal]], Caural, and [[Jeremiah Jae]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2015/11/07/los-angeles-veteran-busdriver-returns-with-thumbs-new-7-and-book-in-the-works/|title=Los Angeles veteran Busdriver returns with Thumbs, new 7" and book in the works|work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|first=|last=|date=November 7, 2015|accessdate=August 14, 2019}}</ref> It includes guest appearances from [[Samuel T. Herring|Hemlock Ernst]], [[Milo (musician)|Milo]], and [[Anderson .Paak]], among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1843066/busdriver-ministry-of-the-torture-couch-feat-future-islands-samuel-t-herring/mp3s/|title=Busdriver – "Ministry Of The Torture Couch" (Feat. Future Islands' Samuel T. Herring)|work=[[Stereogum]]|first=Tom|last=Breihan|date=November 10, 2015|accessdate=February 3, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://songexploder.net/busdriver|title=Episode 73: Busdriver|work=[[Song Exploder]]|date=May 24, 2016|accessdate=February 3, 2017}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''[[Exclaim!]]'' | rev1score = 8/10<ref name=exclaim>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/busdriver-thumbs|title=Busdriver Thumbs|work=[[Exclaim!]]|first=Kyle|last=Mullin|date=November 6, 2015|accessdate=August 14, 2019}}</ref> | rev2 = SputnikMusic | rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Busdriver/5473/|title=Busdriver reviews, music, news - sputnikmusic|work=Sputnikmusic|first=|last=|date=|accessdate=February 3, 2017}}</ref> }} Kyle Mullin of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' commented that ''Thumbs'' has "many enthralling surprises, all of which will allow indie rap fans to rest easy knowing that Busdriver has by no means exhausted his waking nightmare, subconsciously subversive shtick."<ref name=exclaim/> Blake Gillespie of ''[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]]'' included it on the "Best Rap Mixtapes, EPs, and Free Albums of 2015" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/chatter/best-rap-mixtapes-eps-and-free-albums-of-2015|title=Best Rap mixtapes, EPs, and free albums of 2015|work=[[Impose (magazine)|Impose]]|first=Blake|last=Gillespie|date=|accessdate=August 14, 2019}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Absolutions in the Hottentot Supercluster | note1 = featuring Zeroh and [[Kaveh Rastegar]] | extra1 = {{hlist|Fumitake Tamura}} | length1 = 4:33 | title2 = Black Labor (as Understood by Equiano) | extra2 = Greyhat | length2 = 3:15 | title3 = Hyperbolic 2 | extra3 = [[Mono/Poly]] | length3 = 3:09 | title4 = Much | extra4 = {{hlist|[[Kenny Segal]]|Mike Parvizi|Mr. Carmack}} | length4 = 3:38 | title5 = Ministry of the Torture Couch | note5 = featuring [[Samuel T. Herring|Hemlock Ernst]] | extra5 = Elos | length5 = 5:18 | title6 = Worlds to Run | note6 = featuring [[Milo (musician)|Milo]] and [[Anderson .Paak]] | extra6 = {{hlist|Kenny Segal}} | length6 = 5:15 | title7 = Skit | extra7 = [[Busdriver]] | length7 = 0:26 | title8 = Surrounded by Millionaires | note8 = featuring [[Daveed Diggs]] | extra8 = JNTH STN | length8 = 2:34 | title9 = Great Spooks of Enormous Strength | extra9 = Lebeatski | length9 = 3:27 | title10 = Del's Couch | note10 = featuring [[Del the Funky Homosapien]] | extra10 = Busdriver | length10 = 1:50 | title11 = Shadows and Victories | note11 = featuring [[Jeremiah Jae]] | extra11 = [[Jeremiah Jae]] | length11 = 3:51 | title12 = NY 03 Live | note12 = featuring Caural | extra12 = Caural | length12 = 1:15 | title13 = Species of Property | extra13 = Lebeatski | length13 = 3:26 | title14 = Two Feet in the Layered Cake | note14 = bonus track; featuring [[Kool A.D.]] | extra14 = Busdriver | length14 = 5:33 | title15 = Answering Machinist | note15 = bonus track; featuring Jeremiah Jae | extra15 = Jeremiah Jae | length15 = 3:48 | total_length = 51:18 }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://busdriver-thumbs.bandcamp.com/album/thumbs-2 ''Thumbs''] at [[Bandcamp]] * {{Discogs master|954127|Thumbs}}
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