Live: Busdriver (Natural History Museum)

Last week, as part of LA's Natural History Museum's First Fridays, local rapper Busdriver played a dizzying set of electronically charged intelligent hip hop. With a backdrop of stuffed animals, it seemed fitting that such a situation called for education. We were, after all, in a museum - albeit one filled with 20 and 30 somethings carrying alcohol and taking in more of who was around them than what towered above roped off and glassed in areas. That, however, didn't keep us from getting schooled in the prowess of Busdriver's insanely quick raps and interesting set-up. He was backed by two dudes on knobs, the occasional electronic guitar, and a well-used sampler. Such an organic performance sparked much veneration and kept us taking about it well after leaving what has to be one of the more interesting venues out there.