Fear of a Black Tangent (15 February 2005, Mush 235) is an abstract rap album by Busdriver

Busdriver

Busdriver is a rapper from Los Angeles currently signed to Epitaph Records and Fake Four Inc-History:...

. Two of the songs feature other rappers such as Abstract Rude

Abstract Rude

Abstract Rude is an American rapper, from Los Angeles, CA. He is the MC for the hip hop group Abstract Tribe Unique , alongside dancers Zulu Butterfly Prince and Irie Lion Locks, Turntablist DJ Drez, and Underground Hip Hop producer, Fat Jack...

 and Ellay Khule. Several other artists were instrumental in the production of this album; "Reheated Pop!" was produced by Omid

Omid

Omid is a common Persian male given name, meaning hope...

, "Unemployed Black Astronaut" by Paris Zax, and four songs by Daedelus. The album ends with three unlisted remixes by D-Styles, Prefuse 73, and Nobody

Nobody

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. The title "Fear of a Black Tangent" is a spoof

Parody

A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...

 of Public Enemy's album Fear of a Black Planet

Fear of a Black Planet

Fear of a Black Planet is the third studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released April 10, 1990, on Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. Production for the album was handled by the group's production team The Bomb Squad, who expanded on the dense, sample-layered sound of the...

. This is confirmed in the lyrics of Yawning Zeitgeist Intro, by the line "It's a Fear of a Black Tangent, idiot/A Public Enemy spoof."

Track listing