Another baffler from the Anticon collective, Whys 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 & the wiry one from They Might Be Giants -- & the constant up-&-down swoops & dives in which its delivered, the album has a certain sense of awkward, ramshackle charm thats frequently unhinged & claustrophobic