★★★★★
Hannibal Buress' resume seems to be leading up to this very year. After slogging through the club circuit, he earned top-notch writing gigs for Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock. But in the last two years, Buress' name seemed to get continuously mentioned as a serious contender for the next big breakout comedic star, thanks to appearances in both highbrow (read NPR) and lowbrow (see FX's Chozen) mediums...
- www.popmatters.com
2014-05-06
★★★★★
With each stand-up milestone in Hannibal Buress' career, he's become less slacker-cool in his delivery. On his 2010 debut album My Name Is Hannibal, Buress kicked up the ferocity, really punching the punchlines of stories about the pickle juice he flicks on his sandwiches ("for flavor"). Animal Furnace oozes even more confidence. He speaks quickly and pointedly, swapping pickle juice for bottles of Absolut gifted to him by an eager Chicago club owner...
- www.avclub.com
2012-05-24
★★★★★
Chicago's Hannibal Buress is a relatively unknown 27-year-old comic whose credits are limited to some night talk show gigs, appearances in a few scenes from buddy Louis C.K.'s new FX show "Louie", and, most notably, working as a writer on "Saturday Night Live"'s dismal past season...
- pitchfork.com
2010-08-24