MC Lars

I feel that I much too often overlook the work of MC Lars, so I decided that a post about him was very necessary. Unfortunately, when I started writing a post about MC Lars, self-proclaimed originator of post-punk laptop rap, I was completely stumped as to which song to focus on. The name might sound familiar to you from his low on the radar semi-hit “Hot Topic is not Punk Rock”, but after going through his music, I was pretty certain that it was not his best work. I searched through his social commentaries, and geek shout-outs finally landing on his song Ahab. It’s based on Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. The beat is euphoric and contrasted against the not-so-fun story of Captain Ahab. The song comes off of his overall good CD “The Graduate”. If you’re feeling like some nerd core rap is what you need, I highly recommend it. Also worth checking out from Lars is “Space Game”, because the last verse is way too good, and “Mr. Raven”, based on Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”.