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Ask mc chris

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:40 PM
from the his-backpack-doesn't-actually-have-jets dept.
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Many of you are no doubt familiar with the works of mc chris. He's probably most well known as the high pitched rapper on the track 'Fett's Vette' that you probably have an MP3 of somewhere. In addition to several highly entertaing albums, he's also the voice of MC Pee Pants (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) and Hesh (Sealab 2021). He's now touring, but you better already have tickets since he sold out his first 8 shows (including my local venue. The wife is very unhappy with me for not getting tickets in time). He'll also be performing at the Penny Arcade Expo later this year. This is your chance to ask him those burning questions. Standard Slashdot interview rules apply: Ask here, and we'll pick from the best of them and then wait patiently for Chris to bless us with his words.
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  • All I can say is (Score:5, Funny)

    by M.C. Hampster (541262) <M@C@TheHampster.gmail@com> on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:41PM (#11813707) Journal

    Word.

  • Who? (Score:3, Informative)

    by ackthpt (218170) * on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:41PM (#11813712) Homepage Journal
    Sorry, never heard of him. His site requires Flash, too, so I'm even less likely now.

    Taco, don't be such a cheapskate, go buy tickets from a scalper.

    I had it good when I lived in Michigan, I could buy tickets, actual tickets over the phone or internet for shows in Detroit, Pine Knob, etc without much trouble. If I had to pay a scalper it was only a 100% markup.

    Now I live in Santa Cruz and tickets to even the drunks on Pacific avenue sell out in seconds. Scalpers will happily take $500 for a ticket that cost them $30 and they'll get it.

    I rely on local bands now. Support your local musicians before they're replaced by DJ's and Karoke.

      • Why, he's the most famous guy no one has ever heard of.

        • Re:Who? (Score:5, Interesting)

          by Golias (176380) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @01:56PM (#11814693)
          Don't be a hayta, d00d.

          Install the Flash plugin for Firefox and visit his site. You might find his stuff entertaining and amusing.

          "Fett's Vette" and "Robotussin" both hold places of honor in my iPod playlists.

          My questions for mc cris:

          1. Seeing as it is clear that you will never clear the rights to release "Life's a Bitch and I'm Her Pimp" as a comercial product, and no longer host most of the songs on your site would you be willing to allow somebody to get their grubby hands on them and host them as torrent files? Some of us jumped on the bandwagon a little to late to get our hands on all those songs.

          2. Any chance of your newer songs becoming available on iTMS?

      • How are opinions informative? (Score:4, Interesting)

        by Tyler Durden (136036) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @02:08PM (#11814843) Homepage
        Those are your opinions, and you're welcome to them, but I have no idea how you could say he's not a good lyricist. Everyone here who likes to jump on the bandwagon of "I never heard of him, therefore he must suck" and "The only rap songs I hear are the ones shoved down my throat by popular radio, therefore all rap sucks" should just look up the lyrics to Fette's Vette somewhere and read them. Now imagine yourself trying to write a goofy song with the same complexity of rhythm, rhyme scheme, story-telling and humor.

        This verse alone is pure genius...

        Call me master, 'cause I'm faster than Pryor on fire
        I no longer have to hot-wire
        I'm a hunter for hire with no plans to retire
        And all you sucker MCs can call me sire.

        Just because something sounds goofy doesn't mean it's not complex, creative or even good.

      • Re:Who? (Score:3, Informative)

        by srcosmo (73503)
        I agree. In terms of "nerdcore" rap, MC Frontalot [frontalot.com] is a far better lyricist -- and he hates Jar-Jar, too.

        Fortunately Frontalot will also be at the Penny Arcade Expo, so you can decide for yourselves.

  • Can I promote (Score:3, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:41PM (#11813714)
    my mates shitty band that no-one's heard of on Slashdot too? He doesn't read Slashdot, though he can do if it will help.

  • I do not (Score:5, Funny)

    by MrPrefect (805302) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:42PM (#11813722)
    have an Mp3 of this anywhere I assure you..
  • from when Alvin and the chipmunks lost popularity

  • Pressures of Touring (Score:2, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward
    What do you do to deal with the pressures of touring? After seeing you at the Hartford show(The guy that yelled out Sharko Sucks!) it is pretty amazing to see someone who has basically been run ragged over the past few months still put on an amazing performance.
      • IIRC, it was brown M&M's. And as long as we're relating 80's rock trivia, Wang Chung's contracts stipulated that they not be given Chinese food for dinner, after venue after venue looked at their name and figured they'd like General Tso's chicken.

        My guess, though, is that MC Pee Pants doesn't quite have the negotiating power of a Van Halen, probably not even that of a Wang Chung.

        As long as I'm posting, could someone with points please mod up this guy [slashdot.org]? I literally L'd OL.

  • Who's the microphone assassin!?!?

  • my honest question ... (Score:5, Funny)

    by YankeeInExile (577704) * on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:45PM (#11813761) Homepage Journal

    Who the fuck are you, and why do I care?

  • March 1: Slashdot officially jumps the shark. (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:45PM (#11813766)
    Hi All,

    I'm looking for a website that is similar to slashdot but doesn't report "high pitched rapper" news.

    Can anyone recommend anything else?

    Thanks.

  • Your Real Voice? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Laebshade (643478) <laebshade@gmail.com> on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:46PM (#11813771)
    I know some voice actors, for example, use their natural voices for cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny, etc.). When you rapped, as MC Pee Pants (or Sir Loin) for ATHF, was that your natural voice? If not, can you post a clip of your real voice?
    • I recognize the same voice as both Hesh and on ATHF.

      I'm not impressed by his character work or rapping at all. Maybe I'm a minority with this opinion, but there are thousands of really talented people out there in these fields - and he's not one of them.

  • Question (Score:4, Interesting)

    by vincent404 (588127) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:47PM (#11813780) Homepage
    How did you start your act? also When and how did you get into voice acting? Sorry, just trying to ask a real question.

  • What I want to know is... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by th3space (531154) <<moc.suoicufdarb> <ta> <darb>> on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:47PM (#11813783) Homepage
    Why is it that MC Pee Pants gets absolutely no respect from Satan, whereas the WisdomCube/Dubmassahedron does? To me, MC Pee Pants, while not as intelligent as the aforementioned geometric characters, is vastly more entertaining than that lot.

  • Old school rap (Score:5, Funny)

    by bigtallmofo (695287) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:53PM (#11813853)
    "I'm the master rapper and I'm here to say
    I love Fruity Pebbles in a major way!
    The bedrock yellow orange purple lime and red
    But to get that fruity taste, I gotta trick Fred!"

    • Re:Old school rap (Score:5, Funny)

      by dr_dank (472072) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @01:02PM (#11813957) Homepage Journal
      Don't glorify that shit here. At the scene of Biggie Small's drive-by shooting in Las Vegas several years ago, police found tracks from a late-model brontosaurus as well as a high-powered rockvolver with the serial number filed off. The case remains "unsolved".

      You do the math.

  • Hard to work with? (Score:5, Funny)

    by myowntrueself (607117) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:54PM (#11813864)
    Ok heres an on-topic question;

    Is Master Shake hard to work with?

  • I'll be in Ann Arbor, but what about lip syncing? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by ian rogers (760349) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:55PM (#11813875)
    It says on your website that you have a meeting about preserving your voice, is this a joke? Are you really having problems or foreseeing problems with your voice? Am I going to see an SNL Ashlee Simpson type ordeal happen at your show at the Blind Pig?

  • Yo yo MC (Score:5, Funny)

    by Fizzlewhiff (256410) <jeffshannon&hotmail,com> on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:55PM (#11813876) Homepage
    How hard was it to get back on your feet after parting company with Simon and Theodore? In retrospect, was it wise to change your name from Alvin to MC Chris? Didn't that alienate alot of fans or perhaps just left them searching for their favorite chipmunk? How's Dave?

  • Adult Swim Ties? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by astyanax (8365) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @12:55PM (#11813885) Homepage
    mc, love your stuff!

    How about some more computer raps? "Ratz" and "Boy's dont cry" are the closest I've heard of your work to a computer-related song, any chance of getting some Linux-related rhymes? :)
  • could you play it?
    Do you feel that your work edifies your audience? How so?
    In your opinion, how does hip-hop differentiate between characterizing a problem, with an eye towards debugging, and glorifying the problem?
    Now, you're clearly a big star, or you wouldn't be on /., so you've made money (is there another metric?): will you do anything unexpected? Challenging? The first rap symphony?

  • Real Question. (Score:3, Interesting)

    by hot_Karls_bad_cavern (759797) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @01:00PM (#11813936) Journal
    Since i see an asston of moronic questions, i'll ask a reasonable one.

    Did you get to spend much time with the late Harry Goz? (Harry [imdb.com] was Captain Murphy on Sealab, amongst many other things). What are your thoughts on him? Will we see more work with AdultSwim in the future?

  • Question (Score:3, Funny)

    by DarkHelmet (120004) * <markNO@SPAMseventhcycle.net> on Tuesday March 01 2005, @01:19PM (#11814139) Homepage
    Did Hesh ever get any sex out of Debbie?

  • Music and computers (Score:3, Interesting)

    by adeydas (837049) <<moc.xobni> <ta> <sadyeda>> on Tuesday March 01 2005, @01:22PM (#11814197) Homepage Journal
    Since you are a musician, you must be using computers for your musical needs. Do you trust Open Source or Propriety software for that?

    Also for general computing, what do you use?

    Can you cite your reasons for the same?!
  • Hey there chris... Stormy from penny-arcade.com here. Being an internet celebrity isn't as easy as it seems. I know; I have to live with people everyday that don't realize who I am. Just wanted to say that Slashdot encompasses a much wider sub-set of geeks than I believe PA does, and this group is not representative of our crew. At PAX, women will want to have sex with you, and men will want to be you. We are down with the Nerdcore.

    That said, in addition to mc chris, we also have returning guests from last year:

    MC Frontalot [frontalot.com]

    Optimus Rhyme [optimusrhyme.com]

    and the Minibosses [minibosses.com]

    Lastly, a couple of questions from me.

    1)My girlfriend is a *huge* fan of the Brak Show, Sealab, etc... have you really left for good?

    2)Making music for the Nerdcore seems problematic to me. Namely, I don't think that one would be able to put forth a bunch of intellectual property on the internet and expect this group to actually pay for it. Are you 'making it' on the take from the door at your gigs alone? (Hat's off on leaving your day job and giving it a go in either case).

    3)Do you feel pressured to put forth a conventional full-length CD for your fans, or will you continue to offer up shorter, sweeter groups of songs for free on your website?

    Thanks, and see you at PAX!

    Stormy

  • Whose Voice Work do You Enjoy? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by ewhac (5844) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @02:13PM (#11814900) Homepage Journal

    Your work on the Adult Swim lineup is much appreciated in our household. But I wondered whose voice work you enjoyed (not necessarily restricted to Williams Street). Who's fun to listen to? Who's fun to work with?

    Schwab

  • Birthday song (Score:4, Insightful)

    by kirkb (158552) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @02:20PM (#11814985) Homepage
    Since the 'Happy Birthday' song [snopes.com] is copyrighted, would you consider open-sourcing Hesh's Birthday Song [pod-six.net] under something like the Creative Commons License? I'd rather hear it than the cheezy home-brew birthday songs that restaurants are forced to devise.

  • Limerick (Score:3, Interesting)

    by akheron01 (637033) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @02:43PM (#11815264) Homepage
    I've been wondering something about Fette's Vette for a while, the chorus is a limerick, was this intentional? Did anyone else notice this?
    My backpack's got jets

    I'm Boba the Fette
    I bounty hunt
    for Jabba Hut
    to finance my vette

  • yo mc (Score:3, Interesting)

    by tekunokurato (531385) <jackphelps@gmail.com> on Tuesday March 01 2005, @04:31PM (#11816675) Homepage
    Hey mc, we know the generalized geek rapper from the songs, but tell us about YOU. What're the hardware and OS of choice? What kind of characters do you play in D&D? What're your favourite movies/books? Top five all-time desert-island superpowers?

    -Jack

    PS great show at Arlene's in Manhattan!

  • Professor P. P. Poopypants (Score:3, Funny)

    by pipingguy (566974) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @07:55PM (#11818988) Homepage

    Did you steal your stage name, or at least borrow from Dav Pilkey [pilkey.com]?

      • Re:Jesus.. (Score:5, Insightful)

        by WhatAmIDoingHere (742870) * <sexwithanimals@gmail.com> on Tuesday March 01 2005, @01:07PM (#11814025) Homepage
        Oh my, you're right. Posting this story is taking up space on a website that you read for news. Holy crap, that's horrible. Where were the people complaining when the guys from Penny-Arcade were interviewed?

        mc chris is a nerdcore rapper, he raps about things we would find amusing. Unless someone from /. breaks into your home and holds a gun to your head forcing you to read stories you don't care about, don't complain. You can just skip over the stuff you don't care about.

        And you argued against yourself, you know. "This story is a silly thing to post." followed by "Taco can post whatever he wants"

    • Much of MC Chris music has a geek theme to it, including one named "geek" and another named "ratz" that talks about being a loner/geek at college

      His DJ, John, does all the beats and samples from a 12" Apple Powerbook

      I actually hadn't heard of him until last month, when one of my friends asked me if I wanted to go to his show at Baltimore's Ottobar (the first stop on his tour). I went, and liked what I heard.

      He's not typical gangasta rap. It's sort of rap for thinking people.

    • Re:What in the World? (Score:5, Informative)

      by Issue9mm (97360) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @01:36PM (#11814419) Homepage
      Ordinarily, I'd play you off as a troll, but since so many others are expressing difficulty in understanding the worthiness of this, I'll try and sum up a few points:

      1) Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Sealab 2021 are oft-watched shows by geeks (at least the ones I know, self included); MC Chris has roles in each. 1 Geek point.

      2) MC Chris' rap is, in now way, anything like the rap you hear on the radio. While I happen to like it, I have no idea why. You're either going to like it, or extremely dislike it I assume, but it's definitely worth a listen. No geek points.

      3) MC Chris' music contains many things or topics geeks find appealing. If Star Wars is considered geeky, then a rap by Boba Fett about working for Jabba Hut to pay the bills on his corvette is doubly geek. 2 geek points.

      4) MC Chris gives his music away free on his website. Free as in beer. 10 geek points.

      Someone else mentioned that the DJing is done on an Apple Powerbook or iBook or something, but I consider that a tool of the trade moreso than anything. Were it a Linux laptop, then I'd award points, but can't award for an industry standard.

      -9mm-
      • 4) MC Chris gives his music away free on his website. Free as in beer. 10 geek points.

        he also encourages remixing his songs, and provides acapella and instrumental versions of a lot of the songs.
    • "If your going to work in the medium, why go after such a small sub sector?"

      Well he is probably "keeping it real." My guess is he really is a geek so is rapping about what he knows.

    • Re:Dear MC Chris... (Score:5, Informative)

      by EvilFrog (559066) on Tuesday March 01 2005, @01:44PM (#11814535)
      His work is in a sub-genre of rap known as "Nerdcore" along with other artists such as MC Frontalot [frontalot.com] and Optimus Rhyme [optimusrhyme.com].

      He (along with the other artists I mentioned) will be playing at PAX [penny-arcade.com] this year.

      His most famous track is about Star Wars. One of his songs uses music samples from the arcade game Gauntlet. A lot of his other stuff covers fairly geeky subject matter.

      So, you might not like his work. That's understandable. But he's still as relevent to Slashdot as anything else posted today.

    • i can't fucking believe all the negative comments in here. if you don't know who mc chris is, or you don't like him, stay the fuck away!

      Wrong attitude. The article, and you, start with the misguided premise that everyone should know this guy. Rather than inviting those of us without a clue to learn more, you're getting antagonist and pushing people away who might otherwise give it a listen. I like some rap, but I certainly do not like the self-important bullshit that surrounds it. Someone saying I

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