Ask mc chris

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.

Pressures of Touring

[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.

Why geek rap?

[booyah]

I know this will probably be modded down, but why geek rap? If your going to work in the medium, why go after such a small sub sector? Wouldnt you be able to make it way richer as a "white boy rapper" (assuming here, not a follower personally) talking about your hard upbringing, or busting caps in folks ass?

Your Real Voice?

[Laebshade]

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?

Question

[vincent404]

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...

[th3space]

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.

Re:Can I promote

[RalphLeon]

No one may have heard of the name of the guy, but I am sure many have heard the spiderific voice of MC Pee Pants on Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

IMHO I didn't even know there was a real rapper behind that voice! So this is interesting news to me.

I can't believe it

[Anonymous Coward]

I can't believe you people don't know who mc chris is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MC_Chris [wikipedia.org]

Educate yourselves.

I'll be in Ann Arbor, but what about lip syncing?

[ian rogers]

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?

Adult Swim Ties?

[astyanax]

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? :)

If presented with an actual musical instrument...

[smittyoneeach]

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.

[hot_Karls_bad_cavern]

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?

Any other voice work?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm a huge fan of both your work on Adult Swim and also your music. Do you have any other projects you've done voice work with? Any interesting crossovers coming up combining your music with your voice over work (aside from the irresistable Pee Pants, of course)?

PS - Ignore all these asshole comments from the rest. Nothing nerds hate more than realizing they don't know about something cool.

I actually have a question

[Anonymous Coward]

Unlike the flock of utterly useless posters here who have nothing else to do but post bullshit, non-funny, dumbass sarcastic responses:

1. How did you get the gig for the voice of MC Pee Pants (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) and Hesh (Sealab 2021)? (friend? hookup? audition? etc,..

2. which came first: music gigs or voice work?

3. Why 'nerd rap'?
(maybe in response the incredibly lame
currently popular hip-hop/rap lyrics.)

Music and computers

[adeydas]

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 chris... this is NOT how PAX will be...

[(PA)Storm Shadow]

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

Re:Who?

[Golias]

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?

[Tyler Durden]

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.

Whose Voice Work do You Enjoy?

[ewhac]

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

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Re:What in the World?

[ALpaca2500]

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.

yo mc

[tekunokurato]

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!

Relevant Questions

[Anonymous Coward]

1: I remember some months ago you mentiond getting dissed by some rapper called Zero Down (if i recall). Who was that and what was that about?
2: Are you adjusting well to life on the road?
3: If offered a chance at a major label, would you take it?

thank you for your time. you're a very talented guy.