NEW COMIC – “HIP-HOP SPELLING BEE”
Posted by MC Lars on Fri, February 26, 2010 at 4:14 pm
PEEP DIE ANTWOORD
Posted by MC Lars on Thu, February 25, 2010 at 1:05 am
Amazing, hella dope South African hip-hop. GLOBAL CULTURE!!
NEW SINGLE “NERDCORE DIED” (FEATURING RANDOM)
Posted by MC Lars on Wed, February 24, 2010 at 11:22 am
My new song with Random is now up on Myspace! Or you can peep it here:
Much love,
MC Lars
P.S. Be sure to peep Random and K-Murdock’s new project “Forever Famicom”, coming this spring.
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
Posted by MC Lars on Tue, February 16, 2010 at 9:53 pm
I kicked it with Frontalot in Oakland today after his San Francisco show. It got me thinking more about February 2/11’s San Jose Metro piece and I realized that people were angry because of these four points that weren’t made clearly in the article:
- I don’t think MC Frontalot or YTCracker or Beefy or any of my other “nerdcore rapper” homies are racist. I did not intend to say that they were and I wasn’t trying to slander anyone. But, as Beefy said I “just painted with a giant brush”, which I should not have done.
- I simply meant that if you only listen to nerdcore and say you don’t like mainstream hip-hop because it’s only about “violence, bitches and bling”, this is an example of cultural ignorance that boarders on racism, or more specifically a racist reading of a culture that I love so much and have dedicated and committed my life to. Empirically speaking, deeper cultural understanding is best appreciated when a nerdcore fan goes beyond MC Frontalot and mc chris. I strongly believe that it is one’s duty to be a global citizen and a responsible student/consumer of hip-hop. Let hip-hop push your boundaries. Get the whole picture.
- The nerdcore hip-hop trope of the “nerd” as being similarly oppressed as the African-American, Puerto Rican and other non-white originators of hip-hop is racially insensitive. Nerdcore may or may not have this reputation, and if it does, this is what I take issue with. Getting a wedgie is different than the Cross Bronx Expressway being built through your neighborhood and destroying your community.
- Although I have written songs that may be construed of as “nerdcore”, I am not a “nerdcore rapper”. In my perspective, “nerdcore” is more valuable when it is seen as one of many genres in the multi-faceted world of 2010 HIP HOP CULTURE.
There it is.
MC Lars
February 16, 2010
“SINGLE AND FAMOUS SHIRTS”
Posted by MC Lars on Tue, February 16, 2010 at 6:13 pm
If you missed them with the special pre-order of the EP, the MC Lars / K.Flay “Single and Famous” shirts are now available on my webstore.
