MC Lars is not your typical MC. He’s dubbed his style “post-punk laptop rap,” which makes sense because he recorded his Laptop EP in his dorm room at Stanford with beats he constructed himself. I love the way he weaves rock music in his songs, sampling everything from Piebald’s “American Hearts” to the Scorpions classic “Rock You Like a Hurricane.” Not to mention his rhymes are hilarious. You’ll find yourself rewinding and listening again just to catch the witty pop culture references you might’ve missed the first time. He also pokes fun at the “emo” craze with the sharp witted “Signing Emo,” a look at the rise and fall of fictional emo band Hearts That Hate and A&R rep that signs them, complete with an awesomely clichéd chorus from said band. MC Lars released a full length entitled The Graduate last year and it’s full of great tracks but my favorite song of his still remains today’s tune from The Laptop EP. “Mr. Raven” finds Lars on the top of his game as he samples Brand New’s “Okay I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don’t” and uses the beat to retell Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem “The Raven.” The result is the most memorable and literate rap song you’ve ever heard.
MC Lars - "Mr. Raven"
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