Hell With the Lid Off

MC 900 Ft. Jesus | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000008I9J
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #260,359 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best MC 900, March 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Hell With the Lid Off (Audio CD)

Incredibly, this album remains an obscure preface to MC's later commercial success with inferior work. Humorous lyrics throughout range from silly to scary/psychotic.

Apparently DJ Zero, and the production heavily influenced this album, because MC 900's sense of humor seems to be the only common link between Hell with the Lid Off and later albums like One Step Ahead of the Spider, and Welcome to My dream. While funny is good, it doesn't substitute for the creative, energetic, and trippy sounds produced on Hell With the Lid Off.

Be warned! If you liked his later work, you probably will not like this album. To me One Step Ahead, and Welcome to My Dream, were very dissapointing. If you like the idea of a twisted story told through a heavily modified vocal, in a quick style over slamming beats, with spare, but effective turntablism, you might check it out. If you are looking for jazzy tracks, with a lazy humorous narrative like you may have heard on his other albums, skip this one.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Future is Now, November 25, 2005

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Brian Rayner "Synthetic Soul" (Connecticut) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hell With the Lid Off (+ 2 bonus tracks & 2 videos) (Audio CD)

First of all, Thank God Nettwerk decided to re-release this awesome CD with some bonus stuff.

MC 900 Foot Jesus' HWTLO is a staple from an era long gone by. This piece of work can be best described as Beat Poetry interlaced with Acid Jazz smothered in Industrial Hip Hop with a splash of Psychedelic Creativity and Great Rhythm. But, there are many more secret ingredients that I dare not mention. You will just have to taste it for yourself.

Every song on here is excellent. I recommend purchasing this CD, then drinking a lot of alcohol (in the privacy of your domicile) and then turning up the speakers very loud.

This is also a great CD to play at a party. Everyone will love it and think you are the coolest kid on the block because they will have no idea who it is. Share a miracle and impress all of your friends at the same time. You will go straight to Heaven.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a "staple" for early electronic music fans., June 30, 2005

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Spanky McFister (TEXAS Biotch!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hell With the Lid Off (+ 2 bonus tracks & 2 videos) (Audio CD)

Where to begin, I have about 20 CDs in my collection of which I will NEVER part with, this album ranks in the upper most 5 of that list. I was hooked up to it from the advice of the owner of an independent "record" (back in the day when there were no CDs) store in Dallas (from which the artist also hails). If you like Meat Beat Manifesto's "Storm the Studio", Nitzer Ebb, early Kraftwerk, and The Beastie Boys "Paul's Boutique", you will love this album.