MC Chris Is Dead [CD]

MC Chris (Author) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: CD
• Label: MC Chris llc
• ASIN: B0019FFJLK
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,859 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MC Chris at his best, September 27, 2009

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Robert Broadhurst "RobBroad4th" (South Miami, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MC Chris Is Dead (Audio CD)

The beats, rhymes, and humor are all top notch on this album. The track "mc chris is dead" is easily one of my favorites and tracks like "Never Give Up" and "The Masturbation Song" (believe it or not) are actually very touching in a very strange way (pun only sorta intended).

This album was my gateway drug into mc chris and some other nerdcore. I've enjoyed his other stuff, but this album remains my absolute favorite.

NOTE: Be sure you're buying the CD with ALL the tracks on it. iTunes and some other places sell the album with a five or six tracks missing for some reason. If the album you're looking at includes the songs like "On*" and "Rollercoaster," then you're set.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best mc chris album, November 17, 2009

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Victor M. Campos Jr. (San Diego, CA US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MC Chris Is Dead (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of mc chris since I heard "Fette's Vette" on SeaLab 2021 on [adult swim] in 2001. I sought out his music, and haven't been disappointed since. (well, that's a bit of hyperbole. there's been a *little* bit of disappointment, but the high points more than make up for the low poinst)
I bought this album the moment he published it. I began writing a review for it shortly thereafter. But the computer I was using crashed, and I never got around to finish it.
mc chris continues the concept that began in the previous album "Dungeon Master of Ceremonies", where he is assassinated on the red carpet.
Now he is dead, wanders the earth, and busts some amazing rhymes. The beats will captivate you, make you want to dance, and just have fun. This album always makes me happy when I listen to it.
I consider this to be his best album as of this writing. My favorite songs are "Falynn", "Kill It", "Freaks", and the secret song "My Rhymes."
His word play is wonderful, too. His delivery is very unique (not to mention his voice), which is part of his charm.
I really enjoy that most of his songs seem very autobiographical. I applaud him for putting so much of himself into his music, and let the whole world listen. Must be amazing therapy.
I will continue to give my patronage to mc chris, and eagerly await any and all his new material.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "The jealous relish the moment their opponent went sublevel.", May 28, 2008

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Matt Jacobs "Adrenaline" (Trumansburg, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MC Chris Is Dead (Audio CD)

MC Chris Is Dead is Chris' most entertaining album yet. He's always been funny and had a pretty good flow, but his songs were never as consistently catchy as they are on this record. It's hard to find a bad song by him, but on earlier albums there were usually only a few tracks that were pure joy to listen to, while there are many on this. Overall, it's not significantly better than his earlier work, just a little more pleasing. His beats have always been a bit more creative than most mainstream rap I've heard, but they really stepped up for this one. Really good bass throughout, and quite a bit of computerized hooks to grab your ears. There's even some vocoder use here and there to mix it up a bit. Chris songs have rarely been describable as "cool" before, but a couple like the opening title track and a song about an incident in his youth are as bad as it gets.

A significant part of Chris' appeal to me has always been his lyrics and sense of humor. He doesn't quite reach the heights of the cleverness in some earlier songs like "Tractor Beam" and "Wiid" but he still busts out a ton of great rhymes when needed. One thing that's noticeable is the effort to clean up a bit, as noted in one of the skits, with a distinct lack of F-bombs getting dropped. But as can be heard from the opening lines of "On*", he hasn't completely ditched the dirty thoughts. He has the nerd rap label, but he's almost always limited the geekiness to occasional lyrical nods and a song or two per record, and the topics here range from favorite foods to girls to being an outcast, but not video games or anything. He's still true to his self though, with the still-hilarious skits focusing on a zombie apocalypse brought about by his death on the last album, and dropping references to things like Animal Crossing and Ender's Game. The high voice has never bothered me, and I see Chris as one of the most entertaining rappers working today.