The Digital Gangster LP

MC Lars

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Horris Records/Nerdy South
• ASIN: B001QWBOBK
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #125,100 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. We Have Arrived (featuring K.Flay and the Former Fat Boys)

2. Birth of a Phish

3. Original Digital Gangsters (featuring int80 of Dual Core)

4. Carmen Sandiego Has Really Bad Morals

5. Do the Bruce Campbell (featuring Schaffer the Darklord and ZeaLouS1)

6. Oneonta (Eli Porter) (featuring MC Frontalot)

7. 911 AM (Rudy Giuliani) (featuring Doctor Popular of Drown Radio)

8. Nerdcore Players

9. Guinevere (featuring K.Flay)

10. Manifest Destiny

11. MC Lars's Facebook Friend Count > Your Facebook Friend Count (featuring Doctor Popular of Drown Radio)

12. Other People's Property (featuring Beefy, K.Flay and MC Router)

13. Kidney Stones for Easter

14. Paul is Dead

Editorial Reviews

Review

I ll say it right now: I was never very keen on YTCracker. His whole spam gig just bugged me. That was probably it; I ve never really had a real reason to dislike him. Now, I have a reason to love him. MC Lars and YTCracker s Digital Gangster LP is one of the best albums I ve heard all year, rap or otherwise. Contrary to what my blogmate Eric might say, the nerdcore scene is home to quite a few talented rappers. Almost all of those rappers make appearances on this album, all giving top-notch performances. Even the genre s most venerable of rappers, MC Frontalot, makes his appearance on a very down-key track called Oneonta (Eli Porter). The album opens strong with We Have Arrived, a hard pounding techno-rap track with a beat that just begs to be blasted on a booming subwoofer. Subjects on the album range from standard nerdcore and rap fare like expounding one s awesomeness and just how long and hard you ve been performing various acts of geekery to funky interpretations of Arthurian legend and dealing with kidney stones. Fun tracks like Birth of a Phish and Carmen Sandiego Has Really Bad Morals give short but sweet tastes of Lars and YT s skills. Key points on the album: the harsh criticism of post-9/11 American fear culture in 911 AM (Rudy Giuliani), YTCracker rapping with an accent on Guinevere, and Beefy s very, very, very nice verse in Other People s Property. The DG LP s production is high end, as well. The instrumental alone on 911 AM deserves a release, while the catchy and thumping tracks like Do the Bruce Campbell and Original Digital Gangsters will get your foot tapping, whether you like it or not. Hands down, this is a must buy (you can spend as little as one dollar, come on!). You can even get these two dudes to perform the album for you at your own home... For $1200. I might look into that. --Kufislap.com

Review

The only thing more interesting than the manner in which the album is sold is its actual contents, as it's already proven itself a shoo-in for one of my top albums of 2008. From the opening bars of "We Have Arrived" to the closing strains of "Paul is Dead," The Digital Gangster LP represents what could accurately be described as the finest output thus far from both artists. It's fun, topical, and loaded with special guests like Beefy, int eighty, Schaffer the Darklord, and ZeaLouS1. It also formally introduced me to Oakland area rapper K.Flay, who punctuates some of the album's most amazing material. But perhaps more important than its superlative cast of players and inspiring musical selections is the simple fact that The Digital Gangster LP is a perfectly constructed album; it starts gingerly enough, builds to and rolling boil, and then cools itself down without ever losing (or boring) the listener. "Manifest Destiny," which I'm sure you've already checked out, serves as a perfect example of the project's straight-forward charms, but it's the tracks of the album's robust middle third that make this a must-own. The smoothed out "Nerdcore Players," which is the geeky lover's anthem the genre's been missing, and it's follow-up "Guinevere," in which YTCracker raps with an accent, represent the epitome of its subtle strengths. The powerful "911 AM (Rudy Giuliani)" featuring the incomparable Doctor Popular, however, is the single to beat. An outright damnation of American fear-culture, it seems all the more poignant after last night's political housecleaning. Album of the Year? Probably. Song of the Year? Definitely. --Hipster Please!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why haven't you bought it yet? Do that first, then come back., August 21, 2009

By	Will Carpenter "\/\/" (Canandaigua, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you have ANY interest in ytcracker, MC Lars or Nerd Core in general...just buy the album.

I'll wait while you go do that.

Anyway, it's probably the best material either of the featured artist has produced thus far, but it's not my favorite ytcracker material.

But that's because I'm exxxtra gangsta like that. I still love this album and it's something new and awesome to listen to while the rest of the world is putting out nothing but crappy albums.

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