Mc chris

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Background information
Birth name Chris Ward
Also known as mc chris
Born September 2, 1975
Genre(s) nerdcore hip hop
Years active 2001-present
Label(s) Jet Pack Industries, LLC
Website www.mcchris.com
The correct title of this article is mc chris. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

Chris Ward IV (born September 2, 1975), otherwise known as mc chris (always free from punctuation and capitalization), is a voice actor, rapper and improvisational comedian born in Libertyville, Illinois. He is currently signed on the indie label Jet Pack Industries, LLC. His trademarks include the synthesis of his "geek" heritage with the "gangster" image associated with hip hop artists, and the high pitch of his voice, celebrated in his 2003 song "10 Year Old" (likening his voice to a child of ten years age).

He has appeared on many of Williams Street Studios' shows on Adult Swim, most notably Aqua Teen Hunger Force (as the crude and often misguided MC Pee Pants, also known as Little Brittle, and Sir Loin) and Sealab 2021 (in some bit parts, consistently recurring as the also crude and often misguided Hesh), and a bit part in The Brak Show. He also wrote for Sealab 2021 and The Brak Show, and later lent a track to the online music game Flash Flash Revolution.

Chris has released five albums, the first of which is downloadable for free on his website (click Media from the front page). In October of 2004, he announced his resignation from Cartoon Network to the public on his blog to focus on his recording career, but has said that he is willing to return to Williams Street when needed and hopes to be featured in the motion picture for "Aqua Teen Hunger Force". He has since toured throughout the continental United States in an effort to expose all of America to the growing genre of nerdcore rap. mc chris encourages fans to mix his songs and play their own role in the growth of what is a relatively new genre.

In January of 2006 mc chris was a nominee for Spin Magazine's "Band of the Year" contest at Spin.com, the voting was shut down for maintenance and when it came back Demander was declared the winner.

Chris makes an appearance on fellow rapper MC Lars' album "The Graduate", as a less than sociable college roommate on the track "The Roommate From Hell".

Chris is known for producing freestyle raps in his concerts. For instance, at a February 2006 show, he improvised a song about Katamari Damacy that was synchronized to the Katamari Damacy theme song.

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[edit] Discography

1. Life's a Bitch and I'm Her Pimp
2001
2. Knowing is Half the Hassle
2003
3. eating's not cheating (Original Release)
2004
4. eating's not cheating (DC Flag Edition) (Re-release)
2005
5. dungeon master of ceremonies
2006

[edit] Recurring Elements

  • The phrase "Did I fail to mention..." occurs in the songs Tractorbeam, Blastic, and Townie.
  • The dog bark at the end of "Robotdog" appears at 1:42 in the song Blastic (when he mentions his dog).
  • The phrase "I rock the mic..." is found in multiple songs.
  • Character Tim Chandler has appeared in a few of mc chris' skits ("pop punk is dead" and "segue") as a corporate counterpart to the rapper. Mr. Chandler's affection towards hot dogs is established on "pop punk is dead" and reiterated on "segue".

[edit] Sample Lyrics

  • Humidors filled with stoges, filled with dro, like Beverly Hills 90210 is filled with the word bro (from "Ownz")
  • Every song's on your wishlist, every day is mc Christmas, now can I get a witness? (from "OMC")
  • Mic magician check the sleeves, no tricks, my schtick's my masterpiece (from "FTW")
  • Axe to max on my nasty socks, synchronize with a text but I guess I'm blocked (from "PW/OM")
  • Like Mahatma Gandhi followed by a horde of hotties or the feds on the trail of a Mr. John Gotti, I’m a sound wave tsunami, vocal origami, hijack the mic and it’s not like anyone can stop me. (from "Hijack")
  • Name is mc, shout it back to me, at the count of three, one two three, mc! (from "My Name Is")
  • Well I'm the baddest MC, switch blade in the mic. Playground player, 5th grader for life (from "Illi Oi")
  • I got brains, fuck B’s and C’s, I got a grade point average higher than Hendrix on New Year’s Eve (from "Geek")
  • My backpack's got jets, well I'm Boba, the Fett, well I bounty hunt for Jabba the Hutt to finance my vette. (from "Fett's Vette")
  • Honeyroom suite, at the sheridan, bath tub full of expensive gin, lots of candles and violins, bikinis made of diamonds, honeys beggin’ me to break their hymens. (from "Hijack")
  • Identify the items by the bar code on the tag, identify the rapper cuz he’s knee deep in the vag.(from "10 Year Old")
  • I'm the sativa cyborg/I smell that shit like a wine cork (From "Wiid")
  • Like we're rowing through some rapids with Kevin Bacon, white water rafting (From "The Tussin")

[edit] Trivia

  • The synth to "DQ Blizzard" is a faster version of the melody to Dysentery Gary by Blink 182 as well as the vocal melody from Your Girlfriends Hate Me by Reggie and the Full Effect.
  • mc chris attended School of Art Institute of Chicago, and New York University's (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts.
  • The name "Life's a Bitch and I'm Her Pimp" is taken from the web comic Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida http://Sinfest.net
  • mc chris appeared at GameSpot's "After Hours" gaming event on October 14, 2006.
  • The song Townie from dungeon master of ceremonies contains the lyrics, "I roll back my eyes, clear my mind and proceed, paint a picture-perfect world called the house of mc." This a reference to the 2005 Marvel comics event, House of M in which the Scarlet Witch created a "perfect" world for herself and all of the superheroes.
  • The music in the song Robotussin is the theme song from Gauntlet.
  • The beginning sample on the song "Evergreen" on the original version of Eating's Not Cheating is from the song Return Of Fly, by The Misfits
  • The intro of mcchrisownz is sampled from an old Atari game system ad, a sample most likely taken from the 8-Bit Construction Set DJ tool record.
  • The song "Warp To World 6-9" by underground rapper Benefit is often mistaken for an mc chris composition, most likely because of confusion on peer-to-peer file sharing networks such as Limewire and Kazaa.
  • The song "Super Mario Brothers Rap" by rapper Benefit is also mistaken for a mc chris composition. The song begins with a sample from A Bronx Tale.

[edit] External links

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