MC Lars
MC Lars (real name: Andrew Nielsen) began making hip-hop-based tapes while still a kid, but was sidetracked from rap by such traditionally important issues (to teenagers) as playing guitar in a punk band and getting accepted to a college. Nielsen went to Stanford and then did an exchange stint at Oxford, but all the while he was fiddling with desktop productions and developing his quirky, pop-culture-savvy style. Boisterous live gigs and word of mouth built buzz for Lars' home-studio raps (influences: everything from Atom & His Package and Weird Al Yankovic to KRS-One and the Beastie Boys).
London imprint Truck Records issued a Lars full-length, Radio Pet Fencing, in 2003, and the MC followed that with U.S. and U.K. tour dates. While the entirety of Fencing was recorded on his computer, the 2004 EP Laptop -- while still charmingly simplistic -- was a comparatively grander production, with samples of notable rockers (Piebald, Brand New) and a stronger melodic sense. Cuts like "iGeneration" and "Signing Emo" were hits with downloaders and mtvU viewers, and MC Lars did live dates with groups like Gym Class Heroes and Bowling for Soup through spring 2005. The full-length The Graduate -- as MC Lars could hence call himself a Stanford alum -- appeared in March 2006.
In 2009, he collaborated with Weird Al Yankovic on "True Player for Real," a track from This Gigantic Robot Kills, and he was joined by KRS-One and Sage Francis for Lars Attacks! in 2011. One year later, the Edgar Allan Poe EP dropped. Lars' 2015 project, The Zombie Dinosaur LP, was funded by Kickstarter and featured appearances from Kool Keith and Watsky, among others; it reached Billboard's Heatseekers chart. Next came the 2016 mixtape Donald Trump Has Very Bad Morals and a 2017 EP, Revenge of the Nerd.
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This Gigantic Robot Kills
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Apr 27, 2016
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The Edgar Allan Poe EP
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Aug 17, 2012
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Notes from Toontown
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Jul 28, 2018
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Butterfly (feat. The Sons of Pitches)
International Pop - Released by Horris Records on Nov 8, 2019
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Feel Good Inc. (feat. Jaret Reddick)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Enjoy the Ride Records on Jul 23, 2021
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Blockchain Planet
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Dec 17, 2021
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Fear of a Blockchain Planet
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Sep 22, 2021
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The Zombie Dinosaur LP
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Nov 6, 2015
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Lars Attacks!
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Mar 29, 2018
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The Dewey Decibel System
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Jun 7, 2019
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I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Oglio Entertainment on Nov 25, 2008
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Five Ways to Kill a Toon (feat. MC Snax & The Stupendium)
MC Lars, Schaffer The Darklord, JT Music
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Jan 27, 2024
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Revenge of the Nerds II
MC Lars, Mega Ran, MC Frontalot
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on May 29, 2020
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No Windows, No Doors
MC Lars, Schaffer The Darklord
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Jul 28, 2023
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Rated G for Trauma
MC Lars, Schaffer The Darklord
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Jan 12, 2024
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Humble Bundle
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Nov 26, 2019
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The Jeff Sessions
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Oct 10, 2017
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Pokémon GO Rap (feat. Spose)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Sep 8, 2016
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The Laptop EP
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Mar 9, 2017
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The Sonnet Song
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on May 3, 2018
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The Digital Gangster LP
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Apr 4, 2018
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