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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The Digital Gangster LP
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Apr 4, 2018
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Oppenheimer
MC Lars, Cowboy Coder, Devereaux
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Audentes Records on Aug 25, 2023
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The Bible Mixtape
Miscellaneous - Released by Horris Records on Jul 18, 2020
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Donald Trump Has Really Bad Morals
Alternative & Indie - Released by Oglio Entertainment on Aug 12, 2016
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Mismatched
MC Lars, Decent Flow, DJ Pastor Rock
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on May 10, 2024
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Trick or Treat (Hit the Street) (Remix)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on May 3, 2024
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Why 2K? (feat. Cathartic Moments) (Nu Metal Napster Mix)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Apr 26, 2024
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Lit-Hop Academy Yearbook, Vol. 1
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on May 17, 2024
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Hi, Everybody! (Remix)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Apr 19, 2024
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Rivers of Avren
MC Lars, Schaffer The Darkord, Ash Tell Em
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Feb 16, 2024
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The Wizard's Assistant
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Feb 23, 2024
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Finding Dreamfinder
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Mar 3, 2024
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I Be Smacking Bokoblins (Remix)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Sep 18, 2020
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Lay Off Jar Jar
MC Lars, MC Snax, Richie Branson
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Horris Records on Oct 28, 2022
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