mc chris[1] (born Christopher Brendan Ward IV on September 2 September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 120 days remaining until the end of the year, 1975 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar in Libertyville, Illinois The State of Illinois (pronounced /ˌɪlɨˈnɔɪ/ IL-i-NOY), the 21st state admitted to the United States of America, is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern state and the fifth most populous state in the nation. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and western) is a rapper Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting , or just rhyming) is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry. Rapping is a primary ingredient in hip hop music, but the phenomenon predates hip hop culture by centuries. Rapping can be delivered over a beat or without accompaniment. Stylistically, rap occupies a gray area among, voice actor Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides, writer, and improvisational comedian Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or new ways to act. This invention cycle occurs most.
He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's premiere fine arts colleges, located in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, The Art Institute of Chicago, but is not related to, nor should be confused with, the chain of schools known as The Art Institutes. SAIC is a professional college for the, and New York University New York University is a private, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan. Founded in 1831, NYU is the largest private, nonprofit institution of higher education in the United States, with an enrollment of more than 50,000 students's (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts The school was founded in 1965. It has 2,700 undergraduates and 500 graduate students (in 10 programs). Tisch is best known for its renowned acting program, and its impressive film program (often called the NYU Film School), one of the most selective film schools in the world. The MFA program in film directing accepts only 5% of applicants for an. He self releases with no current record label. mc chris originally performed with The Lee Majors (aka Dirt Bike Annie). Sometimes associated with the genre of Nerdcore hip-hop, 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.[citation needed] Chris has released five albums, one re-release, and a tenth anniversary edition of his recordings with The Lee Majors.
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Work on Adult Swim
He has appeared and worked behind the scenes and contributed his unique voice and original lyrics to many of Williams Street Studios' shows on Adult Swim Adult Swim is an adult-oriented cable television network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network in the United States and broadcasting in countries such as Australia and Japan. The network features animated shows, including original programming, syndicated shows, and Japanese anime, generally with minimal or no editing for content. The, most notably Aqua Teen Hunger Force Aqua Teen Hunger Force is an American animated television series shown on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim late-night programming block, as well as Teletoon in Canada. It is one of four spin-offs of Adult Swim's Space Ghost Coast to Coast (Cartoon Planet, The Brak Show and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law being the other three), ATHF is. MC worked as a production assistant and starred as the character MC Pee Pants Aqua Teen Hunger Force is an American animated television series shown on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim late-night programming block, as well as Teletoon in Canada. It is one of four spin-offs of Adult Swim's Space Ghost Coast to Coast (Cartoon Planet, The Brak Show and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law being the other three), ATHF is in episode #9 of season 1.[2] As well as a young Carl Aqua Teen Hunger Force is an American animated television series shown on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim late-night programming block, as well as Teletoon in Canada. It is one of four spin-offs of Adult Swim's Space Ghost Coast to Coast (Cartoon Planet, The Brak Show and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law being the other three), ATHF is in episode 18.[3] He also had a role in Sealab 2021 Sealab 2021 was an American animated television series shown on Cartoon Network's adult-oriented programming block, Adult Swim. It premiered on December 21, 2000 and the final episode aired on April 25, 2005. Sealab 2021 is one of the four original Williams Street series that premiered on Adult Swim in 2000, as a writer and as the recurring character Hesh; as a production assistant and writer for The Brak Show The Brak Show was an animated series consisting of 15-minute episodes on the Cartoon Network that aired during Adult Swim. The show was a run-off of the hit animated TV show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and featured recurring characters from that show and Cartoon Planet. Both programs used stock footage from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Space Ghost (including the episodes "Brakstreet" and "Shadows of Heat"); and, he was a contributing writer for Space Ghost: Coast to Coast with a cameo in the episode "Baffler Meal". He also played various voices in the 2002 pilot for Welcome to Eltingville.
In October 2004, he announced his resignation from Cartoon Network Cartoon Network is an American cable television network created by Turner Broadcasting which primarily shows animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 to the public on his blog to focus on his recording career with his business partner John Fewell. He has since made sporadic returns to Williams Street including a brief part in Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters and the Playstation 2 The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation series of video game consoles. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was released a year later in Japan video game, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am. He can also be seen very briefly as a background character in the pilot episode of Fat Guy Stuck in Internet Fat Guy Stuck in Internet was a live-action sci-fi comedy series that previously aired as part of the Adult Swim schedule on Cartoon Network. The series was directed by Ryan McFaul. The Executive Producers were David Tochterman, John Gemberling, and Curtis Gwinn, and the Producer was Michael Eder. The theme of a human entering a computer world is. He will make his big return to Adult Swim in the form of a red Gummi bear A Gummi bear is a small, rubbery-textured confectionery. The candy is roughly 20mm long and shaped in the form of a bear. The gummi bear is one of many gummies, distinctive and popular gelatin based candies that come in a variety of shapes and colors by the name of "Gummi" on the upcoming show Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge.[4]
Acceptance and rejection of nerdcore hip-hop
mc chris is one of the artists most closely associated with the genre of Nerdcore hip-hop. However, for most of his career mc chris eschewed the "nerdcore" label and did his best to distance himself from the scene.[5] In 2007, as Nerdcore hip-hop experienced a surge in popularity and press attention, mc chris changed his stance on the genre. Not only did he stop protesting when fans, artists or members of the media labeled his style of music as "nerdcore" he made efforts to reach out to the Nerdcore community and apologize for the way he had rejected and disrespected the genre.[5] mc chris cited his ingrained geeky tendencies as the reason he struggled to disassociate himself from nerdcore for so long:
Sorry it's taken me so long to fully recognize this genre, I never thought I was above it, I was just unaccustomed to being a part of anything. Not really used to being included, so oddly enough it can make it difficult to join up.[5]
In that same blog post, mc chris also noted that he was impressed by the amount of press attention some nerdcore rappers were suddenly getting. Throughout 2007 mc chris positioned himself to be a representative for the genre and did interviews for the highest-profile pieces of press Nerdcore had then garnered. Still, at times, he seemed hesitant to fully embrace the nerdcore label and often attributed his popularity to other forces as expressed in this interview with the New York Times:
In conversation, Mr. Ward was quick to point out that the term 'nerdcore' — coined by fellow rapper MC Frontalot in 2000 — may be too self-limiting, because 'nerds' are hardly the only children of the '80s who were raised on Transformers, Indiana Jones movies, and Public Enemy. 'It's so weird to talk about these as my specific influences, because they're not.'"[6]
By the fall of 2007, mc chris began to modify his opinion on Nerdcore's exploding popularity in the press as expressed in this article in the Boston Globe:
But some are not happy with nerdcore's growing buzz. Chris Ward, 32, who performs as mc chris, is attempting to distance himself from a genre some say he helped pioneer. He had a stint on this summer's Warped Tour, and his music is among nerdcore's most accessible, featuring his slightly high-pitched voice and Kanye-like beats.
"It's kind of one of those things that perpetuates itself where the only people in the audience are the people making the music. . . . I'm afraid of being demoted by comparison, [of being] lumped into this group that's kind of dismissible," he said recently before his sold-out show at the Roxy."'' [7]
Seemingly fed up with all the nerdcore-related press he had been asked to do, mc chris lashed out against the media in his blog:
it's this fuckin press. and i told my booking as we ate al fresco in the shadow of the newsweek building in nyc, that i wasnt gonna do press, that this thing was gonna perpetuate itself if i kept on doing interviews about it. the stories are never about me. i'm a figurehead that signals a cultural revolution, that's their angle and they will stick to it ad nauseum [sic Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus", "so", "as such", or "in such a manner". In writing, it is placed within square brackets and usually italicized – [sic] – to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, punctuation, and/or other preceding quoted material has been reproduced verbatim from the]. and if i cant be the figure head then they'll get one of the desperate dipshits who cant wait to do what i do with the same results... i wish the press didnt turn out to be a bunch of lemmings that doesn't mind insulting their subjects, because they think in generalizations, in categories. no one wants to know about me. they want to know about my movement. my genre."[8]
In that same blog post mc chris strongly came out against Nerdcore Hip-Hop and stated that the genre's recent success was due to his hard work. He also scolded the media for being "lemmings" for all showering so much attention on Nerdcore while not focusing on his own "movement:"
the truth is i'm kicking every other [nerdcore] rapper like me's ass up and down the boardwalk. i only like one and will say his name quite happily. jesse dangerously. he’s good. the rest suck. that's hard to say and i havent said it before because some of these people are my fans, some are my friends. but i cant stand the music, i hate being associated with it, it doesn't serve my career and it only makes me want to drink, die, quit or d: all of the above. because the best way i can say this is, i've built a house and it took ten years to build it and i just finished it and i want to take a picture of myself in front of it. just before the camera goes off someone steps in the frame and says, me too, i built this house too. i worked all those years. i made all those sacrifices. they didn't, they just think it's a dope house and they want to live in it too.
people that want access to accolades they have no right to are cheaters. they don't want to do the work, they don't want to wait, they just want to win, tomorrow. there are some people that think that cant have a career unless it's tethered to mine and they're right. i wish they'd leave me alone. i wish the press didnt turn out to be a bunch of lemmings that doesn't mind insulting their subjects, because they think in generalizations, in categories. no one wants to know about me. they want to know about my movement. my genre.[8]
mc chris went on to finally cut ties with Nerdcore Hip-Hop by announcing it was "a genre I do not endorse."[8]
In August 2008 mc chris was convinced to participate in a 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an American investigative television newsmagazine, which has run on CBS News since 1968. The program was created by long time producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation. It has been among the top-rated TV programs for much of its life, and has garnered numerous awards over the story about nerd culture and nerdcore:
i did have an ace up my sleeve all day. sixty minutes hollered at me. they're filming my september 7th show. that's right. MCCHRIS IS GONNA BE ON 60 MINUTES!!! in a piece on nerd culture and nerdcore. not something i usually want to be associated with, but im not gonna be stupid and say no to the biggest news show on tv." [9]
Discography
- Life's a Bitch and I'm Her Pimp (2001)
- Knowing Is Half the Hassle (2003)
- Eating's Not Cheating (2004)
- Dungeon Master of Ceremonies (2006)
- The New York University 8-Track Discography 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)
- mc chris is dead (2008)
- Part Six Part One (2009)
- Part Six Part Two (2009)
References
- ^ mc chris' song "10-Year-Old" - "mc chris, lower case, no dots, rewind."
- ^ [adult swim] - Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Episode 9: MC Pee Pants
- ^ [adult swim] - Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Episode 18: Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future
- ^ mc chris interview on You Sound Like A Robot
- ^ a b c Digitalgangster.com Re-post of mc chris blog. January, 29th 2007
- ^ Williams, Alex (2007-08-05). "Dungeons, Dragons and Dope Beats". Fashion & Style. The New York Times Company The New York Times Company is an American media company best known as the publisher of its namesake, The New York Times. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has served as Chairman of the Board since 1997. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/fashion/05nerdcore.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-20.
- ^ Miranda, Jeff (2007-11-04). "Refrain of the nerds". Boston Globe The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Globe has been owned by The New York Times Company since 1993. Its chief print rival is the Boston Herald. In 2008 the Globe's average weekday circulation fell to 350,605, down from 382,503, or 8.3%. Sunday circulation fell 6.5% to 525,959. The New York Times Company The New York Times Company is an American media company best known as the publisher of its namesake, The New York Times. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has served as Chairman of the Board since 1997. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/11/04/refrain_of_the_nerds/?page=3. Retrieved on 2009-05-20.
- ^ a b c Nerdcore.info Re-post of mc chris blog. October, 15, 2007
- ^ Nerdcore.info Re-post of mc chris' blog. August, 21, 2008
External links
- Official site (Requires Flash Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform originally acquired by Macromedia and currently developed and distributed by Adobe Systems. Since its introduction in 1996, Flash has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages. Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, and various web page components, to plugin)
- mc chris at MySpace MySpace is a social networking website with an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos for teenagers and adults internationally. Its headquarters are in Beverly Hills, California, USA, where it shares an office building with its immediate owner, Fox Interactive Media, which is
- Chris Ward at the Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, video games, and most recently, fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. IMDb launched on October 17, 1990, and in 1998 was acquired by Amazon.com
- TV.com entry for Chris Ward
- Slashdot Interview (original announcement found here)
- FilmForce Interview
- Interview From September 2005
- Interview from April 2008 on Deviant Nation
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Long before . mc chris. took to hip-hop music he, along with his friends from the pop-punk band Dirt Bike Annie, got together and created music under the name . mc chris. and the lee majors. Keep in mind that the actual Lee Majors and his six ...
Q. I think it's considered a disorder? It's when a male's voice never gets deeper. One person that comes to mind with this is MC Chris. (Sorry if this isn't the right category for a question like this, I wasn't sure where to put it.)
Asked by Biu - Thu Jun 4 10:52:05 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Could be puberphonia, or mutational falsetto
Answered by smiiile - Thu Jun 4 11:01:41 2009
