Gigantic Robot Kills (2009)

Product Summary Label: OGLIO/FONTANA UPC: 00643397100320 Release Date: 2/24/2009 Buy.com Sku: 210663532 Item#: M4KHKS Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Where You Been Lars? ~ MC Lars 2. True Player For Real - (featuring Weird Al Yankovic/Wheatus) ~ MC Lars 3. Hipster Girl ~ MC Lars 4. It's Not Easy (Being Green) - (featuring Pierre Bouvier) ~ MC Lars 5. This Gigantic Robot Kills - (featuring Suburban Legends/MC Bat Commander) ~ MC Lars 6. No Logo - (featuring Jesse Dangerously) ~ MC Lars 7. 35 Laurel Drive ~ MC Lars 8. Twenty-Three - (featuring Amie Miriello) ~ MC Lars 9. Guitar Hero (Beating Guitar Hero Does Not Make You Slash) - (featuring Parry Gripp) ~ MC Lars 10. O.G. Original Gamer - (featuring MC Frontalot/Jonathan Coulton) ~ MC Lars 11. We Have Arrived - (featuring K. Flay/YT Cracker) ~ MC Lars 12. White Kids Aren't Hyphy ~ MC Lars 13. Hey There Ophelia - (featuring Gabe Saporta/Brett Anderson) ~ MC Lars 14. (Lord It's Hard To Be Happy When You're Not Using ) The Metric System ~ MC Lars   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info On THIS GIGANTIC ROBOT KILLS's opening track, "True Player for Real," a self-deprecatory parody of hip-hop brag-a-thons, MC Lars announces his "childhood hero" "Weird Al" Yankovic on accordion with a "this means we made it, guys." There's both intentional irony and genuine oh-my-gosh exuberance in his voice, a reaction that explains both essence and appeal of the hip-hop satirist from Berkeley. He's an expert at endearingly poking fun at fads and fops; the title track gently prods those who long for the days of third wave ska while "Hipster Girl" accurately depicts Brooklynites o.d.'ing on trendiness. THIS GIGANTIC ROBOT KILLS breaks little new ground, but that hardly matters as MC Lars is simply one of the best in the nerdcore biz and the record is pure candy fun. Musical Guests Weird Al Yankovic Wheatus Pierre Bouvier Suburban Legends MC Bat Commander Jesse Dangerously Amie Miriello Parry Gripp MC Frontalot Jonathan Coulton K. Flay YT Cracker Gabe Saporta Brett Anderson   Compilation Appearances For The Kids Three Santa Cause Vol 2 Up End Atom:tribute To Atom And His P   Technical Info Release Date : 02/24/2009 Original Release Date : 2009 Catalog ID : OGL710032 Label : Oglio Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00643397100320   Professional Reviews Alternative Press (p.142) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The finest collaboration comes on 'O.G. Original Gamer,' which features fellow geeks MC Frontalot and Jonathan Coulton; the title track is a great example of nerdcore done right."