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Dallas TX, United States

MC 900 Ft. Jesus is the stage name of Mark Griffin, a classically-trained musician turned rapper and experimenter born in Dallas, Texas. Griffin’s work was often considered well ahead of its time, and much of his sound and experimentation predates artists like Beck and Orbital.

Griffin’s wit and formal education help him to inject complexity and humor into his work as MC 900 Ft. Jesus. Deriving his MC name from a sermon by Oral Roberts, Griffin’s first album, Hell With The Lid Off (1990) was released under the name MC 900 Ft. Jesus with DJ Zero, but the MC has sole billing on Welcome to My Dream (1991) and One Step Ahead of the Spider (1994). According to a Chicago Tribune article dated November 8, 1991, DJ Zero appears on Dream under his real name, Patrick Rollins, because of uncertainty about whether he would have been able to tour in support of the album. Rollins/Zero is not listed in the credits for Spider.

MC 900 Ft. Jesus’ music is influenced by hip-hop, incorporating many samples, but the lyrics are often quite off-kilter and mordant. “Hell with the Lid Off” included the cult single “Truth Is Out Of Style,” a satire of postmodern man’s self indulgence. His next hit was “The City Sleeps,” which explores the mind of a serial arsonist. His last cult hit, “If I Only Had a Brain,” created a splash thanks to a video directed by a young Spike Jonze as well as exposure on MTV’s Beavis and Butt-Head and heavy national tour support.
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  • gruny305

    ахуэнна

    October 2011

  • crysquare

    Love "Hearing Voices in One´s Head"..... Here is a live session with DJ Zero: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVtT7hrkzKg

    September 2011

  • OLdSKuul62

    Killer Inside Me - Volume compilation series #2 is where I have heard of this group ? Guy , whatever . Good stuff . I need to follow up on this .

    July 2011

  • conditionals

    So good. I'm ridiculously late to the party here.

    April 2011

  • loudecibels

    Somewhere on a higher mental plain...

    February 2011

  • genex

    Been listening again to this and it's still so good - remember playing it on college radio in the early 90s!

    January 2011

  • Kristman

    On the verge of 200 000 plays. This is not good enough. Deserves to be world renowned.

    November 2010

  • HumanGame

    I would love to hear what he would output if he were to record a new LP now. Alas, I strongly and unfortunately doubt Mr. Griffin will anytime soon. Long live MC 900 Ft Jesus. Long live Mark Griffin.

    October 2010
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