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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.
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 wrote:
ахуэнна
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crysquare wrote:
Love "Hearing Voices in One´s Head"..... Here is a live session with DJ Zero: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVtT7hrkzKg
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OLdSKuul62 wrote:
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 .
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conditionals wrote:
So good. I'm ridiculously late to the party here.
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loudecibels wrote:
Somewhere on a higher mental plain...
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genex wrote:
Been listening again to this and it's still so good - remember playing it on college radio in the early 90s!
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Kristman wrote:
On the verge of 200 000 plays. This is not good enough. Deserves to be world renowned.
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HumanGame wrote:
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.
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Banthabrain wrote:
Another really great artist run off from the industry. better to gift a deposit into his bank account.
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saitau wrote:
Damn I haven't heard one of your tracks since back in the day John Peel SHow on UK Radio 1. Was MC 900 FT Jesus and DJ Zero. Must of been about 1989
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Meyoshiam wrote:
@Ron242 just what I was going to say. I heard "Killer Inside Me" once on college radio just before I graduated. Bought "Welcome to my Dream" a few years later,... after DiGGinG for it. Now thanks to the W.W.W. got it again for 8.99. Hope some of these $$'s get back to Mark.
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himay333 wrote:
Caught him live once at EndFest '94? 95? He and his band were just amazing!
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ZarazaDoom wrote:
Welcome to my dream - an eternal classic. Probably the best hip hop album ever, period.
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ernewton wrote:
@zetarik Haha wtf!
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Bonelesss wrote:
wow.one step ahead of the spider is very interessting.
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zetarik wrote:
This is the one way to True Salivation!
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WattoTheJazzman wrote:
I could listen to the backing of new moon for weeks on end and not get tired of it.. love those couple of missing beats!
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Bcinu2 wrote:
One of the few, most definately.
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dalelicious wrote:
so smooth.
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Ron242 wrote:
Great artist and a big inspiration for the Trip Hop scene. Mark Griffin solely is responsible for the crossover between Hip Hop and what now is known as Trip Hop. Respect!
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TRUTH IS OUT OF STYLE (1989)
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