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This Gigantic Robot Kills

MC Lars
1 disc

1. Where You Been Lars?
2. True Player For Real - (featuring Weird Al Yankovic/Wheatus)
3. Hipster Girl
4. It's Not Easy (Being Green) - (featuring Pierre Bouvier)
5. This Gigantic Robot Kills - (featuring Suburban Legends/The MC Bat Commander)
6. No Logo - (featuring Jesse Dangerously)
7. 35 Laurel Drive
8. Twenty-Three - (featuring Amie Miriello)
9. Guitar Hero (Beating Guitar Hero Does Not Make You Slash) - (featuring Parry Gripp)
10. O.G. Original Gamer - (featuring MC Frontalot/Jonathan Coulton)
11. We Have Arrived - (featuring K. Flay/YTCracker)
12. White Kids Aren't Hyphy
13. Hey There Ophelia - (featuring Gabe Saporta/Brett Anderson)
14. (Lord It's Hard To Be Happy When You're Not Using ) The Metric System
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): OGL710032
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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.
Critic 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."