ARTIST: MC/VL
TITLE: Stance
LABEL: Self-Released
GENRE: Hip-Hop
BITRATE: 235 kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 20min total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-02-16
RIP DATE: 2007-04-03
Track List
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1. Cold Check It! 2:29
2. Monkeyshines 2:34
3. Land Of The Breaks 2:35
4. Moby Dick 2:40
5. Ulysses 2:43
6. Buckner 2:34
7. Rock The Party Right 1:55
8. The Guarantee 2:47
Release Notes:
http://www.myspace.com/mcvl
Mighty Clyde and Vicious Lee might not have an original bone in their bodies.
They aren't treading any ground that hasn't already been covered by The Beastie
Boys and Run DMC, but for anyone who feels like those bands gave up their body
rockin' and metal guitar-sampling tactics too early in their careers, MC/VL are
ready to drop a love letter to the gloriously banging electro '80s as a kind of
Valentine's Day hangover.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that opener "Cold Check It!" is an outtake from
Paul's Boutique, and where the Beasties stopped "Finger Lickin' Good" in its
tracks with a Dylan sample, MC/VL drops Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" into
"Monkeyshines" to much the same effect. The Beastie Boys sampled AC/DC's "Back
in Black" for their first single, "Rock Hard"; MC/VL cribs "Thunderstruck" for
"The Guarantee." Tag team rhymes? Check. Geeky white boys in matching adidas
tracksuits? You got it.
On Stance, the pop culture references come fast and hard: Milwaukee Brewers
second baseman Robin Yount? Check. Mary Todd Lincoln. Yup. And how many bands
can boast back-to-back tracks that share titles with great works of fiction
("Moby Dick" and "Ulysses")? àtherein lies MC/VL's particular kind of genius,
one which it shares with the Beasties: an ability to straddle the line between
booty-moving and intellectual stimulation. Like Girl Talk's Night Ripper mix
from last year, half the pleasure comes from tracing the lineage of the samples
(listen for Tegan and Sara) and the other half comes from blasting it out of
your car stereo. MC/VL have no illusions about their originality, and that makes
all the difference. Immature artists copy, mature artists steal. You'll have to
figure out which this is a case of for yourself. (www.pulsetc.com)