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mc chris / Knowing is Half the Hassle & Eating's Not Cheating : 4 of 5
5.30.2005 3:51 PM \| Link	I've had Knowing is Half the Hassle (mc chris' second CD) for well over a year, but I forgot to review it, so here's a combined review with his latest CD, which I bought just before seeing his live show here in Austin. Hassle has five tunes on it, with skits thrown inbetween - the songs are great (in fact, some of his best), but I hate the skits - I know they're supposed to be funny, but they're just too violent for me to enjoy. The songs rock, though - Ten Year Old is probably my favorite, since it's just the right tempo for me to rap along (sometimes mc can rap so fast!). Eating's Not Cheating has 14 awesome tracks - by far his longest CD, and the sound quality and music keeps getting better and better. I tend to like slower raps more, but there are some super-fast ones here that are simply amazing to hear. Stop Time is a great song, with great lyrics about mc instilling pride in the geeks of the world, which is funny and cool at the same time. The whole CD is filled with incredible references, everything from Zam Wessel to Friendster. I think some of the songs on Hassle are better, but since there are so many good ones on Eating, I'd say it's his best CD. Really, you should just get them all and mix 'em all together! Labels: cds


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