Clown College

A lot of MCs suffer from an identity crisis. It is not uncommon for a rapper to show a totally unexpected facet of their personality outside of the recording booth, for better or for worse. Be it an artistic decision or not, many artists can’ t even decide who they are on the mic. Tupac could switch from playing the belligerent gangsta on one verse to being sensitive and vulnerable on the next. Lil’ Wayne thinks he’ s a rock star all of a sudden, and how many different personalities does Kool Keith actually have anyway? One thing about MC Lars that can’ t be said about many other rappers is that he is uncannily consistent—both as an artist and a person.

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