The Graduate (MC Lars album)

For other uses, see The Graduate (disambiguation).

The Graduate
Studio album by MC Lars
Released	March 21, 2006 (2006-03-21)
Genre	Nerdcore post-punk lit hop
Length	41:11
Label	Horris Nettwerk
Producer	Christopher Rojas Ill Bill Mike Sapone Oli Horton Q-Unique Steve Dawson The Rondo Brothers
MC Lars chronology
Radio Pet Fencing (2003) The Graduate (2006) The Digital Gangster LP (2008)
Singles from The Graduate
"Signing Emo" Released: 2005 "Download This Song" Released: 2006 "Ahab" Released: 2006

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Alternative Press	3/5[2]
Now	[3]
PopMatters	3/10[4]
Spin	B+[5]

The Graduate is the fourth full-length studio album by American musician MC Lars. It was released on March 21, 2006 through Horris/Nettwerk Records. Production was mostly handled by Mike Sapone, as well as Christopher Rojas, Ill Bill, Oli Horton, Q-Unique, Steve Dawson and The Rondo Brothers. It features guest appearances from A Scholar And A Physician, Ill Bill, Jaret Reddick, MC Chris, Piney Gir and The Matches.

The album spawned three singles: "Signing Emo", "Download This Song" and "Ahab". "Download This Song" made it to number 29 on the Australian singles chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Download This Song" (featuring Jaret Reddick)	Andrew Nielsen Mike Sapone James Newell Osterberg, Jr. Denis Roderick Gardiner Connolly	Mike Sapone	3:44
2.	"The Roommate from Hell" (featuring MC Chris)	Nielsen Christopher Brendan Ward IV Christopher Rojas	Christopher Rojas	3:18
3.	"21 Concepts"	Nielsen	Mike Sapone	2:49
4.	"Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock" (featuring The Matches)	Nielsen	The Rondo Brothers	2:15
5.	"Rapgirl"	Nielsen	Mike Sapone	3:03
6.	"Generic Crunk Rap"	Nielsen McCombs	Mike Sapone	3:02
7.	"Ahab"	Nielsen Sapone Gareth Michael Coombes Robert Joseph Coombes Michael Milton Quinn Daniel Robert Goffey	Mike Sapone	3:21
8.	"iGeneration"	Nielsen Damondrick Maurion Jack Piebald	Mike Sapone	2:53
9.	"If I Had a Time Machine, That Would Be Fresh"	Nielsen	Rob Seals (co.)	1:03
10.	"Internet Relationships (Are Not Real Relationships)" (featuring Piney Gir)	Nielsen Oli Horton Steve Dawson Angela Penhaligon	A Scholar And A Physician	3:24
11.	"Space Game"	Nielsen Moob Arby Sapone	Mike Sapone	4:05
12.	"The Dialogue" (featuring Ill Bill)	Nielsen William Braunstein Anthony Quiles	Ill Bill Q-Unique	2:53
13.	"Six Degrees of Kurt Cobain"	Nielsen Sapone	Mike Sapone	1:44
14.	"Signing Emo"	Nielsen Sapone Thomas Gates Thomas Penzone	Mike Sapone	3:37
Total length:				41:11

Samples

• "Download This Song" samples "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop.
• The song "21 Concepts" samples music from Tetris. When performed live, the background video includes clips of Mega64's popular Tetris video. Additionally, the lyrics parody the song '99 Problems' by Jay-Z.
• The chorus to "Ahab" samples the British band Supergrass performing "Moving" off their self-titled album.
• The song "iGeneration" samples "American Hearts" by Piebald.
• The song "Singing Emo" samples "Cry Tonight" by Hearts That Hate.

References

1. Love, Bret. "The Graduate - MC Lars | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
2. Fleisher, Eddie (May 24, 2006). "MC Lars". Alternative Press. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
3. Perlich, Tim (April 20, 2006). "Discs | MC LARS The Graduate (Horris/Sony BMG)". NOW Magazine. Vol. 25, no. 34. Archived from the original on May 12, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2006.
4. Raper, Dan (March 21, 2006). "MC Lars: The Graduate, PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
5. Rashbaum, Alyssa (March 31, 2006). "SPIN.com: MC Lars The Graduate (Nettwerk)". Spin. Archived from the original on May 17, 2006. Retrieved May 17, 2006.

External links

• MC Lars – The Graduate at Discogs (list of releases)