Thank you! You have been my idol since I was 8 and heard The Raven while I was starting to read Poe. Thanks for being a genius and just awesome :) I will see you at the Vans Warped tour at shoreline!
Yo I respect this guy for repping the galactic empires symbol, in this day and age of the new republic you have to be mighty brace to wear that. Long live emperor Palpatine!
Damn... Clyde Stubblefield still isn't getting credit for creating his solo breakdown on "Funky drummer". The band also gets no royalties only daily wages for the recording sessions. James owned/ruled the publishing.
Mala Murthy yea me too cuz this white dude and akala are culture vultures, that akala dude trynna be like american rappers.. he cant speak either about hip hip since he from another country, both akala and this dude corny
Impressive, an educated white man teaching an educated white audience about classical theater and how it's related to 1990's American urban music history.
yeah... lars works better in his works than his idk, lectures? I gotta give it to him though, he let me pirate his tunes on my weirdo radio show for a while.
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore ---" Take what fits. Ignore the rest. Rap as art can't pass the test. This is ridiculous -- more evidence that TED has run out of things to talk about.
Enrico Pepitone lmao wtf are you talking about? How is hip hop not art. Just watch a vox analysis of some of open mic eagle's lyrics and you'll see that hip hop is art
It was an international program through Stanford, I went in 2003.
Great insight and it takes a true genius to connect all of this.
Wow, Loved it!
Linda Esquivel Totally
that's why he's in TED
This guy should talk to Akala from The hip hop Shakespeare company!
Thank you! You have been my idol since I was 8 and heard The Raven while I was starting to read Poe. Thanks for being a genius and just awesome :) I will see you at the Vans Warped tour at shoreline!
they literally killed it
I really enjoyed this. I didn't know you did lectures too. Mad Props.
This is amazing! I am playing it in my class tomorrow!
Please dont
please do
I'm surprised he didn't bring up Amen Brother by The Winstons rather than the James Brown Track
They took the Akala version down. That was the best.
He's so intelligent. Jeez.
that's what I really like bout Tyler doe, he raps about dark shit but he makes it so over-the-top it becomes almost a satire.
No, he's shit. Even he admits it.
christopher jaeger he says he's shit so you don't have to!
I love MC Lars and I love Ted Talks, but I have to admit that this wasn't that great.
How do you qualify to go to Oxford? That's a hard school to get into!
Yo I respect this guy for repping the galactic empires symbol, in this day and age of the new republic you have to be mighty brace to wear that. Long live emperor Palpatine!
Who else thought that the Mask of the Red Death ruins everything.
Damn they need more rehearse more
+Uzi Gadafi Young kids with situation anxiety. They'll get better as time goes along.
Much Love
In the subtitles "I collaborated with -Care s1- " LoL...
Awesome, Lars!!
Very interesting
Damn... Clyde Stubblefield still isn't getting credit for creating his solo breakdown on "Funky drummer". The band also gets no royalties only daily wages for the recording sessions. James owned/ruled the publishing.
I watched a documentary about James Brown the other day and Clyde said he hates that song! haha
tat waz awesome
That was real nerdy for sure
Amazing. Just tweeted this :)
I agree, but I think Lars is more interesting in theoretical terms.
Awesome. Lars you seem like a great guy!
Nice!greethinxs
This is a great video but the guys at the end aren't that good xD that second guy forgot his lyrics for a second and the second guy had no rhythm.
This video made me go brain dead.
sweeeeeeeeeeet lars
I love you man but Shakespeare, Poe, James Brown and Griot, you lost me near Rio. The Rio Theatre, near PG. PG-38, happy birthday, Libra
...that's not Michael Cera?
No Macbeth greatest weakness was his wife
I hope Akala never sees this! :/
Mala Murthy yea me too cuz this white dude and akala are culture vultures, that akala dude trynna be like american rappers.. he cant speak either about hip hip since he from another country, both akala and this dude corny
Impressive, an educated white man teaching an educated white audience about classical theater and how it's related to 1990's American urban music history.
MC Lars I love your work but the group with you ...they need some practice I think
no
Akala's presentation is better.
lols and in ableton and reason we have auto tune.
Red death = not very good lol
lol
by a mile
Ummmm the rapper gang was not.........very.......good
lFMAO
They fucked up real good
this vid is hard to watch.
yeah... lars works better in his works than his idk, lectures? I gotta give it to him though, he let me pirate his tunes on my weirdo radio show for a while.
They need to work on rhythm at the very least!
Akala's video is SO MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!!!!
This so does not belong on a TED talk.
The only requirement to get on TEDX is to have an idea you want to share... So by that it does
the end killed it
lol
Why is this guy a Marxist?
Mc Lars has bullied a girl called Caroline Lee (his ex-lover) for seven years.
corny...
OMG ANOTHER WHITE PERSON TALKING ABOUT RAP AND HIP HOP....gentrification
i thought he was gonna be black
Bro just stop like right now I like your confidence but like...............:D XD
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore ---"
Take what fits. Ignore the rest.
Rap as art can't pass the test.
This is ridiculous -- more evidence that TED has run out of things to talk about.
Enrico Pepitone lmao wtf are you talking about? How is hip hop not art. Just watch a vox analysis of some of open mic eagle's lyrics and you'll see that hip hop is art
It's been 5 yrs and Enrico's assinine comment still falls flat lol
4:09-4:23 :l And you said u work with 2 pac HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HILAAAAAAAAARIOOOOUUUSSSS HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HAAAAAH(cough,cough)
Hmm how come there's no mc Chris one