MC 900 Ft. Jesus

MC 900 Ft. Jesus
MC 900 Ft. Jesus
Birth name Mark Griffin
Genres Hip hop, jazz, experimental
Occupations Musician
Years active 1989–1995
Labels I.R.S. Records
American Recordings
Nettwerk

MC 900 Ft. Jesus is the stage name of Mark Griffin, a classically trained musician[citation needed] turned rapper and experimental musician born in Dallas, Texas.

Griffin's stage name came from a sermon by Oral Roberts, in which the televangelist claimed that he had received a vision of a 900-foot-tall (270 m) Jesus, who commanded him to build a hospital on the campus of Oral Roberts University. Griffin's first album, Hell With The Lid Off (1989) was released under the name "MC 900 Ft. Jesus With DJ Zero", but the MC has sole billing on Welcome To My Dream (1991) and One Step Ahead of The Spider (1994). According to a Chicago Tribune article dated November 8, 1991, DJ Zero appears on Welcome To My Dream under his real name, Patrick Rollins, because of uncertainty about whether he would have been able to tour in support of the album. Rollins/Zero appears on One Step Ahead of The Spider but is not listed in the credits.

MC 900 Ft. Jesus' music is influenced by hip-hop, incorporating many samples. "Hell With the Lid Off" included the cult single "Truth is Out of Style". His next hit was "The City Sleeps", which explores the mind of a serial arsonist. His last cult hit, "If I Only Had A Brain", created a splash thanks to a whimsical music video directed by a young Spike Jonze as well as exposure on MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head and heavy national tour support.

Griffin eventually became disillusioned with the music industry, and following unproductive sessions for his fourth album, felt he had taken his style of music as far as he wanted to go. Record label interest waned. Needing a new direction, he gained his commercial pilot's license, hoping to become a flight instructor, but eventually took a job at a large bookstore.[1]

As of 2007, he began DJing weekly at a Dallas music venue, Lee Harvey's, located in the Cedars neighborhood near downtown. According to their calendar, December 19, 2009 may have been the last time he performed there.[2]

Contents

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • Too Bad / Shut Up: (1988) MC 900 Ft. Jesus With DJ Zero
  • I'm Going Straight To Heaven: (1989) MC 900 Ft. Jesus With DJ Zero
  • Truth Is Out Of Style: (1989) MC 900 Ft. Jesus With DJ Zero
  • UFO's Are Real: (1990) MC 900 Ft. Jesus With DJ Zero
  • Killer Inside Me: (1991) MC 900 Ft. Jesus
  • The City Sleeps: (1991) MC 900 Ft. Jesus
  • If I Only Had A Brain: (1994) MC 900 Ft. Jesus
  • But If You Go: (1994) MC 900 Ft. Jesus
  • Falling Elevators: (1996) MC 900 Ft. Jesus

References

  1. ^ Hughey, Jesse. "MC 900 Ft. Jesus Lives", Dallas Observer, 31 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Lee Harvey's - August 2007". http://leeharveys.com/pages/calendar0807.html. Retrieved 2007-07-23. 

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