History Music / Cage

*** "Under Satan's Authority" has samples of alien language from ''MarsAttacks''.
*** "Pussy, Money And War" ends with a sample from a ''MortalKombat'' video game saying "Cage wins!"

*** "Agent Orange" samples Wendy Carlos' performance of "The Funeral of Queen Mary" from ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' and dialogue from ''ShogunAssassin'' (the latter of which was previously sampled in [[Music/WuTangClan GZA's]] "Liquid Swords").

In recent years he's started to become known to mainstream audiences for a few things. For one, his association with actor Creator/ShiaLabeouf. Shia's a fan of Cage's music, and he directed the music video for "I Never Knew You" and the short film ''Maniac'', featuring Cage and KidCudi as a pair of serial killers. He's also (somewhat infamously) known for his feud with Detroit rapper Music/{{Eminem}}, who Cage claimed at the time was ripping off his style. Since then he's admitted that he ''may'' have overreacted, since both rappers started out at pretty much the same time and Eminem could not possibly have ripped off Cage's style due to having already developed his style in a separate rap scene without ever having ''heard'' Cage's music. This inconsistency hasn't stopped Eminem's own FanDumb from accusing Cage of the same thing (i.e. ripping off his style).

*** "Probably Causes Paranoia" takes dialog from ''SixFeetUnder'' about marijuana and PCP, and smoking a joint dipped in ''[[TooDumbToLive actual embalming fluid]]''.

In recent years he's started to become known to mainstream audiences for a few things. For one, his association with actor ShiaLabeouf. Shia's a fan of Cage's music, and he directed the music video for "I Never Knew You" and the short film ''Maniac'', featuring Cage and KidCudi as a pair of serial killers. He's also (somewhat infamously) known for his feud with Detroit rapper Music/{{Eminem}}, who Cage claimed at the time was ripping off his style. Since then he's admitted that he ''may'' have overreacted, since both rappers started out at pretty much the same time and Eminem could not possibly have ripped off Cage's style due to having already developed his style in a separate rap scene without ever having ''heard'' Cage's music. This inconsistency hasn't stopped Eminem's own FanDumb from accusing Cage of the same thing (i.e. ripping off his style).

Not to be confused with actor Creator/NicolasCage, avant-garde composer Music/JohnCage, the HeavyMetal band of the same name, the 1989 action film of the same name and its sequel, both starring Reb Brown and Lou Ferrigno, or the MarvelComics character [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].

** "Ballad of Worms" samples I Would Hurt a Fly by Built To Spill

* ShoutOut: The multiple ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' references and samples in his early work. And the ''TheyLive''-inspired cover art of ''Movies for the Blind''.

Not to be confused with actor Creator/NicolasCage, avant-garde composer Music/JohnCage, the Music/HeavyMetal band of the same name, the 1989 action film of the same name and its sequel, both starring Reb Brown and Lou Ferrigno, or the MarvelComics character [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].

*** "Agent Orange" samples Wendy Carlos' performance of "The Funeral of Queen Mary" from ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' and dialogue from ''ShogunAssassin'' (the latter of which was previously sampled in [[WuTangClan GZA's]] "Liquid Swords").

* PoliticalRap: "Grand Ol' Party Crash", with [[Music/DeadKennedys Jello Biafra]] as "[[GeorgeWBush The Dubya]]", who, by the end of the track, [[HookersAndBlow snorts cocaine]] and says "[[BlueVelvet I'll fuck anything that moves!]]"

Not to be confused with actor Creator/NicolasCage, avant-garde composer John Cage, the Music/HeavyMetal band of the same name, the 1989 action film of the same name and its sequel, both starring Reb Brown and Lou Ferrigno, or the MarvelComics character [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].

Not to be confused with actor NicolasCage, avant-garde composer John Cage, the Music/HeavyMetal band of the same name, the 1989 action film of the same name and its sequel, both starring Reb Brown and Lou Ferrigno, or the MarvelComics character [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].

In recent years he's started to become known to mainstream audiences for a few things. For one, his association with actor ShiaLabeouf. Shia's a fan of Cage's music, and he directed the music video for "I Never Knew You" and the short film ''Maniac'', featuring Cage and KidCudi as a pair of serial killers. He's also (somewhat infamously) known for his feud with Detroit rapper {{Eminem}}, who Cage claimed at the time was ripping off his style. Since then he's admitted that he ''may'' have overreacted, since both rappers started out at pretty much the same time and Eminem could not possibly have ripped off Cage's style due to having already developed his style in a separate rap scene without ever having ''heard'' Cage's music. This inconsistency hasn't stopped Eminem's own FanDumb from accusing Cage of the same thing (i.e. ripping off his style).

* PoliticalRap: "Grand Ol' Party Crash", with [[DeadKennedys Jello Biafra]] as "[[GeorgeWBush The Dubya]]", who, by the end of the track, [[HookersAndBlow snorts cocaine]] and says "[[BlueVelvet I'll fuck anything that moves!]]"
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: RickRubin called Cage a "wigga".

* TakeThat: A couple of lines on ''Movies for the Blind'' take shouts at {{Eminem}}:

* BlackComedy: A lot of ''Movies for the Blind''. One example being "Down The Left Hand Path": He convinces a group of teenagers to commit suicide, then they haunt the wrong address (because they're "[[CrossesTheLineTwice stupid dead motherfuckers]]").
* DeadBabyComedy: Frequently occurred in his early material. Notably, the reference in "Teenage Death" to New York's "[[TooSoon two burning middle fingers]]", as well as other references to the September 11th attacks (such as suggesting that the terrorists should have flown a plane into the MTV building as well) on the same album, which came out [[TooSoon less than a year after the attacks]].

Cage (Chris Palko) is rapper from [[BigAppleSauce New York City]]. He's known for his [[{{Horrorcore}} dark, story-based rhymes]], with his later work becoming much more personal.

In recent years he's started to become known to mainstream audiences for a few things. For one, his association with actor ShiaLabeouf. Shia's a fan of Cage's music, and he directed the music video for "I Never Knew You" and the short film ''Maniac'', featuring Cage and KidCudi as a pair of serial killers. He's also (somewhat infamously) known for his feud with Detroit rapper {{Eminem}}, who Cage claimed at the time was ripping off his style. Since then he's admitted that he ''may'' have overreacted, since both rappers started out at pretty much the same time and Eminem could not possibly have ripped off Cage's style due to having already developed his style in a separate rap scene without ever having ''heard'' Cage's music. This inconsistency hasn't stopped Eminem's own FanDumb from accusing Cage of [[DidNotDoTheResearch the same thing]] (i.e. ripping off his style).

* GallowsHumor: "Suicidal Failure" is partly this, partly Nightmare Fuel.

* StalkerWithACrush: "I Never Knew You" to a [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel nightmarish extent]].

* AntiLoveSong: "I Never Knew You", to a [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel nightmarish extent]].

* StalkerWithACrush: "I Never Knew You"

Cage (Chris Palko) is rapper from [[BigAppleSauce New York City]]. He's known for his [[Horrorcore dark, story-based rhymes]], with his later work becoming much more personal.

[[BigAppleSauce New York City]] rapper Cage (Chris Palko) is best known to mainstream audiences for one of two things:

1. His association with actor ShiaLabeouf, a fan of Cage's music, who directed Cage's music video "I Never Knew You" and the short film ''Maniac'', featuring Cage and Kid Cudi as a pair of serial killers.

2. A feud with Detroit rapper {{Eminem}}, who Palko once claimed ripped off his style. Palko has since admitted that he may have overreacted, since both rappers started out at pretty much the same time, and Eminem could not have ripped off Cage's style, having already developed his style in a separate rap scene without ever having heard Cage's music (this inconsistency hasn't stopped Eminem FanDumb from accusing Cage of [[DidNotDoTheResearch ripping off Eminem's style]], even though it's as impossible as Cage's previous claims).

Cage's lyrics are distinguished from most rappers in that they are ''extremely'' personal, although sometimes exaggerated to cartoonish levels (especially on his debut ''Movies for the Blind''), and even though many of his albums and appearances on mixtapes and compilations feature [[{{Horrorcore}} dark portraits of entirely fictional characters]], the personal touch has gotten Cage a great deal of appraisal as a lyricist and artist of great talent.Not to be confused with actor NicolasCage, avant-garde composer John Cage, the Music/HeavyMetal band of the same name, the 1989 action film of the same name and its sequel, both starring Reb Brown and Lou Ferrigno, or the MarvelComics character [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].

Cage's lyrics are distinguished from most rappers in that they are ''extremely'' personal, although sometimes exaggerated to cartoonish levels (especially on his debut ''Movies for the Blind''), and even though many of his albums and appearances on mixtapes and compilations feature [[{{Horrorcore}} dark portraits of entirely fictional characters]], the personal touch has gotten Cage a great deal of appraisal as a lyricist and artist of great talent.

Palko was born a MilitaryBrat in Würzburg, Germany to American parents. His father, Bill Murray ([[NamesTheSame not to be confused]] with [[BillMurray the actor]]) was dishonorably discharged for selling and using heroin, and the family was sent back to the United States where they lived in Middletown, New York. Murray would often force Palko to pull homemade tourniquets around his arm as he injected heroin. At the age of eight, Palko's father was arrested during a standoff with state troopers after threatening his family with a shotgun.

By the time Palko was kicked out of high school, his mother had remarried twice, and he was beaten by his stepfather Frank. Palko began using PCP, cocaine, LSD, cannabis and alcohol, and was sent to live with his uncle on a German military base, where he was beaten and sent home after a year. Palko was arrested several times for drug possession and fighting in the streets. When he faced jail time for violating probation, his mother convinced the judge that he was mentally unstable, and he was sent to the Stony Lodge psychiatric hospital for a two week evaluation. He eventually ended up staying in the hospital for eighteen months, where he was a part of a small group used to test Prozac. After being misdiagnosed and placed on the drug, he became suicidal and made several attempts to kill himself, including hanging himself with his shoelaces and saving his lithium dose for a month before ingesting all of them at once.

Palko later called his experiences in Stony Lodge "college for my rap career"; as a ShoutOut to ''Film/AClockworkOrange'', he adopted the name "Alex". As Cage Kennylz, he was featured on Pete Nice and DJ Richie Rich's album ''Dust to Dust''. Palko signed to Columbia Records, but could never complete a satisfactory album due to his constant drug use, and was kicked off the label. Success came in 1997 when Palko released the single "Agent Orange", produced by {{Necro}}. A notable incident early in his career occurred when RickRubin attended one of Cage's early concerts and dismissed him as a "[[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy wigga]]" and left the performance.

In 1999, Cage started a supergroup called The Weathermen, alongside Aesop Rock, Tame One, Cage, Yak Ballz, El-P, Breeze Brewin and Camu Tao, whose death led to the disbanding of the group. Cage did not complete an album until 2002, when he released ''Movies for the Blind'', a CultClassic that was well-respected by HipHop fans and critics, but Palko later [[CreatorBacklash dismissed]] as being too random and fragmented, and said that it [[DrugsAreBad glorified drugs]]. Cage also had a poor relationship with the label that released the album, Eastern Conference Records, and soon left in favor of a contract with another independent label, Definitive Jux, and released an even more personal album, ''Hell's Winter'', which was less fictionalized than ''Movies for the Blind''.

His most recent album, ''Depart from Me'', has been appraised by music critics as a highlight in [[RapRock the fusion of Hip Hop and rock]], as well as his most personal album to date.

Not to be confused with actor NicolasCage, avant-garde composer John Cage, the Music/HeavyMetal band of the same name, the 1989 action film of the same name and its sequel, both starring Reb Brown and Lou Ferrigno, or the MarvelComics character [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].

Palko later called his experiences in Stony Lodge "college for my rap career"; as a ShoutOut to ''AClockworkOrange'', he adopted the name "Alex". As Cage Kennylz, he was featured on Pete Nice and DJ Richie Rich's album ''Dust to Dust''. Palko signed to Columbia Records, but could never complete a satisfactory album due to his constant drug use, and was kicked off the label. Success came in 1997 when Palko released the single "Agent Orange", produced by {{Necro}}. A notable incident early in his career occurred when RickRubin attended one of Cage's early concerts and dismissed him as a "[[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy wigga]]" and left the performance.

*** "Agent Orange" samples Wendy Carlos' performance of "The Funeral of Queen Mary" from ''AClockworkOrange'' and dialogue from ''ShogunAssassin'' (the latter of which was previously sampled in [[WuTangClan GZA's]] "Liquid Swords").

** More ''AClockworkOrange'' samples in "Radiohead", the B-side of the "Agent Orange" single.

* ShoutOut: The multiple ''AClockworkOrange'' references and samples in his early work. And the ''TheyLive''-inspired cover art of ''Movies for the Blind''.

Palko was born a MilitaryBrat in Würzburg, Germany to American parents. His father, Bill Murray ([[IThoughtItMeant not to be confused]] with [[BillMurray the actor]]) was dishonorably discharged for selling and using heroin, and the family was sent back to the United States where they lived in Middletown, New York. Murray would often force Palko to pull homemade tourniquets around his arm as he injected heroin. At the age of eight, Palko's father was arrested during a standoff with state troopers after threatening his family with a shotgun.

1. His association with actor ShiaLabeouf, a fan of Cage's music, who shot two music videos featuring Cage, notably for Cage's song "I Never Knew You".

Not to be confused with actor NicolasCage, avant-garde composer John Cage, the HeavyMetal band of the same name, the 1989 action film of the same name and its sequel, both starring Reb Brown and Lou Ferrigno, or the MarvelComics character [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].

2. A feud with Detroit rapper {{Eminem}}, who Palko once claimed ripped off his style. Palko has since admitted that he may have overreacted, since both rappers started out at pretty much the same time, and Eminem could not have ripped off Cage's style, having already developed his style in a separate rap scene without ever having heard Cage's music (this inconsistency hasn't stopped Eminem FanDumb from accusing Cage of [[DidNotDoTheResearch ripping off Eminem's style]], even though it's as impossible as Cage's previous claims). Strangely enough, Palko never seems to mention or even be aware of one of Eminem's biggest influences, {{Esham}} (the rapper responsible for a lot of Eminem's AxCrazy stage persona), which places even more doubt upon Palko's former claims.