History Music / MCFrontalot

* GreatestHits: ''Favoritism'', made for the [[UsefulNotes/HumbleBundle Humble Indie Bundle]] music collection.

MC Frontalot, real name Damian Hess (born December 3, 1973), is a nerdcore hip-hop rapper. What is nerdcore, you may ask? It's simply normal hip-hop, but focused on nerdy pop culture (Film/StarWars, TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, VideoGame/{{Zork}}, etc.). While a lot of nerdcore music has come before him, Frontalot made it more well-known with his frequent appearances at [[Webcomic/PennyArcade PAX.]]

Frontalot started out with a small audience; he originally made songs in an online competition named Song Fight. He entered through many names, but his "MC Frontalot" username never lost a single competition. And, as anyone would tell you, he was good. So much so, one of his songs in Song Fight scored 614 votes. Which was the closest after that? ''28.''

MC Frontalot, real name Damian Hess (born December 3, 1973), is a nerdcore hip-hop rapper. What is nerdcore, you may ask? It's simply normal hip-hop, but focused on pop culture (Film/StarWars, TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, VideoGame/{{Zork}}, etc.). While a lot of nerdcore music has come before him, Frontalot made it really well known with his frequent appearances at the [[Webcomic/PennyArcade Penny Arcade Expo.]]

--> All the [[PerfectlyCromulentWord pirated]] [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil MP3s I grabbed]]

* DarknessEqualsDeath: "It Is Pitch Black". The Title refers to the light-hating mascot monster of the classic text game {{VideoGame/Zork}}, and is itself a phrase used by the series to remind you that being in the dark is ''very dangerous''.

* GoldColoredSuperiority: Gold, the leader in the song "[[LeaderFormsTheHead I'll Form The Head]]", discusses both this and the LeaderFormsTheHead trope.
* {{Goth}}[=/=]PerkyGoth: The subjects of "Goth Girls"

* LastSecondWordSwap: Used in "Start Over". While the album this is from was intended to be child-friendly, this trope was used even in the demo version of the song

* OneStatToRuleThemAll: "Charisma Potion" references this, as the protagonist magically succeeds at everything once he takes the titular potion

--> All the [[PerfectlyCromulentWord piratated]] [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil MP3s I grabbed]]

** "Special Delivery" is a specific protest against the [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush Administration]] and the WarOnTerror

* ShaggyDogStory: "Stoop Sale". Frontalot finds a magical item that will grant one wish on pickup, and spends the song debating what to wish for--something selfish or selfless?--when a thief nicks it, "wishing that he wouldn't get caught".

* {{Blog}}: An awful one is the subject of "I Hate Your Blog". Frontalot complains about a blog that does nothing but upload unimportant things like "five paragraphs on the socks [they] bought" or their [[TooMuchInformation constipation]].

* BrainyBaby: The focus of his song "Bizarro Genius Baby."

* LeaderFormsTheHead: Parodied in "I'll Form The Head", where himself and his two teammates spend time arguing over who forms the head of a CombiningMecha in order to fight a giant nematode worm from space. [[spoiler:They spend too long arguing, and Michigan gets eaten.]]

* [[ChessWithDeath Rolling Dice With Death:]] In the video for "Critical Hit" a series of bad rolls in "Grammys and Groupies" left MC's character about to hang himself. The Grim Reaper gives the near-dead MC a black d20 to make a saving throw...and "[[CriticalHit I rolled nat 20,]] double damage on the track" which allows him to survive and appear on an episode of ''ch1 storytellers'' where he tells the audience about his experience.

MC Frontalot, real name Damian Hess (born December 3, 1973), is a nerdcore hip-hop rapper. What is nerdcore, you may ask? It's simply normal hip-hop, but focused on pop culture (Film/StarWars, TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, VideoGame/{{Zork}}, etc.). While a lot of nerdcore music has come before him, Frontalot made it really well known with his frequent appearances at the [[PennyArcade Penny Arcade Expo.]]

* GreatestHits: ''Favoritism'', made for the HumbleIndieBundle music collection.

MC Frontalot, real name Damian Hess, is a nerdcore hip-hop rapper. What is nerdcore, you may ask? It's simply normal hip-hop, but focused on pop culture (Film/StarWars, TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, VideoGame/{{Zork}}, etc.). While a lot of nerdcore music has come before him, Frontalot made it really well known with his frequent appearances at the [[PennyArcade Penny Arcade Expo.]]

* Goth / PerkyGoth: The subjects of "Goth Girls"

* TheInternetIsForPorn: "Pr0n Song" is a ListSong about all of the staggering varieties of pornography Frontalot has accumulated in his time on the internet.

* ListSong: Several (For example: Pr0n S0ng), although he mentions that they're actually a PetPeeveTrope of his.

As he released more songs, Penny Arcade started to take notice of him. Through the blog, Tycho and Gabe directed fans to his website, which was the start of his fanbase. In honor of Penny Arcade making him known, he created the "Penny Arcade Theme" song in honor of Tycho and Gabe helping him out. Frontalot now preforms at Penny Arcade Expo's frequently. He even created the song [[ThatOneBoss "Final Boss"]] for PennyArcadeAdventures.

-->Like a sub to dom, I’m talking [[CagneyAndLacey Lacey to Cagney.]]

** "Special Delivery" is a specific protest against the [[GeorgeWBush Bush Administration]] and the WarOnTerror

MC Frontalot, real name Damian Hess, is a nerdcore hip-hop rapper. What is nerdcore, you may ask? It's simply normal hip-hop, but focused on pop culture (StarWars, DungeonsAndDragons, VideoGame/{{Zork}}, etc.). While a lot of nerdcore music has come before him, Frontalot made it really well known with his frequent appearances at the [[PennyArcade Penny Arcade Expo.]]

* ZombieApocalypse: "Invasion of the Not-Quite-Dead"
* YourCostumeNeedsWork: The con-goers in "Victorian Space Prostitute" don't believe he's a rapper.

* IAmSong

* ArbitrarySkepticism:

-> I believe a pig can take wing, but a Scare Goat is such an impossible thing.

->''You got [[IThoughtItMeant MC confusion?]] I’m Frontalot!

->but I am the [[DelusionsofEloquence most frontingest]].

->[[InsufferableGenius I got conundrums. your empty head they gonna fill in.]]
->[[TakeThat Still in effect, the mock you made:]]
->[[DungeonsAndDragons my dexterity ain’t 20 when the skills are displayed?]]
->[[InsultBackfire It’s alright, I took it as a compliment.]]
->[[SelfDeprecation Shows you know nerdcore’s extent.'']]
-->-- "[[IAmSong Which MC Was That?]]"

** "Shudders" is one. Despite the fact that Frontalot is simply too ignorant to be afraid of monsters (being able to hang out with zombies and completely ignoring haunted moving furniture), he eventually gains the titular "shudders"...from a slightly intimidating princess (that reminded him of a babysitter he had a crush on when he was a kid) he was awarded with for being so brave.

** "Shudders" is one. Despite the fact that Frontalot is simply too ignorant to be afraid of monster (being able to hang out with zombies and completely ignoring haunted moving furniture), he eventually gains the titular "shudders"...from a slightly intimidating princess (that reminded him of a babysitter he had a crush on when he was a kid) he was awarded with for being so brave.