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MC Lars is a Nerdcore musician from California, who produces what he calls "Post punk laptop rap." He's probably most well known for his song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhY5k_5WPCA&ob=av3e iGeneration]], a take on this generation's "plugged in" mentality.

!!Discography:
* ''The Laptop EP'' (2004)
* ''The Graduate'' (2006)
* ''The Green Christmas EP'' (2008)
* ''This Gigantic Robot Kills'' (2009)
* ''Single and Famous'' (EP with Music/KFlay, 2009)
* ''Indie Rocket Science'' (2011)
* ''Lars Attacks!'' (2011)
* ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum Greatest Hits]]'' (2012)
* ''The Creator/EdgarAllanPoe EP'' (2012)
* ''The Zombie Dinosaur LP'' (2015)
* ''Blockchain Planet'' (2021)


!! This artist provides examples of:
* InsistentTerminology: It isn't Nerdcore, it's Post-Punk Laptop Rap
** The insistence here is that he wants to be described by his musical style rather than his lyrical content.

!! His music provides examples of:
* AgeProgressionSong: "Summer Camp Love (Is So in Tents)"
* BSide: Collected in ''21 Concepts (But A Hit Ain't One)'' and ''22 Concepts (But a Hit Definitely Still Ain't One)''
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Lars Attacks!'' He even lampshades this on "Where Ya Been Lars II:"
-->I made an introspective album not a lot of people liked / But I felt a little better when my dad said it was tight
* ListSong: "Hot Topic Is Not Punk Rock," "21 Concepts," "History's Greatest Assholes," "Facebook Friend Count"
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: mentions the trope by name in "Zombie T-Rex".
* ShoutOut: His songs are chock full of them, from ''many'' hip-hop remakes of classic literature such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYMwW6Lc-9M The Raven]], to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8geYMCdDQ4 "This Gigantic Robot Kills"]], a tribute to Ska and a wish for its return.
* SignatureHeadgear: His signature Oakland A's cap.
* TakeThat: "Generic Crunk Rap" is scathing of the rampant commercialism in that genre and "selling hip-hop stereotypes to 12-year-olds."
** "Hot Topic is Not Punk Rock" is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
** Similarly, "Sublime with Rome (Is Not the Same Thing as Music/{{Sublime}})" is against bands that continue on without their leader.
*** Meanwhile "I Want My Music/GunsNRoses" is just the opposite.
** His breakthrough album ''The Graduate'' was a dig on Music/KanyeWest's ''The College Dropout.''
** [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in both "It's Not Easy (Being Green)" and "No Logo," which seem to be against ''certain types'' of environmentalists and anarchists respectively.
* TitleTrack: "This Gigantic Robot Kills," "Single and Famous," "Lars Attacks!" and "Zombie T-Rex" (which was ''The Zombie Dinosaur LP'''s working title).