MC Frontalot’s Solved: Album Review

MC Frontalot is viewed as not only as a nerdcore rapper but as THE nerdcore rapper. He’s become its icon, its leader and its representative. But with the release of his new album Solved, he’s now become its philosopher. Don’t get me wrong. Solved is an entertaining album, with great beats that balances old school flavor with new school style. The lyrics were so heavy in thought and creativity that it kept distracting me from the beats and medley. This album is a perfect blend of fun, head-bopping sounds, insight and truly inventive storytelling.

Solved is the perfect name of an album full of questions. You can’t proceed pass the first half  of the album without the MC giving you complex ideas to ponder. All the skits are fun looks at the different types of answers one gets when asked about the meaning of life, and MC Frontalot is not on the sidelines waiting for answers.  He’ll tell you how it is, but not like a stuffy teacher, more like an adventuring timelord and his mic is his sonic screwdriver. Two lines from the first song of the album, Front The Least, explains his stance best…  “And there’s a reason MC Frontalot can tell it to you plain… If I don’t mean it and you know it then you know just what I mean.” But while Front The Least opens up the theme of the album, the title track Solved concludes it (What is his solution exactly? Sorry, no spoilers.).

Some of fun songs I’ve enjoyed in this album include Nerd Versus Jock, a “good winner” song that is way too short. If you are a fan of Voltron (old school or new school) then you have to check out I’ll Form The Head, in which he teams up with rappers ZeaLouS1 and Dr. Awkward. The other song in which there is a guest artist is in Captains Of Industry. MC Lars teams up perfectly with MC Frontalot to rap about probably, in my opinion, one of the most honest songs about the struggles of art versus commercialism and making a living when music is not the profitable business it once was since the age of digital downloads took place.