Subtle Vonnegut reference in a hip hop song of the week: Mac Lethal
“I’ve arrived to clean your pill drawer out,
and talk to birds like Kilgore Trout.” -Mac Lethal in Crazy from his album 11:11.
Also, later in the song:
“I can now invent my engine for the hard shelled truths
served in a barbell brute version of Marcel Proust…”
Mac Lethal’s been a favorite of mine for quite awhile, since I saw him on Sage Francis’ “Fuck Clear Channel” tour. Got Love Potion collection… which number I don’t remember. There was a lot of good songs on it. 11:11’s no different. Very odd lyrics at times, but he’s got a gift with the sonics for sure, and most of his songs you have to listen to a few times through (despite actually annunciating his words, unlike many rappers) to catch everything because he can be dense, and drop allusions to Run DMC and Ken Kesey within seconds of each other. I highly recommend 11:11, and if you can find a copy of”My Angel Veronica”, also, highly recommend it. That’s all for now.