VPC II, Round 5, and Death*Star just plain submits a Death*Star track for the fuck of it.

And wins the round.

Wins the fucking round.

'Til Death

The opening track from Death*Star's second album, "A New Dope".

Death*Star: MC-3PO, C0splay -- vocals & lyrics; Bill Beats -- scratching, production
Klopfenpop: Original beat, production, mixing & mastering
Kyle Stevens of Kirby Krackle: Chorus vocals
Isaac Asimov: Spoken bridge, "The Three Laws of Robotics"

Broken Robots, featuring Kyle Stevens of Kirby Krackle

Another track off of "A New Dope", this is part one of the two song "Respiration" combo, and represents the house party period of the evening; all good times and high energy.

Death*Star:
 MC-3PO, C0splay: vocals &amp; lyrics
 Bill Beats: Mixing &amp; Mastering

Beat produced by Swollen Drumz
Original sample from "California Soul" by Marlena Shaw



Respiration (Inhale)

Another track off of "A New Dope", this is part two of the two-part "Respiration" combo, and represents the after party to the first half's house party. It features Sk3tch on the second verse, and uses a slowed down cut of the sample from the previous track.
Death*Star:
 MC-3PO, C0splay: vocals &amp; lyrics
 Bill Beats: Production, mixing, &amp; mastering
Sk3tch: vocals &amp; lyrics
Original sample from "California Soul" by Marlena Shaw


Respiration (Exhale), featuring Sk3tch

Round 1 entry for the Vocalist/Producer Challenge on Nerdcore Now by *Star (Bill Beats &amp; MC-3PO; only C0splay is missing). It's a track about a quest for the perfect sample that takes us all the way to the moon. The challenge was for the MC to write a storytelling track and for the producer to create a beat to match that track. This is not exactly what we did. We will probably remake this track featuring C0s &amp; Sketch at a later date
MC-3PO: Vocals &amp; lyrics
Bill Beats: Production, mixing, &amp; mastering
Original sample from "Space Dust" by The Galactic Force Band.


*Star Odyssey

Round 2 entry for the Vocalist/Producer Challenge on Nerdcore Now by *Star (Bill Beats &amp; MC-3PO). As with the Round 1 track, we'll probably re-record this at a later date. This round's challenge was for the MC to write and compose a hook, and to have someone else perform it. The track itself is a metaphor for the battle between productivity and relaxation, and features the lovely and talented Brittany Dixon on the hook and bridge.
MC-3PO: Vocals &amp; lyrics
Bill Beats: Production, mixing, &amp; mastering
Brittany Dixon: Hook &amp; bridge vocals


Unemployment Beach

Round 3 entry for the Vocalist/Producer Challenge on Nerdcore Now by *Star (Bill Beats & MC-3PO). As with the previous tracks, we'll probably re-record this at a later date with C0splay and Sketch. The challenge for this was for the producer to make a beat using all synth, and for the MC to write using multisyllabic rhymes. We went gangsta with it.

MC-3PO: Vocals & lyrics 
Bill Beats: Production, mixing, & mastering 

Arms Race

Round 4 of the VPC on Nerdcore Now by *Star (Bill Beats & MC-3PO). The challenge this round was for the MC to write alliterative lyrics and the producer to make a beat composed of samples; they may as well have called this "The Death*Star Challenge". I got bullied into following through on a concept I'd discussed with C0s & BB about a VERY specific sex track about my fiancée. Even the title is a play on words there. We will probably do what we're gonna do with all the other VPC tracks and make a version of this that involves C0splay & Sk3tch, but I'm not really sure how.

MC-3PO: Vocals & Lyrics
Bill Beats: Production, mixing, & mastering

Totally uncleared samples from "Fresh, Wild, Fly, and Bold" by the Cold Crush Brothers, "Loving You" by Minnie Ripperton, and "Love Hangover" by (I'm assuming) Diana Ross. 

Ace of Hearts

Round 5 of the VPC on Nerdcore Now by *Star (Bill Beats & MC-3PO). This round was a free-for-all of "use what you've learned", so we essentially just made a song we liked. We will probably do what we're gonna do with all the other VPC tracks and make a version of this that involves C0splay & Sk3tch, and it shouldn't be a difficult task at all to accomplish.

MC-3PO: Vocals & Lyrics 
Bill Beats: Production, mixing, & mastering

Star Tyrant

I kicked off the idea of starting some cipher beats on Nerdcore Now, and predictably the first producer to have a beat done was beaker. Just as predictably, the first person he tagged for his cipher was me. This is the first entry in the Infatuated Cylinder Cipher, and it's me spitting out some nonsense and calling out TitanKvad to take the next round.

Infatuated Cylinder Cipher: MC-3PO

I'm MC-3PO, Nerdcore Chaplain and one of the two MCs from Death*Star. I post random stuff up here -- one-offs, projects, collabs, and essentially stuff that needs to be hosted somewhere that plays music. If you want to hear more from my band, go listen to our albums at deathstarhiphop.bandcamp.com -- all the tracks are free to stream.

MC-3PO

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