MC Paul Barman is quite possibly the best
nerd rapper ever. He
graduated from
Brown University. He raps about
school,
sex,
chapstick,
sex,
housemates,
sex, other
rappers, and
sex. He's also name-dropped a lot of
semi-famous media personalities in his rhymes, including
Krzysztof Kieslowski,
Chuck Close,
Paul Verhoeven,
Jane Pratt,
David Foster Wallace, and
Denis Leary.
He put out his first 7" Postgraduate Work on his own, and was discovered by Prince Paul, who then collaborated with him on the EP It's Very Stimulating, which he put out on the Wordsound label. His latest release is for Matador Records, it's a 12" called How Hard is That?