MC Paul Barman

MC Paul Barman is a white Jewish rapper from Ridgewood, New Jersey, who attended Brown University.

Style

"Enter Pan-Man," from his self-produced 7-inch Postgraduate Work (Househusband Records, 1998), attracted the attention of Prince Paul, and the two collaborated, releasing the It's Very Stimulating EP in 2000 on Wordsound. Paullelujah! followed in late 2002, with production by Prince Paul, MF DOOM, MikeTheMusicGuy and Phofo. He has appeared on records with Deltron 3030 and Masta Ace, and has toured with Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Blackalicious. One of his most memorable works was the song “Housemate Troubles,” released on Matador Records, a scathing commentary on the modern social pressures of co-habitation.

Innovations

Va-Jay-Jay

In 2000, MC Paul Barman potentially coined the word "va-jay-jay". Its first use was featured in his song, "MTV Get Off the Air, Part 2" from the "It's Very Stimulating" EP, released February 15, 2000. Since coining "va-jay-jay", the word has been weaved into the American lexicon and reached widespread popularity in 2007 when the word "va-jay-jay" was used by Oprah Winfrey on her television program. This use inspired the recurring segment, "Oprah's Va-Jay-Jay" on E! Network's The Soup.

Palindromes

MC Paul Barman was the first to prominently feature palindromes in his rhymes, most notably the track "Bleeding Brain Grow" from 2002's Paullelujah!, produced by Prince Paul. Some palindromes from the entire Paullelujah! album include: "Rev. Love Evolver"; "Cormega, Cage, Mr. O.C."; "Kosovo's OK". His longest palindrome is the following name check: "Mika, RZA, Evil JD. Nasir is Osiris and J-Live, AZ, Rakim".

Morse Code

MC Paul Barman also aspires to rhyme in Morse code.

Sample lyrics

• "The number one skirmisher. I'm in the house like furniture, pessimist. I push the envelope off a precipice. I push the envelope so hard it says, 'Excuse you.'" - Excuse You
• "My dandy voice makes the most anti-choice granny's panties moist." - Cock Mobster, reprised from MTV Get off the Air Part II
• "My Brain makes the earth dark though I'm hung like a birth mark." - Joy of Your World
• "Smirkin' jocks with hackysacks and Birkenstocks and khaki slacks. I'm the hypest lyricist, while they're like, 'What type of beer is this?' " - MTV Get off the Air Part II
• "Had I made a mockery of their culture, like the Choco Taco? Was I to rap as France was to Morocco? Was I:rap::France:Morocco?"
• "Friends memories fade. We're remembered by what we made, so I intertwined my rhymes and my mind into a braid." - Excuse You.
• "I like shorn quim lasses in horn-rimmed glasses, but Cindy Crawford offered." - Cock Mobster
• "Can I chime in? I'll still be rhymin' when I'm in your hymen." - MTV, Get off the Air, Part II
• "Your Talents are bite-sized, it's no surprise you rhyme with white guys." - MTV, Get off the Air, Part II
• "-Like Alfred E. Newman asking "What, Me Understand?" Catch me fleeing from France peeing my pants with Ice Cream in my hands" - Schmuck Busters
• "I'll never forget the time Austin got lost in Boston because it rhymes." - Heartfelt Experiment
• "I couldn't stay calm because/ she revealed a bra made of two yarmulkes." -Salvation Barmy
• "What's happening? I keep my dreadlocks in a napkin ring, and rap and sing. Unlike the homogeneous clones, I'm into birth stones, earth tones, and erogenous zones." - From Deltron 3030
• "In 5th grade she used to draw horses. Now she's a dominatrix, and she's shaved off her eyebrows. I just don't understand." - A Very Sad Story
• "A Hand Job’s a Man’s Job. Yo' Job’s a Blow Job." - Salvation Barmy
• "I made Tahnee Welch punanni felch while her mommy belched!"

Discography

Albums

• 2002: Paullelujah! (Coup d'Etat)
• 2008: Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud (Househusband)

Singles

• 1998: Postgraduate Work 7" (Househusband)
• 2000: It's Very Stimulating EP (Wordsound)
• 2000: How Hard Is That? 12" (Matador OLE 447)
• 2001: Cock Mobster 12" (Coup d'Etat)

Guest appearances

• 2000: Deltron 3030, Deltron 3030 (track 13, "Meet Cleofis Randolph the Patriarch")
• 2000: MF Doom, "MM..Leftovers" (track 6, "Hot Guacamole")
• 2001: DJ Yoda, How to Cut and Paste Mix Tape Vol.1 (track 15, "Salvation Barmy")
• 2001: Mr. Dead, Metabolics Volume II: Dawn of the Dead (track 14, "Chemically Imbalanced")
• 2001: Masta Ace, Disposable Arts (various tracks)
• 2005: Prince Paul, Itstrumental ("Inside Your Mind", "The Night My Girlfriend Left Me")
• 2006: DJ Yoda, The Amazing Adventures of DJ Yoda (Track 21 "SALAAM")
• 2007: Memory Man feat. Busdriver, Live from Death Row 12" (Track 1 "Live from Death Row")

External links

• Official Web site
• Barman interviews RZA from Wu-Tang Clan - Wired.com