Final Boss (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Final Boss
Type = Studio album
Artist = MC Frontalot


Released = November 4 2008
Recorded =
Genre = Nerdcore hip hop
Length = 58:90
Label = Level Up / Nerdcore Fervor
Producer = MC Frontalot
Baddd Spellah
Nate Van iLL
Last album = "Secrets from the Future" (2007)
This album = "Final Boss" (2008)
Next album =

"Final Boss" is the third studio album from nerdcore hip hop artist MC Frontalot. It will be released on November 4, 2008. The first single, Wallflowers, is available to listen to at his website.

Like his first album, "Nerdcore Rising", it is composed mostly of new material but does include two remakes from before "Nerdcore Rising" ("Listen Close" and "A Very Unlikely Occurrence").

The front cover art for the album was done by Scott Campbell. Back cover by Dennis Hansbury. Design by Suchascream.net.

Track listing

# "Wallflowers" - 3:02
#*Lyric: Damian Hess
#*Music: Damian Hess, Gabriel Alter, and David Cheong
#*Drum programming: MC Frontalot and Baddd Spellah
#*Keyboards: Gm7

# "Tongue-Clucking Grammarian" - 3:02
#*Lyric: Damian Hess
#*Music: Damian Hess, Gabriel Alter, and David Cheong
#*Drum programming: Baddd Spellah
#*Keyboards: Gm7 and Baddd Spellah
#*Scratching: DJ Snyder
#*Ian Shoales appears courtesy of Duck’s Breath Mystery Theater

# "Shame Of The Otaku" - 3:49
#*Lyric: Damian Hess
#*Music: Damian Hess, Gabriel Alter, and David Cheong
#*Chorus vocals: Rai Kamishiro
#*Drum programming: Baddd Spellah
#*Keyboards: Gm7
#*Drums: The Categorical Imperative
#*Translation by Daisuke Kōzuki and Rai Kamishiro

# "Canadia" - 3:20
#*Lyric: Damian Hess, Jesse McDonald, and Sean Jordan
#*Music: Damian Hess and David Cheong. Includes portions of “O Canada” by Calixa Lavallée (Public Domain) arranged and performed by Gm7
#*Guest rappers: Jesse Dangerously and Wordburglar
#*Drum programming: MC Frontalot and Baddd Spellah
#*Keyboards: Gm7
#*Additional keyboards: Baddd Spellah
#*Drums: The Categorical Imperative

# "The AM Radio Skit" - 1:26
#*Host: MC Frontalot
#*Guest: Schaffer The Darklord
#*Engineer: Baddd Spellah
#*Caller: Jeffrey Rowland

# "Scare Goat" - 3:50
#*Lyric: Damian Hess and Glen Phillips
#*Music: Music by Damian Hess, Glen Phillips, Gabriel Alter, and David Cheong
#*Chorus vocal: Glen Phillips
#*Drum programming: MC Frontalot and Baddd Spellah
#*Keyboards: Gm7
#*Drums: The Sturgenius

# "Diseases Of Yore" - 3:18
#*Lyric by Damian Hess and Jonathan Coulton
#*Music: Damian Hess, Jonathan Coulton, David Cheong, and Gabriel Alter
#*Chorus vocal and guitar: Jonathan Coulton
#*Drum programming: Baddd Spellah
#*Keyboards: Gm7

# "Black Box" - 3:44
#*Lyric: Lyric by Damian Hess and Raheem Jarbo
#*Music: Damian Hess, David Cheong, and Gabriel Alter
#*Guest rapper: Random
#*Drum programming: MC Frontalot and Baddd Spellah
#*Keyboards: Gm7 and Baddd Spellah

#*Drums: The Sturgenius
#*Scratching: DJ Snyder
#*Batty liberal: Eisenhower

# "A Very Unlikely Occurrence" - :59
#*Lyric: Lyric by Damian Hess
#*Music: Damian Hess, David Cheong, and Gabriel Alter
#*Cellos: Fay Ferency and John Nolt
#*Keyboard and drum programming: Baddd Spellah

# "In Arrears" - 2:56
#*Lyric: Lyric by Damian Hess
#*Music: Damian Hess, Gabriel Alter, and David Cheong
#*Keyboards: Gm7 and Baddd Spellah
#*Drum programming: Baddd Spellah
#*Sleepy Gaby: Himself

# "Listen Close" - 2:22
#*Lyric: Lyric by Damian Hess
#*Music: Damian Hess
#*Drums: The Sturgenius and The Categorical Imperative
#*Percussion: Nate Van iLL and MC Frontalot
#*Casio & Little Tykes: MC Frontalot, hax0red by Nate Van iLL

# "A Skit About Vocations" - 1:45
#*Rapper: MC Frontalot
#*Blogger: Wil Wheaton
#*Drums: The Sturgenius

# "Socks On" - 2:10
#*Lyric: Lyric by Damian Hess
#*Music: Damian Hess, David Cheong, and Gabriel Alter
#*Chorus vocal: Katrina Dideriksen
#*Drum programming: Baddd Spellah
#*Keyboards: Gm7 and Baddd Spellah
#*Scratching: DJ Snyder

# "Final Boss" - 3:17
#*Lyric: Lyric by Damian Hess
#*Music: Damian Hess, Gabriel Alter, and David Cheong
#*Chorus vocal: Kimmy Gatewood
#*Drum programming: Baddd Spellah
#*Keyboards: Gm7
#*Scratching: DJ Snyder

Vocals by MC Frontalot except as noted.

Credits

External links

* [http://frontalot.com/index.php/content.php?page=lyrics Official MC Frontalot lyrics]
* [http://frontalot.com/index.php/?page=cd Final Boss]