It's Very Stimulating

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It's Very Stimulating
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EP by
Released2000 (2000)
Genre Hip hop
Length18:01
Label WordSound
Producer Prince Paul
MC Paul Barman chronology
Postgraduate Work
(1998)
It's Very Stimulating
(2000)
Paullelujah!
(2002)
Alternative cover
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Re-release edition cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau A− [2]
Pitchfork 5.8/10 [3]
RapReviews.com8.5/10 [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

It's Very Stimulating is the debut EP by MC Paul Barman, released in 2000. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

Nathan Rabin of AllMusic gave the EP 3 stars out of 5, saying, "Self-deprecating, whip-smart, and adventurous, Barman is a true hip-hop original, a brainy clown with a demented flow that suggests equally the scatological obsessions of Kool Keith and the anything-goes raunchiness of a borscht-belt comic." [1] He added, "Ultimately, It's Very Stimulating is little more than a simultaneously tempting and frustrating appetizer for Barman's first album, a work that will go a long way toward determining whether Barman is indeed a forward-thinking hip-hop genius or just an over-educated novelty act with a good vocabulary and too much time on his hands." [1] Ryan Kearney of Pitchfork gave the EP a 5.8 out of 10, saying, "Like wrapping a string around a dead bird, spinning it through the air, and seeing its body fly into the sunroof of a Le Car, MC Paul Barman is odd, funny, and mostly harmless." [3]

Rolling Stone listed it on its "Top Fifty Albums of 2000" list. [8] In 2013, Spin listed it on their "20 Dope Albums by Wack Rappers" list. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."An Introduction"1:33
2."The Joy of Your World"3:30
3."School Anthem" (featuring Mr. Len)2:40
4."Salvation Barmy" (featuring Black Italian a.k.a. The Popmaster)2:16
5."I'm Fricking Awesome" (featuring DJAV)2:55
6."MTV Get Off the Air, Part 2" (featuring Princess Superstar)5:07

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rabin, Nathan. "It's Very Stimulating - MC Paul Barman". AllMusic . Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "MC Paul Barman". Robert Christgau . Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Kearney, Ryan (April 30, 2000). "MC Paul Barman: It's Very Stimulating EP". Pitchfork . Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  4. Juon, Steve (December 5, 2000). "MC Paul Barman :: It's Very Stimulating :: WordSound Recordings". RapReviews.com. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  5. Sheffield, Rob (March 2, 2000). "MC Paul Barman: It's Very Stimulating". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  6. C., J. (2004). "MC Paul Barman". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide . Fireside. p. 45.
  7. Rosen, Jody (April 23, 2000). "Music; Rapping in Whiteface (for Laughs)". The New York Times . Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  8. Garabo, Drew (November 28, 2002). "Rhymin' & 'nimyhr". Orlando Weekly . Retrieved February 28, 2018.
  9. "20 Dope Albums By Wack Rappers: MC Paul Barman - It's Very Stimulating EP (2000)". Spin . May 23, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2018.