The name mc chris may not ring a bell  — until you hear his high pitched voice.
It’s instantly recognizable to anyone who watches “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” regularly, as mc chris voiced the insane MC Pee Pants for four episodes and in “Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Wars.” The show starts at 9 p.m.
Before heading to Baton Rouge, mc chris called The Daily Reveille to discuss his new album, comedy and philosophy.
 
TDR: What made you want to be a rapper originally?
MC: I started rapping in college at New York University, and I think it was a way to combat insecurities I had from living in a big city for the first time. I didn’t feel too good about myself and was pretty depressed. I’ve always loved hip-hop and always rapped other bands’ songs. I think it was during this really low time that I started to invent this persona to kind of ward off evil spirits almost. It got me through a hard time and it totally worked.
TDR: Why do you rap about what you rap about? I just finished listening to “Race Wars” and laughed my ass off at your Wii U reference.
MC: Thank you. I’m just trying to be myself. I think I was raised on hip-hop that was always about being honest and being true and, not perpetuating this, but almost telling stories. I think taking a page from that book from all the rappers I grew up on that I just wanted to keep it real and talk about what I knew. You know, there is some posturing to hip hop, but primarily it’s me being frank about what my life’s been like and that’s maybe why it’s worked.
TDR: Your CDs have skits on them as well as songs. Why do you include those?
MC: I’m a fan of comedy albums from the ’70s and ’80s. I feel like it’s a dying art. I’m also a fan of old radio plays and radio shows from the ’30s and ’40s. When I worked at Cartoon Network, they did a lot of sound stuff when putting together shows. It’s one thing I like a lot and, since I can’t have a visual component to my concept right now, we just put a lot of actors into the sound. I just love the skits. I think it’s one big story that goes from album to album. A lot of the hardcore fans know what’s going on and a lot of new folks don’t know what’s going on, but that gives them a reason to come and check out the earlier albums.
TDR: What do you want your music to do for the people that listen to it?
MC: The underlying theme to my whole career is having more self-confidence than you do. Your self-confidence isn’t there because someone convinced you that you’re not as good as you actually are. They’ve been drawn to you because you’re obviously at peace, you’re loving life, having fun with your friends, and they don’t like it, or they think that you’re different and they want to make you feel worse than you do and they do it. … It’s their insecurities and negativity coming at you and you can just deflect it and move on and not even react to or recognize it. Don’t even respond, because that definitely validates it. Just know that you’re great and people are messing with you because you are great. Just be yourself and enjoy your life and your friends. Don’t sweat what other people say.
 
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