Biography

Taking the name MC 900 Ft. Jesus from an Oral Roberts' sermon, Dallas native Mark Griffin began recording his psychotic-neurotic brand of hipster hip-hop in the late 1980s, concocting bracing fusions of rap, industrial, and spoken word, with hints of jazz. He became a favorite on college radio, although he never established much more than a cult following for his early records. Things picked up in 1994, when the goofy video for the funky narrative "If I Only Had a Brain" was picked up by MTV and he had a minor modern rock hit. However, with success came disillusionment with the music industry and Griffin retired later that year.

Top Tracks

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• If I Only Had A Brain

• I'm Going Straight To Heaven

• Killer Inside Me

• Spaceman

• The City Sleeps

• Truth Is Out Of Style

Discography

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• One Step Ahead of the Spider

  American Recordings / American

  1994

• Welcome to My Dream

  Nettwerk

  1991

• Hell with the Lid Off

  Nettwerk

  1990