this album was made to pay 3 months of back rent. The album that has it all figured out, but personally i agree with rapreviews.com, its about 5 stars. the second album by iii, lisa turtle said its no good, but she never fucked screech, what a cunt. This album is not like the rest, and its pretty much "what iii would do if he played piano on a bunch of tracks". Mike allen would say this album was a total flop, but i happen to know that my mother listens to it all the time, its pretty rockin.
Influences
The Flaming Lips, Sigur Ros, Aceyalone, Atmosphere, El-P, Cannible Ox, Aesop Rock, Bob Anonymous, Simple Kid, The Elected, Europe, Dokken, Paul Barman, The Cure, Tears for Fears, Weezer, Boom Bib, Anticon, Eggs, Belle and Sebastian, Handsome Boy Moddeling School, Modest Mouse, Andre 3000, Frankie Five Finga Nigga, Devin the Dude, Badly Drawn Boy, Buck 65, Dose One, Ben Folds Five, Cake, The Postal Service, The Beta Band, destroyer, bob dylan, mason jennings, the national, casiotone for the painfully alone, the magnetic fields, 13 and god, beck, cat stevens, dean and britta, the eels, henry rollins, joanna newsom, mates of state, one small step, the shins, sufjan stevens, the decemberist, the hold steady, the who, white stripes, ween..
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Sounds Like
another white rapper
"ms. you" (live)
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The most common question asked when discussing the musical alter ego of Stanley W. Chase, III is not necessarily the most obvious. Its not, Does he emcee? Nor is it, Is he any good? Oddly enough its not, is he playing a keytar? And most surprisingly, its never, is he wearing a power glove? No, the first question and most likely asked is almost always, how do you pronounce that? Whether it is Thr333, Thr3, or finally iii its all pronounced three.
The next question is always why three? Coincidentally enough, there are three very good answers.
1. He was born on July 3rd, 1982.
2. Hes the third generation of Stans in his family.
3. Hes the third child/son in his family.
Thr333 was slimmed down to Thr3, but later Stan learned Thr3 was a moniker already in use in the music industry. In keeping with the 3 theme, Stan took the III from his name, lowercased it, and continued to dub himself three, but spelling it, iii.
So, who is iii? Hes a chain-smoking, pizza delivery boy. Hes a beer drinking, karaoke barfly. Hes a man who loves 80s music & the keytar entirely too much. Hes an asshole? Hes a cynic? No, hes just picky, he simply doesnt buy into anything too quick. Musical styles and genres have to earn their respect. Hes a man whos spent the better part of his adult life battling the metaphorical Star Stealer. Hes a musician whos studied music all of his life, but chooses not to disclose the institutes, or the rappers hes influenced by... why? With an air of sarcasm he responds, never let them know what inspires you. Hes iii, hes an emcee, and its just life. Oh, and for those of you playing along at home the answer to the first four questions? All a resounding yes.
haha wow that's a precious myspace picture. we look so different. i guess a year is a pretty long time. oh and, at the risk of sounding like one of those people who says "i love you" on myspace...i love you.
GREAT!!! are you free this monday to come up and talk to Beckman and I about it? Best time would be between 3 and 5. I'll buy you a drink and we can talk details. everyone was excited to hear you were interested.
stan, you still spinning ocassionally? I got a gig that might be fun. If you are interested let me know...will be a service industry night at Nio's across from outlook. familiar?
