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Zachariah, big ZaK, or New MC is longtime member of the underground rap group Kanser. Also Zach is a member of Traditonal Methods and More than lights New MC's first solo record is called White Jesus and features beats by Big Jess, ANT, 84 Caprise, Dillon Parker & Buc KAC.


Well where do you start when you are talking about the most awaited solo album In Minneapolis Hip Hop. I don’t think a review is necessary it will stand on it’s own ten toes but I would like to take a little space on this page to explain why I think this album is so good. Some people in this world find themselves in some extraordinary situations. Some people come across these things more often than others, Zach is one of them. This dude has some of the craziest stories I have heard in my life. And had some experiences most of society has never even heard of. There is a good reason for these events to have taken place These things have molded a profit, a person who is able to take you through these experiences and you can feel a little of what he felt. Whether it’s pain, remorse, laughter, I mean really when he tells of crazy fun shit you almost feel how fun that actually was. This album is like a really ill tour through an amazing persons life. What a way to end the year, with beats by Big Jess, 84 Caprice and Ant of Atmosphere this album is the most epic since Traditional Methods.


-Midwestunderground.com



Zachariah presents “White Jesus”
Interlock Records

Rewind to the mid 1990s. I was a music freak by every definition and extent of the word. I had graduated from highschool and was knee deep in the midwest rave scene. I was also spending nearly every night of the week at area coffe shops, clubs, and bars taking in every type of music imagineable - from heavy metal to folk to rock to hip hop to techno to house to jazz and beyond. Working a shit fast food job in the evenings and nights, I was able to stay out late without fear of oversleeping and missing my shift. During this time I witnessed the birth of Kanser and the initial slow growth of Atmosphere, among other Minneapolis area hip hop acts.

Fastforward a couplefew years to the late 1990s, and I’m working at the now defunct Bon Apetit restaurant in the famed Dinkytown neighboorhood around the UofM area in Minneapolis. A cat by the name of Zach is working at Erbert’s & Gerbet’s just up the way and on his downtime he’s booking and promoting and playing shows at a night called “Headspin” which he helped spearhead and hold down for quite a bit of time at Bon Appetit. Known as New MC (and throwing “New” tags around the same area), he helped bring the area hip hop scene to the forefront and busted ass on the daily to hold it down and keep it real. He was one of the coolest cats I ever met, especially in an area music scene, and would regularily party with my friends and I - to speak nothing of supplying the sub sandwich and house party hookup.

Fast forward ten more years. I’ve gone and moved countless times, gotten married and divorced, had a couple of kids, run through a wide range of jobs, started writing music, put out some records, got a real job, and more - and here is Zach, still busting his ass and keeping it real - just as he was every one of the handful of times our paths had crossed since my departure from the Minneapolis area roughly ten years ago. Kanser has sold out releases, played countless shows across the USA, networked and interlocked even more… And here is Zach. With a solo joint. Whoah.

But not just “Whoah”, like “Wow, dude put out a solo record” - “Whoah”, like “Wow, dude put out a solo record and it’s fucking awesome!”.

Enlisting production help from Big Jess, ANT, 84 Caprice, and more - Zach laces straight forward, downhome, soulful, funky, South Minneapolis hip hop kicks and snares with that true Zachariah New MC dialect that anyone who’s paid any sort of attention has come to know and love, and done so to the Nth. Rapping about slinging subs (the sandwiches, silly!) to doing drugs, losing friends and doing girls, playing shows and the circle of life - this is midwest laidback hip hop how it’s supposed to be done. It’s a trip to hear him rhyme about someone you know selling him some microdots, or catch a flow about a particular night or event you were a part of or heard stories about at the time.

This is underground famous, houseparty rocking, headsnapping glory - times ten.


-Grindthieves.com


"White Jesus" Combs (New MC) songs are a peek into the underwear drawer, uncovering heartfelt stories about parted friends and family and secrets about perverted encounters in bathrooms and sub shops. His rhymes can be dirty and borderline offensive; luckily, his debonair intonation somehow makes them sound arousing and even slightly romantic.


-Vitamn magazine