''It's Very Stimulating'' is the debut EP by

MC Paul Barman Paul Nathaniel Barman (born October 30, 1974), better known by his stage name MC Paul Barman, is an American rapper. He resides in Manhattan, New York. In 2012, ''LA Weekly'' placed him at number 14 on the "Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All Time" l ...

, released in 2000.

Critical reception

Nathan Rabin of

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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." 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." 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." ''

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'' listed it on its "Top Fifty Albums of 2000" list. In 2013, ''

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'' listed it on their "20 Dope Albums by Wack Rappers" list.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. * Prince Paul – production * Skza – executive production * Mike Fossenkemper – mastering * Susan Now – design, photography *

– illustration * Keith McCulloch – illustration

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2000 EPs MC Paul Barman albums Albums produced by Prince Paul (producer)