Here it is: A lifelong dream come true. In this post, you can hear my first-ever, fully produced rap single, and you can download it for free.
Yes! Free!
And there’s also a music video!!
For those who don’t know, I started rhyming when I was eight years old. I wrote the following jam in my grandmother’s shower…
I’m the prince of power
I’m the king of cool
If you don’t like me
You’re a fool
You see? Second grade, and already an MC. And If you’ve spent five minutes around me since, then you know my flow never stopped
And now, for The Critical Condition, I’ve written “Silence (of the Lambs),” a rap song that distills The Silence of the Lambs into three hot minutes.
No doubt: It’s a sick-ass hit.
If you know dance music, you might recognize Sumeet, my amazing guest vocalist. She wrote the melody for the hook, and her cohort Amil was our producer.
Download the song, stick it in your playlist, and let the good times roll. And don’t forget to watch the video!
(If you have trouble downloading, just e-mail me. I’ll make sure a copy of the track gets to your inbox.)
22 responses so far ↓
1 Rachel // Sep 20, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Oh, does this ever stand up to multiple listens! Loved it the first time I heard it, love it now, and can’t wait for the video so I can post it to my facebook, etc. Go go gadget cultural phenomenon!
2 Wendy Rosenfield // Sep 20, 2008 at 3:36 pm
You are the bomb and brightened my Lazy Sunday. I hope you record some reviews too–God knows the field of criticism could use a shot of B12 in the ass.
3 Adam // Sep 20, 2008 at 6:47 pm
I’m on my third listen… it’s great Mark! Love the chorus…
4 jim // Sep 21, 2008 at 8:43 am
hot hot hot!
5 LB // Sep 21, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Blank has come so far since One Speaker Stereo.
I couldn’t be prouder if you had shot from between my own two thighs.
6 suki // Sep 21, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Love it, hah! I blipped it at Blip.fm/suki
7 rebecca // Sep 22, 2008 at 12:23 am
White boy can rap…and it’s great!!! I’m so impressed!
8 Lisa // Sep 22, 2008 at 7:23 am
Totally Awesome, as usual!
9 REB // Sep 22, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Can’t stop playing it. Addictive!
10 Collin H // Sep 23, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Good god man, this is brilliant. I will do all in my power to spread this to as many people as I can.
11 GSB // Sep 28, 2008 at 2:17 pm
I cranked it up loud on big speakers. Sounds great! Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins really need a copy of this song!
12 Miriam Crowe // Oct 4, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Wow, Mark! I love it! Keep up the good work!
13 Rachel // Oct 7, 2008 at 12:04 am
When, WHEN does the video drop??
14 Kyle Gorden // Oct 15, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Rockin–congrats!
15 Lisa Rothauser // Oct 16, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Mark…STOP IT! So effing funny and you actually almost sound black! Way to go baby…rock out wit’ yo’ c*&k out.
16 “Silence (of the Lambs)” Video! // Nov 7, 2008 at 1:10 am
[...] don’t forget to download the [...]
17 katy // Nov 17, 2008 at 3:45 pm
you’re a bad m*therf*cker
you’re a big rig trucker
you can jam like smucker
18 Holly // Nov 19, 2008 at 6:02 am
this is freakin’ hilarious!
19 weekend horoscoop* for November 21-23, 2008 -- Snoop du Jour // Nov 21, 2008 at 4:27 pm
[...] August 23 – September 22 Virgo This week’s blog is Mark Blankenship’s The Critical Condition. I’m putting it under Virgo because Virgos tend to be a little hypercritical sometimes and you’d totally dig Mark B’s mindset. Blankenship had an epiphany in 1999 that made him realize he wanted to document the many twists and turns of pop culture as a critic. He went on to get a Master’s Degree at the Yale School of Drama and became a writer for The New York Times, Variety, and the Village Voice. In the blog, nothing is sacred; from reality shows to classic cinema, Mark weighs in on all. On Brothers and Sisters: TV drama keeps disappointing me. Dirty Sexy Money is crappy this year, and the nation agrees that Heroes is flailing like a beetle on its back. And now another great series has gone down in flames. Brothers and Sisters has become subpar. On Journey (as in Steve Perry): Were Journey the stealth geniuses of eighties music? It seems like everybody likes them, or at least nobody hates them, which is saying a lot. There’s just something about Steve Perry’s voice that defies mockery, you know? You can joke about his tight-tight jeans and his mullet, but his voice? Don’t do it, homeslice. That shit is gold. I think I’ve made my point. Visit The Critical Condition early and often. And dig Mark’s new hip-hop video, Silence (of the Lambs). [...]
20 Tori // Jan 22, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Sunday at my birthday party, my little sister and I are doing a whole dance and singing this song with the music in the background infront of all my friends. Thank you for this!
- Tori / SOTl OBESSED.
21 Mark Blankenship // Jan 22, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Wow, Tori! That’s so cool! Thank you! How did you first hear the song?
22 Katixa // Jun 11, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Really fun song and video
great work !!! Please it is possible to have the lyrics ?
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