Mc 900 Ft Jesus - But If You Go

What this video is

Released in 1994 on Rick Rubin's American Recordings, 'But If You Go' represented the softer, jazzy-pop face of MC 900 Ft. Jesus's final album cycle — a deliberate contrast to the more confrontational industrial-hip-hop work that preceded it. The video existed within the brief window when alternative and college-radio rap could still access MTV rotation. Griffin's genre-fusing aesthetic — blending trumpeter-poet…

Why it matters

As one of two singles from MC 900 Ft. Jesus's final album, 'But If You Go' documents the commercial pivot of a cult underground act toward accessible electronic pop-jazz without sacrificing its experimental DNA. It occupies a rare intersection of alternative hip-hop, electronica, and jazz-rap, and…