| It's Very Stimulating | |
| Type: | ep |
| Artist: | MC Paul Barman |
| Cover: | Stimulating2.jpg |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Label: | WordSound |
| Producer: | Prince Paul |
| Prev Title: | Postgraduate Work |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Paullelujah! |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
It's Very Stimulating is the debut EP by MC Paul Barman, released in 2000.[1]
Nathan Rabin of AllMusic 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."
Rolling Stone listed it on its "Top Fifty Albums of 2000" list.[2] In 2013, Spin listed it on their "20 Dope Albums by Wack Rappers" list.[3]
Credits adapted from liner notes.