Knowing is Half the Hassle is the second album released by rapper mc chris

Mc chris

mc chris is an American rapper, voice actor, writer and improvisational comedian....

. It was released in 2003. The cover features Hexagram 63 from the I Ching

I Ching

The I Ching or "Yì Jīng" , also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changes and Zhouyi, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts...

. It was likely used because it is the symbol employed by Storm Shadow of G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier , Action Sailor , Action Pilot , Action Marine and later on, the Action Nurse...

 fame (to which the title of the album is a reference).

Track listing

1. "ten year old"
2. "co-efficient (skit)"
3. "cookie breath"
4. "hijack"
5. "glory hole (skit)"
6. "white kids love hip-hop"
7. "the hammer (skit)"
8. "geek"

Some versions of the CD move "Cookie Breath" after "White Kids Love Hip-Hop" though the CD case has the songs listed as above. The third pressing of Knowing Is Half the Hassle has an alternate version of the track "Hijack" which contains a guitar background as well as a piano.

The rare, first printing of the CD also contains Andy Merrill

Andy Merrill

Andy Merrill is a television writer, producer, and voice actor best known for his comedy voice portrayal of the character Brak on Space Ghost: Coast To Coast and Cartoon Planet and other related productions from Cartoon Network utilizing characters from the Space Ghost series...

, the voice of Brak on The Brak Show

The Brak Show

The Brak Show is an animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The Brak Show is a spin-off of the animated television series, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and featured recurring characters from Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Cartoon Planet...

, Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and Cartoon Planet

Cartoon Planet

Cartoon Planet is an animated variety show that premiered in 1995 on Superstation TBS, and ran afterward from 1996 to 1997 on Cartoon Network....

doing a comedic skit at the end of the track "White Kids Love Hip-Hop". This version of the CD only had 200 copies, was printed on CD-R discs, and had a hand-made cover signed by MC Chris.

Album Cover

The cover of this album is the Taoist Hexagram. It is the trigram symbol of water over the trigram symbol of fire.



Hexagram 63 of the I Ching is the symbol of G.I. Joe's

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a military-themed line of action figures and toys in Hasbro's G.I. Joe franchise. The toyline lasted from 1982 to 1994, producing well over 500 figures and 250 vehicles and playsets. The line reappeared in 1997 and has continued in one form or another to the...

 Arashikage

Arashikage

Arashikage is a fictional ninja clan from the military-themed G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series of comics, television shows, and action figures. The name is derived from the Japanese words for storm and shadow...

 ninja clan, whose members include Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow

Storm Shadow (G.I. Joe)

Storm Shadow is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comic book series and television shows. The character is best known for his history with fellow ninja Snake Eyes...

. The album's title is presumably a reference to the G.I. Joe cartoon's PSA slogan, "Knowing is half the battle".