In orthography and typography, letter case (or just case) is the distinction between the letters that are in larger upper case (also capital letters, capitals, caps, large letters, or more formally majuscule (see Terminology) and smaller lower case (also small letters, or more formally minuscule, see Terminology) in the written representation of certain languages. Here is a comparison of the upper and lower case versions of each letter included in the English alphabet (the exact representation will vary according to the font used):
Typographically, the basic difference between the majuscules and minuscules is not that the majuscules are big and minuscules small, but that the majuscules generally have the same height. The height of the minuscules varies, as some of them have parts higher or lower than the average, i.e. ascenders and descenders. In Times New Roman, for instance, b, d, f, h, k, l, t are the letters with ascenders, and g, j, p, q, y are the ones with descenders. Further to this, with old-style numerals still used by some traditional or classical fonts—although most do have a set of alternative Lining Figures— 6 and 8 make up the ascender set, and 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 the descender set.
Originally coined by minimal artist Steve Roden, lowercase is an extreme form of ambient minimalism where very quiet, usually unheard, sounds are amplified to extreme levels. (It is a common misconception that lowercase music primarily consists of lengthy silences.) Roden popularized the movement with an album entitled Forms of Paper, in which he made recordings of himself handling paper in various ways. These recordings were commissioned by the Hollywood branch of the Los Angeles Public Library.
Steve Roden stated this about the lowercase tendencies in which he began to develop in his later works: “ It bears a certain sense of quiet and humility; it doesn't demand attention, it must be discovered... It’s the opposite of capital letters—loud things which draw attention to themselves.” Many artists have contributed to the lowercase movement, including Kim Cascone, Tetsu Inoue, Bhob Rainey, Richard Chartier, and Bernhard Günter.
Some of the labels that publish lowercase music are Trente Oiseaux, 12k, and Raster-Noton, which features composer Ryuichi Sakamoto in collaboration with Carsten Nicolai, a.k.a. Alva Noto.
lowercase is a band from Palm Desert, California, led by Imaad Wasif on vocals and guitar and Brian Girgus on drums. The band put out 2 full-length albums on the Minneapolis label Amphetamine Reptile before recording their last LP for Vern Rumsey of Unwound's label, Punk In My Vitamins.
The band moved from Palm Desert to San Francisco in 1996 and stayed there until they disbanded in 2000. After recording as a duo for their initial batch of singles and first LP, All Destructive Urges Seem So Perfect, they added bass player Justin Halterlein for their next LP, Kill the Lights, also on Amphetamine. His short stint was followed by them recruiting bassist Tiber Scheer from the band P.E.E. Scheer played on their last LP, The Going Away Present, which received 4/5 stars from Allmusic.
Tours with Sebadoh, Karp, Unwound, Hovercraft, Caustic Resin, The Lies, Faith No More, and Chokebore helped gain them a national as well as international following. The band went through a number of bass players.
Name is mc I'm a number one rapper
I still buy toys and read comics on the crapper
Go against the grain like the seeds that you gather
More metaphors than news cast with Dan Rather
I'm on the spit zip your lip like a gimp
Like a redwood tree more rings than a pimp
Name is mc chris dismissed as the wimp
I insist I'm the shit with a sith triple flip
Got cream in the whip, got ho's on my dick
Got a glock automatic in case some badass wants to trip
I titty rip chicks while you go get a grip
I glow on a bitch while your bro takes a fist
My flow makes me rich well rich to me
IRS takes half math makes me weak
But I do it for the fans and the crazy creeps
Now please wave your hands like they baby feet
What do I got that nobody gots
Who is the one everybody wants
Real rappers get kept fake rappers get lost
Mc chris lowercase no dots
[x2]
I slam my fist down chris is pissed now
Umbrella up Rihanna took a crowbar to chris brown
Some bitch gonna whistle mc chris'll miss this town
I'm known as a sort to make the Voldemort hiss sound
But yo I'm just here to have some fun
If you don't know better ask someone
I went I'll on a hill with a gatling gun
My pitch'll choke a bitch Marlee Matlin's stunned
Cause I'm a dog once I wiggle with my finger on the trigger
Ho's who I'm havin cause I'm sold seven figures
And my rolls gettin bigger I got money disease
And I heard the vaccine is smokin mad trees
Back off these nuts and let a man breathe
I do what I like I like to be me
Lip on the mic?
I like hip hop it makes me feel free
What do I got that nobody gots
Who is the one everybody wants
Real rappers get kept fake rappers get lost
Mc chris lowercase no dots
[x2]
Highways on hot days got wavy heat
Now please wave your hands like they baby feet
Botox ballerinas got lazy leaks
Now please wave your hands like they baby feet
I forward all my mail to Gravy Street
Now please wave your hands like they baby feet
I like hotdogs cause it's maybe meat
Now please wave your hands like it's baby meat