Professor Elemental

Alter ego of British rapper and comedian Paul Alborough, Professor Elemental (also known as MC Elemental) is a Steampunk musical artist and one of the pioneers of "Chap-Hop." While not the first to mix hip-hop with steampunk, he is apparently the first to put the unique British spin on it that has become known as chap-hop. His character is that of an eccentric upper class Gentleman Adventurer and Mad Scientist from the late 1800s. While his act probably started out as a piss take (he intended to do an album about rappers throughout history), he has become a major sensation in the Steampunk community, and his rap about his love of tea, "Cup of Brown Joy", became a YouTube hit.

Currently in a rap feud with fellow chap-hop artist Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, which has gained them both international recognition.


 * Adventurer Outfit
 * A Fete Worse Than Death: One of his songs, but with "Def" in place of "death"
 * Awesome Anachronistic Apparel
 * Bad Humor Truck: "Animal Ice Cream."
 * British Accents: Professor Elemental speaks in the affected Received Pronunciation of the upper crust.
 * British English: Elemental gets into a rap battle on the differences between British and Canadian slang.
 * Chap-Hop
 * Cool Helmet: Elemental's pith helmet.
 * Crazy Awesome
 * Crowd Song: "Cup of Brown Joy." "Now when I say 'Earl Grey', you say 'Yes, please!"
 * Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe
 * Everything's Better with Monkeys: His butler, Geoffrey, is an orangutan.
 * Fandom Rivalry: While many fans enjoy both performers, there is a growing rivalry between fans of Elemental and fans of Mr. B.
 * Gentleman Adventurer: Elemental dresses in pith helmet and khakis, and a Sherlock Holmes pipe.
 * Good Old Fisticuffs: In his video for "Fighting Trousers" (referencing his rap feud with Mr. B), Elemental enters a boxing ring wearing khaki shorts and boxing gloves, but still with his trademark pipe and pith helmet on.
 * Hip Hop
 * Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: "Let's settle this like gentlemen, armed with heavy sticks, on a rotating plate with spikes, like Flash Gordon."
 * The Mad Hatter: Elemental's gone mad from an excess of tea.
 * Mad Scientist: Elemental raps about experiments that Dr. Moreau would be jealous of in "Animal Magic".
 * Quintessential British Gentleman


 * Spot of Tea: "Cup of Brown Joy" is a love letter to the stuff. "Love a cup! Oh, God yes!"
 * Taxidermy Is Creepy: Elemental is a "mad taxidermist", who experiments with sewing parts of different animals together to create new ones (while they are living) in his song, "Animal Magic."
 * Travel Montage: In "Cup of Brown Joy", his head on a teacup travels to places famous for tea across the globe.
 * Upper Class Wit
 * Vaudeville: Elemental is also a member of Come Into My Parlour, a "Victorian Cabaret" Steampunk theatrical troupe in England, several members of whom appear in his "Cup of Brown Joy" and "Fighting Trousers" videos.