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 Wired News: Rap Marketing Comes to Nerdcore
While gangsta rap is seen as celebrating the violence and aggression that claimed two of its brightest stars, "geeksta" rap is a hip-hop genre celebrating coding skills and school grades.
Also dubbed "nerdcore," this branch of hip-hop is for geeks, by geeks.
Nerdcore fans, meanwhile, are happy to identify with a music that speaks their own language.
www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,67970,00.html   (948 words)

  
 Nerdcore Hip-Hop Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On the other hand, this disc is also very nerdcore, in that there are a lot of first-timers appearing on it, without all the trappings that accompany more established acts.
And to me, that is what nerdcore was about, at one time: people making music because they can, which just happened to be about video games and such.
Nerdcore will probably not be the hip-hop equivalent of the Smurfs or the Care Bears as some have hoped.
www.rhymetorrents.com /blog   (2650 words)

  
 Nerdcore Hip-Hop - Dive Online
Called nerdcore hip-hop, it combines the simplicity of old-school hip-hop with the do-it-yourself ethic of punk and the aesthetic of geek culture.
Some members of the nerdcore group Futuristic Sex Robotz are students, and the breakthrough artist MC Lars began making music in his room in a college residence hall.
Nerdcore has even spawned its own subgenres, such as computer science gangsta rap, typified by the music of Purdue University doctoral candidate Armand Navabi (aka MC Plus+).
www.dailytarheel.com /news/2005/12/08/DiveOnline/Nerdcore.HipHop-1368405.shtml   (1415 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: nerdcore
Nerdcore can be made in any style of music, but most people identify it in either its pop-punk or hip-hop forms.
Although many people think the term "nerdcore" was made up by MC Frontalot, it has in fact been in use by rock bands for many years prior to Frontalot's use of the term.
Nerdcore should not be confused with bands that are simply stereotypically popular with nerds such as They Might Be Giants, DEVO, Ween, etc.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=nerdcore   (366 words)

  
 Nerdcore News
Nerdcore News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
If you thought nerdcore hip-hop was isolated to Weird Al's latest hit, you were wrong.
This was an effort to round up all of the nerdcore hip-hop artists I could find, and get them to do new, unreleased tracks.
www.topix.net /music/nerdcore?scoring=r   (525 words)

  
 Geek beats | lawrence.com
Hess/Frontalot is widely credited with inventing the subgenre known as nerdcore, which is hip-hop music noted for its geek-centric themes.
“Nerdcore is about taking this epithet that had been thrown at us throughout our youth and switching it into something one might be proud about — or at least defiant about,” Hess says.
Hess introduced the term “nerdcore hip-hop” in the title of a song in early 2000.
www.lawrence.com /news/2006/may/26/geek_beats   (1256 words)

  
 Pure Pedantry : What is Nerdcore?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nerdcore is a new genre of music created by nerds for nerds.
Nerdcore is what happened when people who know what...
Nerdcore is what happened when people who know what a Hidden Markov Model is started rapping about it.
scienceblogs.com /purepedantry/2006/07/what_is_nerdcore.php   (791 words)

  
 Nerdcore hip hop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Making music about these topics does not make one automatically nerdcore - they are also popular themes in geek rock, filk, and other nerd-centric genres; the combination of hip hop and the subject matter makes them nerdcore.
Nerdcore had clear influences from geek culture as well, including geek rockers like They Might Be Giants, parodists like "Weird Al" Yankovic (who released a rap called "It's All About The Pentiums" in 1999), and others.
Nerdcore artist MC Lars achieved some mainstream success with "Download This Song" in 2006, especially in Australia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nerdcore_hip_hop   (1382 words)

  
 Lulu TV » Nerdcore Rising.
Stop motion LEGO tour promo featuring the awesomely geeky nerdcore rapper, MC Frontalot; the 579th most famous rapper, ever.
Try and catch the Nerdcore Rising Tour, or you will have to wait for the tour documentary.
Nerdcore god MC Chris raps about the coolest bounty hunter...
www.lulu.tv /?p=1783   (283 words)

  
 Jedi Council Forums - Nerdcore Hiphop: Discussing the genre, your favorite artists,and will it ever break into ...
I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.
Nerdcore Hip hop: Self explanatory, and the beat is the ending song from Revenge of the nerds
anyway, i love me some nerdcore, though my gf is the bigger fan out of the two of us.
boards.theforce.net /Message.aspx?topic=21005935   (875 words)

  
 GarageSpin: Interview With MC Frontalot, Nerdcore Hip Hop Playah
Nerdcore Hip Hop is a growing sub-genre of hip hop where geeks bust rhymes about nerdy subjects.
Enter MC Frontalot, a nerdcore rapper credited with coining the term "Nerdcore Hip Hop".
I had a chance to chat with MC Frontalot about where he's fronted, and where he'll be fronting next.
www.garagespin.com /archives/interview-with-mc-frontalot-nerdcore-hip-hop-playah.html   (1440 words)

  
 Slashdot | Review: Nerdcore Hip-Hop Compilation CD Project
But the best tracks on here stand tall, taking "Nerdcore" away from being simply silly novelty tracks ready for morning zoo radio and campus CS labs, and instead showing that the so called "Nerdcore" lifestyle can be celebrated in at least as interesting way as "Gangsta".
Can't say I've ever even heard of nerdcore, but The Great Luke Ski [lukeski.com] was who I thought of first.
Les Horribles Cernettes [web.cern.ch] are quite nerdcore in their own way.
slashdot.org /articles/06/07/12/1354242.shtml   (4737 words)

  
 Nerdcore Hip-Hop - MC Frontalot Interview
Q: What are the chances of other nerdcore artists starting to open shows for you on the next tour, or unbooked later legs of the current one?
But it is the idiot pride of the sleep-deprived new poppa who thinks every diaper stain is a blessed kiss from providence.
We'll see how proud all us first-wave nerdcore rappers feel when the genre turns 16 and crashes the Buick.
www.bedoper.com /nerdcore/interview.htm   (918 words)

  
 Evil Avatar - Rhyme Torrents: The Nerdcore Hip-Hop Compilation
The first ever nerdcore hip-hop compilation has been "unleashed upon the teeming masses"; it's a project spanning four volumes, with the first volume having just been released.
It consists of mostly new nerdcore hip-hop songs by various nerdcore artists, such as MC Frontalot.
I like what the nerdcore genre represents, but the best examples of it are from artists who don't want to be labeled as it.
www.evilavatar.com /forums/showthread.php?t=13608   (375 words)

  
 index
Newz and the other featured Nerdcore legend, MC Hawking.
Magazine" includes an article about Nerdcore and the documentary.
Nerdcore ambassador, High-C is creating a massive Nerdcore
www.nerdcoreforlife.com   (390 words)

  
 Nerdcore : All Your Cactus are Belong to Us
Nerdcore has Conquered Northampton Community College's official Newspaper: The Commuter.
This is the complete article, but we still suggest getting a real copy for yourselves...it'll be worth nothing someday.
*sigh* Most of Nerdcore thinks Furries need to be piled into a rocket and shot into the sun...but SOME of you are actually into that stuff.
www.geocities.com /thenerdcore/index.html   (461 words)

  
 Nerdcore/Geeksta Rap
If you’re not familiar, “nerdcore” or “geeksta” rap is a unique form of hip hop that is produced by and for geeks and nerds.
The fan base is small because nerdcore caters to a very limited audience.  Non-nerds might not get the jokes, or understand some of the lyrics.
Interested in hearing some of the best of Geeksta rap?  Check out this four volume compilation available for download.
tech.v7n.com /2006/06/19/nerdcoregeeksta-rap   (269 words)

  
 Swap Blog » Blog Archive » Nerdcore Rap
This came in yesterday over the transome from a friend of the site.
It is a story from wired news and it is about a rap / hip hop movement called Nerdcore.
This style is apparently rap about computers, IT and such, by geeks and computer nerds for geeks, nerds, and nerd want to be throughout the world.
www.team-swap.com /wordpress/2005/07/27/nerdcore-rap   (312 words)

  
 MC Frontalot - Nerdcore Hiphop – Music at Last.fm
Pick a Word When more people add tags for Nerdcore Hiphop, a tag cloud will appear here.
Music Journals on Last.fm You can be the first person to write a journal about Nerdcore Hiphop.
MC Frontalot – Nerdcore Hiphop’s shoutbox is empty.
www.last.fm /music/MC+Frontalot/_/Nerdcore+Hiphop   (70 words)

  
 MC Frontalot - Nerdcore Rising – Music at Last.fm
Pick a Word When more people add tags for Nerdcore Rising, a tag cloud will appear here.
Music Journals on Last.fm You can be the first person to write a journal about Nerdcore Rising.
MC Frontalot – Nerdcore Rising’s shoutbox is empty.
www.last.fm /music/MC+Frontalot/_/Nerdcore+Rising   (70 words)

  
 Spreeblick » Blog Archive » Real Nerdcore!
Nerdcore (auch Geeksta) ist ein Subgenre des Hip-Hop.
Nerdcore als Genre wächst und gedeiht, die zentrale Anlaufstelle im Web ist NerdcoreHipHop.org.
Derzeit wird eine Dokumentation über den Godfather des Nerdcore, MC Frontalot, gedreht.
www.spreeblick.com /2006/05/24/real-nerdcore   (405 words)

  
 GameSetWatch - Nerdcore Hiphop, Video Games, And You!
It's that geeky, often game-referencing melange of high pitched (generally white) voices and staccato (generally beepy and/or ironic) beats, and the Rhyme Torrents website has posted the freely distributable 4xCD Nerdcore Hip-Hop compilation album, including a bunch of those game-related tracks.
It seems the NES is the game system of choice for many nerdcore hip-hop heads.
Disc 4: WoW, Arkanoid, Saving Throw, Nerdcore For Life." We here at GSW say - please to download and spread and tell all.
www.gamesetwatch.com /2006/06/nerdcore_hiphop_video_games_an.php   (460 words)

  
 goats: Goats News forum: Mystery Bundles and Nerdcore Hiphop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Monday, June 20, 2005 - 07:39 AM Just a heads-up that we'll be ending our Mystery Bundle sale this week, probably on Wednesday (unless we run out of shirts first).
Since we will be right next door on Thursday for pub night we'll probably stop on over and "get funky," as the kids say.
Final net worths were calculated using a tiny grain of common sense and a large dose of salt.
www.goats.com /forums/news/1691   (549 words)

  
 MC Plus+
Nerdcore hip hop heads rejoice; sucka MC's run for cover.
MC Plus+ will be appearing on the first Nerdcore compilation ever made, with the likes of Dr. Octagon, MC Frontalot, and Optimus Rhyme.
MC Plus+ is featured on the cover of EE Times.
www.mcplusplus.com   (243 words)

  
 MC Eric's B's Nerdcore Songs
Nerdcore is an amateur, geeky version of hip-hop music.
Below is a list of my nerdcore songs, which you can listen to for free:
I know I am an awful singer, these are just rough demos of my songwriting talent.
www.nerdcoresongs.com   (155 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Nerdcore Rising: Music: Mc Frontalot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nerdcore Rising is the feverishly anticipated debut album from MC Frontalot.
Alas, it is not the tonic to make that fever subside; each listening ignites further desperation for Front's inimitable dorkery.
"Nerdcore Rising" - Similar to "Nerdcore Hiphop" only in that they both revolve around the nerdcore genre.
www.amazon.com /Nerdcore-Rising-Mc-Frontalot/dp/B000CADH8U   (1527 words)

  
 Nerdcore: The Core Wars - Comixpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nerdcore: The Core Wars began as a series of relatively disjoint single comic jokes.
It has since gained an ongoing story featuring several groups.
This page was last modified 23:04, 25 October 2005.
www.comixpedia.org /index.php/Nerdcore:_The_Core_Wars   (181 words)

  
 Nerdcore Rising - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nerdcore Rising (spine title: NERDC0R3 R1S1N6) is the official debut disc by Nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot.
The album consists of 16 tracks, six of which are brand new; the remaining ten are "classic megahits" that Frontalot had previously made available through his website.
"Nerdcore Rising" (Featuring MC Hawking and Jesse Dangerously)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nerdcore_Rising   (126 words)

  
 John & Belle Have A Blog: Nerdcore!
I think it's high time we all listened to the stylings of MC Frontalot, who claims to be the inventor and sole practitioner of Nerdcore Hiphop (wait, what about e=MC Hawking?
Progenitor and still sole practitioner of Nerdcore Hiphop, MC Frontalot is, was, and remains the MC who "fronts the most."
I particularly direct your attention the the fine song "Bragodoccio".
examinedlife.typepad.com /johnbelle/2004/02/nerdcore.html   (684 words)

  
 nerdcorehiphop.org
RhymeTorrents.com - Six free CDs of new or rare nerdcore hip-hop.
Add the Nerdcore For Life Documentary as a MySpace Friend
This site is not hosted by Dreamhost, but I wish it was.
www.nerdcorehiphop.org   (546 words)

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