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Nerdcore
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Nerdcore is a subgenre of Hip-Hop; the term "Nerdcore" is a portmanteau of "Nerd" and "Hardcore". Music that can be considered Nerdcore usually involves subjects which most "normal" people would consider... well, nerdy, such as Science Fiction, Anime, and others. Nerdcore isn't automatically Hip-Hop; nerdcore had clear influences from geek culture as well, including geek rockers like They Might Be Giants, parodists like "Weird Al" Yankovic (who released "It's All About The Pentiums" in 1999 and "White & Nerdy" in 2006), and others. Despite these influences, Nerdcore has separated itself from other types of nerdy music thanks to an unofficial list of criteria that has evolved among fans and artists. Aside from making hip-hop about geeky things, Nerdcore is considered to be an 'Opt-in' genre. Only artists who consider themselves to be "Nerdcore" should have the label attached to their music. In the summer of 2004 the fledgling genre took a large step forward when the popular web comic Penny Arcade held its first convention, The Penny Arcade Expo, in Bellevue, WA. Though the expo was primarily devoted to video and tabletop gaming, geek-friendly musicians also performed, including Optimus Rhyme and Penny Arcade's "rapper laureate" MC Frontalot. There's also an annual festival held in the summer in Florida, Orlando, Florida, called Nerdapalooza, that helps showcase Nerdcore acts alongside other "nerd music" genres. It has been growing in popularity, thanks in part to G4's bumpers in commercial breaks, which showcase several artists rapping about subjects such as console wars, a love of gadgetry and the art of the Internet Counterattack, and of course, video games. See also Heavy Mithril, for when nerds forgo rapping about consoles for rocking about fantasy, and Filk for the folksy alternative sort. |
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[SiTH] Clan: Raleigh, NC rap quartet that sings about Star Wars, video games, and gaming culture, and sometimes uses game sound effects in their mixes. | |
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Symphony of Science. Featuring videos and music created from Carl Sagan, David Attenborough, Dr. Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye, and Dr. Stephen Hawking. Although these aren't really rap, being autotuned singing using existing sound clips. | |
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MC Frontalot: Regular at the Penny Arcade Expo, and the guy who coined the term in early 2000. Was featured on the In the Groove games and has several songs on Flash Flash Revolution; also has crosspromotions with Kingdom of Loathing. | |
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Starbomb's first album was hip hop synth combo about videogame characters. | |
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Schaffer The Darklord: (Oftentimes abbreviated as STD) | |
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Area 11: Not only being part of the Yogscast (partially), they're basically a geeky band. For example, their first album (All The Lights In The Sky) feautures 11 songs, with 6 of them having some kind of reference to an anime: two songs for Code Geass, one for Elfen Lied, one for Death Note, one for Cowboy Bebop and one for Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Even thought it's technically Power Pop, still, it's pretty darn impressive. | |
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JT Music, formerly JT Machinima, have been producing video game themed rap music since 2009 on YouTube. | |
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MC Lars is considered by some to be nerdcore, although he claims his genre is Post-Punk Laptop Rap. | |
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Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978) | |
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MC Chris: Also the voice of MC Pee Pants on Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Hesh on Sealab 2021, but throughout the course of his career has developed an I-love-you-I-hate-you relationship with the genre, switching between embracing and forsaking the genre at a moment's notice (he currently stands in favor of Nerdcore) | |
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The Adventures of Duane & BrandO | |
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Freedom of Choice (1980) | |
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Almost all of Regal Pinion's songs have literary references tossed around, and he is also an example of the Darker and Edgier variety. He also has a rap from the POV of the Big Bad in Final Fantasy VI. | |
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