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Nerdcore Rap In The Press
hammeredpeon writes "MC Plus+ and others talk about their nerdcore rap skills with Wired magazine." From the article: "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. Geeksta rappers adopt the same combative verbal-assault stylings of their forerunners, but bust rhymes about elite script compiling and dope machine code. The term was first coined in 2000 by nerdy New York rapper MC Frontalot in a track of the same name. Nerdcore now refers to artists waxing lyrical about topics as disparate as engineering and Lord of the Rings."
Ok, the mods are truly on crack today... How could the above obvious troll be modded +1 insightful?
Why would you call your music Nerdcore or geeksta rap? I mean that just begs to be not taken seriously.
Umm, I think that's the point. Besides, 'nerdcore' is an absolutely hilarious word. I picture the Unix guys and Windows guys having a multi-year beef, rather like the East Coast and West Coast rap contingents, complete with Run-DMC-style poses. (The old farts^W fogeys in the audience should feel free to substitute 'Sharks' and 'Jets' - pretty much the same thing.)
It's like a country/western singer calling their music 'Redneck rock' or pop calling it's self 'teen drivel'
Terms like that are reserved for those outside the genre, i.e. everyone with musical taste.
I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.