The Dueling Nerdcore Documentaries

Colin Reuter writes "There are not one but two feature-length documentary films in the works about the burgeoning nerdcore hip-hop scene. Nerdcore Rising from indie company Vaguely Qualified Productions in NY focuses on the founder of the "movement," MC Frontalot, and features MC Hawking, mc chris, Weird Al Yankovic, Brian Posehn, Daily Show personnel, and dozens of aspiring nerdcore rappers from around the country. The competing movie, Nerdcore For Life from Chicago's Crapbot Productions covers many of the same personalities, getting the backstory on more than twenty young nerd rappers including ytcracker, MC++, and Lords of the Rhymes. With two movies duking it out, the print edition of Wired profiling the rappers, and the Associated Press getting onboard, is nerdcore going to turn into a legitimate subgenre? Or will this always be our dirty little secret?"

Comments

MC++??

[Anonymous Coward]

You have got to be kidding me.

Anyway, my guess is that these people aren't actually smart - smart people don't like primitive non-music like hip-hop and rap - rather, they are just appropriating nerdiness in order to manufacture a new "scene".

This shit is just embarrassing

[Anonymous Coward]

LOL HE'S RAPPING ABOUT NERD SHIT

It might be funny if one of your IRC pals is doing it, but come on! No sane person is going to admit that s/he listens to something like that.

Deal with it.