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The Dueling Nerdcore Documentaries

Posted by Zonk on from the both-of-you-break-out-your-magic-deck dept.

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?"

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  1. The only solution... by lawpoop · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... is to have a VJ battle of the two documentaries and release the resulting mash-up.

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    Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
    -- Pablo Picasso
  2. MC Chris by Hubbell · · Score: 1, Funny

    The true hero of sealab!
    Oh and...
    My backpack's got jets
    Cause I'm Boba the Fett

  3. Re:Rugged, easy-to-clean plastic laminates by thc69 · · Score: 2, Funny
    children under 7 must be accompanied by an adult
    each one is able to support more than 14 tons
    Wow, they must be on steroids or something...
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    Procrastination -- because good things come to those who wait.
  4. The nerdcore genre is going to fizzle... by Peter+Trepan · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...cause my geekcore genre is the mad shizizzle. My geekcore rhymes are fresh and fly, 'cause they're written by a Lisp-powered strong AI. And my DJ skills are so off the hook, they be askin' me to write the O'Reilly book. Y'all test my songs while they're still in beta, and don't be no RPG playa hata. If all y'all hear me, wave your hands and say: G to tha E to tha E to tha K.

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    Step into a huge movement. Don't Tread In Me.

    1. Re:The nerdcore genre is going to fizzle... by glwtta · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sushi K? Is that you?

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      sic transit gloria mundi
  5. Re:Is nerdcore going to become a legitimate subgen by MECC · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm also quite annoyed by people more into geek or nerd 'culture' than the intellectual pursuits which usually end up earning the honorable title of geek or nerd. People just into the look, sound, dress, or other surface effect just aren't.

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    "We are all geniuses when we dream"
    - E.M. Cioran
  6. East Coast v. West Coast by Paulitics · · Score: 2, Funny

    So will there be a beef between linux rappers and Windows rappers?

    If MC Ubuntu gets shot I know it was Windows 2000 PAC that did it.

    Are there lyrics licensed under GPL?

    Windows 2000 PAC

    I spit mad rhymes without taking a breath,
    Any sucka MC's that step to me will see my blue screen of death!

    It's necessary that my style is proprietary,
    All you bitches running MAC are straight up wack.

    MC Ubuntu

    Of course my flow is open source.
    I know you like it so,
    Download and burn my ISO

    I aint no sucka MC
    you can download my shits for free

    Not free as in beer,
    You dumb ass Ballmer queer

  7. Re:MC++?? by sparkane · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am not a troll.. (drool, dribble) I am a human being!