Nerdcore

Nerdcore is a subgenre of hip-hop music characterized by themes and subject matter considered to be of general interest to nerds, though it can appeal to others as well. Self-described nerdcore musician MC Frontalot coined the term in 2000 in the song “Nerdcore Hiphop”. Frontalot, like most nerdcore artists, self-publishes his work and has released much of it for free online. As a niche genre, nerdcore generally holds to the DIY ethic, has a history of self-publishing and self-production. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Schaffer The Darklord

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gejm

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WestSideTrippin

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April 2012
gejm

Metalcore is much newer than hardcore rap and hardcore techno. (probably the guys below meant "hardcore [punk]" but they said "metal", so yeah)

November 2011
noo_dog

Horrorcore, on the other-hand, makes sense because it is a derivative of hardcore hip-hop.

September 2011
noo_dog

lol at people that expected this to be a metal genre. There are 3 types of hardcore: hardcore hip-hop, hardcore punk, and hardcore techno. Metal actually doesn't have any hardcore variant; the genre 'metalcore' is heavy metal mixed with elements of (modern) hardcore punk. However, by these rules, nerdcore should be a form of hardcore hip-hop, but it isn't, so it is a stupid name for the genre. Slowcore is another example of a stupidly named genre because the 'core' suffix doesn't refer to any hardcore variant of an existing genre. The same goes for nerdcore - it should be called 'nerd hip-hop' or something similar.

September 2011
Omnificent

http://www.last.fm/music/Nes+Boy+Wonder/Games+Vs+Cartoons the next big thing in nerd music

August 2011
Anarx

cf. Horrorcore :P

July 2011
kuroyama1

Some Nerdcore is good (Kabuto the Python, Deafinition. mc chris, MC Frontalot) others not so much (magitek, Benjamin Bear) don't judge the whole genre by name and description judge by how good it is. also at petergriffin91 its because core doesnt always refer to metal. it can mean it focuses mainly on whatever subject it follows so this focuses on nerdy topics.

July 2011