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Nerdcore

Nerdcore is a genre of hip hop music and nerd music characterized by subject matter considered of interest to nerds and geeks. Self-described nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot has the earliest known recorded use of the term (to describe this genre) in the 2000 song "Nerdcore Hiphop". As a niche genre similar to punk rock, nerdcore generally holds to the DIY…

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Cultural origins
Early 2000s, United States
Other names
Nerdcore hip hop · geek rap · nerd rap
Stylistic origins
Underground hip hop · alternative hip hop · nerd culture · hip hop · experimental hip hop

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Nerdcore

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related to history · 26
Nerdcore → Beastie Boys, Blackalicious, Chemical Calisthenics, Company Flow, Conversely, Deltron, Despite, DJ Jazzy Jeff, For, Fresh Prince, Frontalot, Ft, Hello Nasty, However, Intergalactic, Jesus, Kool Keith, MC, MC Frontalot, MC Frontalot's
related to Sound · 26
Nerdcore → Another, Baddd Spellah, Being, Clyde Stubblefield, Computer Science, Frontalot, Frontalot's, Good Old Clyde, Life, MC Frontalot, MC Plus, Mega Man, MegaRan, Nerdcore Rising, Nintendo, One, Random, RIAA, Rondo Alla Turca, Several DJs
related to Further reading · 23
Nerdcore → Alex, Amanda, An Exploration, Cambridge Companions, Cambridge University Press, Chris, Geek Rock, Hip-Hop, In DiBlasi, In Williams, ISBN, Justin, Little Braggadocio, Littlefield, Music, Now Its Time, Rowman, Russell, Sewell, Subculture
related to Film · 16
Nerdcore → April, Festival, Frontalot’s, Kimmy Gatewood, March, MC Frontalot, Negin Farsad, Nerdcore For Life, Nerdcore Rising, New York, SXSW Film Conference, The, Two, US, While, Wisconsin Film Festival
related to Controversies · 7
Nerdcore → African-American, Black, Central, Critics, Some, Tensions, The
Stylistic origins · 5
Nerdcore → alternative hip hop, experimental hip hop, hip hop, nerd culture, Underground hip hop
Other names · 3
Nerdcore → geek rap, nerd rap, Nerdcore hip hop
Cultural origins · 1
Nerdcore → Early 2000s, United States
is a · 1
Nerdcore → genre of hip hop music and nerd music characterized by subject matter considered of interest to nerds and geeks

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mc genre artists music frontalot hip hop first like hip-hop culture cultural rock chris science games nerd early life album

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NerdcoreCultural originsEarly 2000s, United States1.00infobox
NerdcoreOther namesNerdcore hip hop1.00infobox
NerdcoreOther namesgeek rap1.00infobox
NerdcoreOther namesnerd rap1.00infobox
NerdcoreStylistic originsUnderground hip hop1.00infobox
NerdcoreStylistic originsalternative hip hop1.00infobox
NerdcoreStylistic originsnerd culture1.00infobox
NerdcoreStylistic originship hop1.00infobox
NerdcoreStylistic originsexperimental hip hop1.00infobox
Nerdcoreis agenre of hip hop music and nerd music characterized by subject matter considered of interest to nerds and geeks0.90text
animeinstance ofthere are some perennial favorites in nerdcore subject matter0.80text
moviesinstance ofthere are some perennial favorites in nerdcore subject matter0.80text

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