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Nerdcore is a genre of hip hop music characterized by subject matter considered of interest to nerds and geeks. Self-described nerdcore musician MC Frontalot has the earliest known recorded use of the term (to describe this genre) in the 2000 song "Nerdcore Hiphop". [ 5 ]
Nerdcore For Life explores the world of “geek rap” known as nerdcore hip-hop and features appearances by many of the top names in the genre including Optimus Rhyme, MC Lars, Beefy, MC Chris, MC Router and Ytcracker. Filming took place throughout 2006 and 2007. Nerdcore For Life made its world premiere, April 5, 2008 at the Wisconsin Film ...
Nintendocore [note 1] is a broadly defined style of music that most commonly fuses chiptune and video game music with hardcore punk and/or heavy metal.The genre is sometimes considered a direct subgenre of post-hardcore [10] and a fusion genre between metalcore and chiptune. [11]
He is best known for his work in the genre of Nerdcore hip-hop, [19] in 2005 producing the album NerdRap Entertainment System. The album was created by adding vocals to re-mixed digital music from original Nintendo games, and was described in Newsweek as a "classic of the style." [20]
The music festival Nerdapalooza (2007–13) described itself as "the first of its kind to invite all genres of the nerd music movement under one roof, including nerd rock, nerdcore hip hop, chiptunes, and video game music." [9] Other conventions and events such as MAGFest and Rock Comic Con have since hosted nerd music acts of a range of styles.
Dual Core are unusual for a nerdcore act in that it is composed of a rapper and a producer; most nerdcore rappers also produce their own beats. [2] Martinjak and Hunger did not physically meet until after 2007. [3] The song "All the Things" appears in 2016 video game Watch Dogs 2.
Hess starred as "TP Factory Rapper" in the Sesame Street direct-to-video movie Elmo's Potty Time. [19] Nerdcore Rising is a documentary/concert film starring Hess and various other nerdcore artists such as MC Chris, Optimus Rhyme, and MC Lars, with contributions from "Weird Al" Yankovic, Prince Paul, and Brian Posehn.
Before gaining notoriety as a nerdcore hip-hop artist, Branson pursued a career as a music producer, eventually switching focus to pursue a career as an artist. In 2011, he signed a recording contract under a partnership between Jagore Music Group and TuTone Entertainment, an imprint owned by an executive at Universal Republic. [1]