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Nerdcore hip-hop and other genres - suggestions needed!
justininho
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I've got a community radio segment in lil' ol' Adelaide, South Australia, and I've just started openly discussing games, music in games and music about games and other nerdy stuff. It started when I decided to play a selection of tracks from the GTA series and continued when PC Gamer UK brought MC Lars and MC Frontalot to my attention. Since then I've gathered MC Hawking and John Coulton music to play over the airwaves with the aim of promoting all things nerdish or geekish and the stuff Tycho mentions gets a listen and sometimes passed by so I want everyone who likes any genres to start recommending to me who is worth a listen and where I can get their stuff.
It's for the good of all.
Oh, and the radio station is 3d radio, 93.7fm, the show is called the "Four Course Breakfast" and I go by the moniker of "Lawrence of Arabica"
So come on people, name names.
It's for the good of all.
Oh, and the radio station is 3d radio, 93.7fm, the show is called the "Four Course Breakfast" and I go by the moniker of "Lawrence of Arabica"
So come on people, name names.
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But he's a little crazy and used to be called Kool Keith.
His best album is Dungeon Master of Ceremonies. It's pure audio gold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvLIU_2S7XE#
Ok, back to the chiptunes. Essentially, electronic music created using old videogame system soundchips. 8bitpeoples is a label devoted completely to this style, and they just happen to have all of their releases available on their site through the creative commons license. Two of my favourites:
Anamanaguchi
Random
The most popular example of chiptune music would probably be Crystal Castles, a duo who have brought the style in a more appealing form for the indie/electronic crowd.
http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles
This stuff doesn't really deal with nerdy material as far as themes or lyrics go, but the actual music is quite nerdy enough. And excellent.
dream a little dream or you could live a little dream
sleep forever if you wish to be a dreamer
MC Chris, Astronautilus, darkest of the hillside thickets and Crystal Castles have all been obtained. Dr Octagon is in the process of being acquired.
Baddd Spellah has been helpful and it pitching the new Frontalot album which is a must buy.
Any of you heard of TooFarTV. Their Nerdrap is quite funny.
http://www.toofar.tv/
If you come up with anything else then don't hold back.8-)
There's a lot of violence and potentially offensive lyrical themes, though, so it might not be appropriate for radio. I recall MC Hawking coming down pretty hard on Christians in a few songs.
Also I gotta recommend Gnarles Barkley. They have some songs that would really appeal to a nerdy demographic like "Transformer" or "Whatever" or somthing like "Feng Shui" though I guess thats pretty hit or miss with alot of people.
You forgot to mention that he flows better than 99% of the so-called "legit" rappers in the music industry.
XBL : lJesse Custerl | MWO: Jesse Custer | Best vid ever. | 2nd best vid ever.
http://www.thefump.com/index.php
http://www.thegreatlukeski.com/
project by Owen Pallett, who also worked with Arcade Fire and stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACks14qIUlM
It's not very obvious, but he references a lot of games. Lots of Zelda games mentioned in that one. (gotta find and kill my shadow self/ gotta dig up every secret seashell
Every boy I've ever loved has been digital)
Less obvious (and maybe too light on the nerd stuff) but very different than most of the video game influenced songs you will find. Also, he claims all his songs on HPC were influenced by a school of DnD magic. This article might be helpful.
He's never stopped being Kool Keith.
Ultramagnetic > all
however ultramagnetic is far from nerdcore
Shogun Streams Vidya
I'll suggest some good ol' hiphop that might not get mentioned here for the hell of it though.
Hell Razah
MF Grimm
AZ
Common Market
Clipse
Deltron 3030
Handsome Boy Modeling School
Lord Finesse
Main Source
Masta Ace
General Patton vs. The Executioners
People Under the Stairs
Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Big Daddy Kane
Devin the Dude
Esoteric
Ed O.G. and da Bulldogs
P.O.S.
Diverse
Cool Calm Pete
Dangermouse and Jemini
One Be Lo
Edan
Pimp C
Reks
Statik Selektah
Soul Position
Super Chron Flight Brothers
The Streets
Thes One
Vakill
Vast Aire
Wordsworth
Are you KIDDING me?
TMBG I saw play live in our town in the mid 90's. They did an acoustic set in one of the few indie record stores and I was lucky enough to stareat the backs of the heads of all the other patrons.
Luke Ski is good but I've a feeling too much could be fatal.
But let's keep on track here. It's got to be nerd or geek and especially funny. MC 900ft Jesus fits the bill - Vanilla Ice or eminem do not. I'm not after 'hard life' rap but quirky and humourous.
Thanks, btw, for the fump nod because the sarah palin songs were great.8-)
I was confused by that statement.
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also, www.myspace.com/crackerjackson listen to outstanding fantasy
8bitpeoples.com and Lupe Fiasco can kill it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoN6XfyQsr4
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KnGNOiFll4&feature=related
dream a little dream or you could live a little dream
sleep forever if you wish to be a dreamer
"Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry"
Fuck yes. I can get behind this. The whole spiel, really.
Keep em coming.
This. It's like a bunch of white kids from the suburbs, whose idea of hip hop mostly came from MTV, decided to reference a bunch of nerdy stuff in their raps thinking they're doing something new. Completely oblivious to the fact that hip hop have always had an affinity for oft-kilter references.
Most of them can't really rap anyway.
He also released an album as Viktor Vaughn, get it?
He's also pretty dang good. A video that is cool
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Okay. For those of you who didn't read the subject of the thread - I only asked for SUGGESTIONS not OPINIONS.
To head this DIGRESSION off I have started a new thread for those wanting to debate the pros and cons of nerdcore.
Nerdcore Hip-hop: the debate.
SUGGESTIONS go here, OPINIONS go there.
Masta Ace ft Eminem, some other dude - Hellbound (over a Soul Calibur beat)
Jedi Mind Tricks ft Non Phixion - The Wolf (over a Max Payne beat)
Sorry about that, I made it my quest to express my displeasure at the existence of the term nerdcore everytime I see a nerdcore thread :P. Anyway, here's a couple of songs from traditional hip hop artists that you might be interested in;
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Proto Culture (tribute to videogames)
The Last Emperor - Secret Wars part 1 & part 2 (the title is pretty self-explanatory if you're familiar with Marvel comics)