Nerdcore Rising
Filed under: Documentary, Fandom, Trailer Trash, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek
If you've never stumbled across the musical genre "nerdcore" (or "geeksta rap," something of a subgenre), you're in for a treat. As soon as you are finished reading this post, I want you to look up Optimus Rhyme, MC Frontalot, or YTCracker, and listen to some of their music. Just within those three performers, you'll find entire albums dedicated to Transformers (Generation One, of course) and the NES. Essentially, this is hip-hop music created by a generation of internet geeks with a set of hobbies you're used to finding at comic conventions. And holy cow, is it pure money. You're initial reaction is probably to consider it a one trick pony -- and it's funny because it smashes together two cultures which are typically seen to be very different -- but it will likely stay a niche genre, because the lyrics and content serve a very specific culture, albeit a culture which has reasonably wide appeal these days. So why am I telling you about an odd subculture of hip-hop music on a movie website? You guessed it -- here comes the documentary! Admittedly, I'm a bit of a documentary sucker, and will watch them on nearly any subject, but this is one I'm really jazzed about. The official trailer for Nerdcore Rising, a documentary which follows genre star MC Frontalot on a national tour, is now live on the web. Go watch it -- it has the Penny Arcade guys and Weird Al -- how can you go wrong? And stay tuned to Cinematical, because I plan to follow this documentary.
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1-14-2007 @ 10:16AM
Dan said...
As it turns out, there are actually two documentaries about Nerdcore in the works. Nerdcore Risisng focuses on the founder of the genre while the other doc, Nerdcore For Life, follows 2 dozen up and coming nerdcore rappers as they try to fight their way to the top of the geek-rap game. You can see the trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8VTmy5clHk
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1-23-2007 @ 2:05PM
Mils said...
My friend was at PAX and got interviewed for the film; it looks fantastic!
Take a look at these "nerd of the week" episodes from the ppl who did the film.
there's great stuff on PAX and general nerditude :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H1oawWJMQo
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