Nerdcore Heroes

Let’s jump in this people. We are going to get a little wet so you may want to take your shoes off first. I have a pretty broad taste in music. Hell, I even like country. This isn’t about country but this is about what has been trending in the music I have been listening to lately. If you checked out our new about us section you will see there is a reference to a Chiddy Bang song that I have had on repeat lately. The song is called Opposite Of Adults and I am here to explain why I “dig” it.

This will be a round trip with frequent stops. Now put your arms outside the vehicle and feel free to get up, dance and maybe even laugh a little.


About three to four years ago I was introduced to the music of MC Chris. Specifically a track called Fett’s Vette. The song is about a Star War’s bounty hunter named Boba Fett. This was the first time I realized there was anything out there known as nerdcore hip-hop. Since then I have been pretty smitten with it. Yeah, smitten.

While Fett’s Vette was the first blatantly nerdcore song I had knowingly experienced it wasn’t my first run in. While I was in high school I was exposed to an MC known as Del The Funky Homosapien. You have probably heard him in the rap portion of the Gorillaz’s Clint Eastwood. The guy has some crazy freestyle skills and isn't afraid to drop references to zelda or even Dragonball Z.

I do like "traditional" rap and hip-hop but as a white kid from the suburbs of “Hotlanta” I can’t truly relate to the lyrics of most hip-hop songs. I am not really into bling, calling girls bitches and ho’s nor am I overly interested in the paint job on my car (black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow, black and yellow) but I do have my share of Ludacris, Lil’ Wayne and Kanye West on my itunes.

I needed to find a middle ground somewhere between gangsta rapper Jay-Z and Nerdcore’s Beefy. Lately, guys like Chiddy Bang and Kid Cudi have started filling that void for me. So now you know why I like “that one Chiddy Bang song”. Before you move on check out this one song by Beefy (the song ends at about 4:15 but for some reason it keeps going. Sorry but this is one of the few videos I can find).