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Nerdcore Rising
Hip-Hop · 2005 · 16 tracks

Nerdcore Rising

MC Frontalot

Polysyllabic rhymes meet basement-born boom bap. A witty, self-aware manifesto for the hyper-focused subcultures of the early internet era.

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It's like a PhD thesis on bridge building delivered over a basement boom-bap beat.

A witty, self-aware celebration of intellectual obsession and outsider identity.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
Charity Case
3:11
02
Goth Girls
4:22
03
Pr0n S0ng
3:26
04
Yellow Lasers
2:50
05
This Old Man
3:41
06
Nerdcore Rising
4:41
07
Which MC Was That?
3:24
08
Penny Arcade Theme
2:17
09
Floating Bridge
1:22
10
Hassle: The Dorkening
2:24
11
Crime Spree
1:52
12
Special Delivery (Mission Accomplished remix)
1:57
13
Message No. 419
3:33
14
I Heart Fags
3:51
15
Braggadocio
3:20
16
Indier Than Thou
2:37
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden shift into a detailed lecture on civil engineering during Floating Bridge.
The preacher's dramatic sermon intro on Indier Than Thou that parodies underground elitism.
The self-deprecating admission of financial failure in the middle of a boastful rhyme on Charity Case.
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