1. Nerdcore Hip-Hop
Past, Present and Future
PAX 2012
Raheem Jarbo aka Mega Ran – megaran.com
Damian Hess aka MC Frontalot – frontalot.com
Keith Moore aka Beefy – Beefyness.com

3. Nerdcore Hip Hop.

4. YET.... Nerdcore survives...how?
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DIY
Aesthetic?
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Reaching
an
audience
never
spoken for?
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Relatable
subject
matter?
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Awesome,
timeless
source
material?

5. What Is It?

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N. E. S.
 Nerdrap Entertainment System, an album by
artist YTCracker.

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 Wild Style was the first hip hop
motion picture, released in 1983.
 The film depicts several prominent
figures from the early hip hop
culture, engaging in activities such as
MCing, turntablism, graffiti and
breakdancing.
 “Wild Style resonates with the
optimism of a movement exploding
in a burst of creativity. The pioneers
of hip-hop …are fresh-faced; the
Manhattan art world is just waking
up to the commercial potential of
graffiti. “ –Times Online

9. In an attempt to cash in on the break dancing phenomenon of the
1980’s, Epyx games introduced BREAK DANCE, a copy-the-moves
game for Commodore 64…
The game was very poorly developed and thus performed
poorly.

10. The Emcee
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The first introduction of
an ‘emcee based theme
to the video game world
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Gameplay was similar to
the “Guitar Hero “ format
– instead of matching
notes, you would have to
match the corresponding
buttons to lyrics with
timing.
Notable meetings:

11. JET GRIND RADIO (JET SET RADIO -JPN) – SEGA 2000
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First game to explore the
art of graffiti
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Featured revolutionary
cel-shaded graphics—
heavily duplicated
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Maintains a huge cult
following in the US and
Japan
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Soundtrack is mostly
electro/techno/J-Pop
but the graf is 80’s hip
hop inspired.

12. DEF JAM series (EA, 2003-)
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A wrestling game that featured playable
hip-hop stars like DMX and Ludacris with a
banging hip-hop soundtrack.
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In 2004’s Fight for NY, more rappers were
added, like Snoop Dogg and Ice-T and the
fighting moved to offer more than wrestling
moves.
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Two years later, Def Jam: Fight for NY: The
Takeover was released for the PSP and
played as a prequel to the events of Fight
for NY.
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Def Jam: Icon was released for the new
generation of consoles = sucked. Game
over.

13. rapid decline of hip-hop record sales, down
44% since 2000 and moved from 13% of all
music sales to 10%.
Illegal downloading
Advanced technology increased artistry
output – Oversaturation of Hip Hop music
in market
"white kids no longer fooled” – PrefixMag.com
WHY?
The Decline of Hip Hop
Recording Sales

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An album based on the most influential game of our time.
 Megaranmusic.com

15.  Schaffer The Darklord
 MC Lars
 Dual Core
 Adam Warrock
 ??
Other great Nerdcore to
check out:

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17.  Mega Ran, Mega Ran 9 and Mega Ran 10
albums are exclusively licensed by Capcom!
 Random has performed his songs at Comic-Con
with Capcom in ‘07 to present.
Random and Capcom.

18. QUESTIONS?
?

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