{"id":6007,"date":"2010-10-06T20:53:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T20:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/?p=6007"},"modified":"2010-10-06T20:53:58","modified_gmt":"2010-10-06T20:53:58","slug":"nerdy-hip-hop-songs-that-are-actually-pretty-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisblogrules.com\/nerdy-hip-hop-songs-that-are-actually-pretty-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerdy Hip Hop Songs (That Are Actually Pretty Good!)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Nerdcore<\/a>

(Nerdcore hip hop illustration by Chris Whetzel)<\/p><\/div>\n

Some of the nerdiest hip hop songs are actually some of the best hip hop, period. “What?!” you I can hear you exclaim, incredulously. “Nerdy hip hop that is actually good?\u00a0Mais, c’est pas possible!<\/em> Surely one cannot hope to assemble a fine and laudable specimen without the guns, bitches, and weed.”<\/p>\n

Au contraire<\/em>, comrade. There are plenty of alternative or underground rappers out there that are exploring themes other than the hard-knock life…
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Nerdcore<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take MC Frontalot, for example. He is a leader of the “nerdcore” hip hop movement. His often amusing–and sometimes hilarious–rhymes are rooted in old school-style beats. Behold Frontalot’s “Fresh Dog”:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TpQVvF1TAqI<\/p>\n

Big Words<\/strong><\/p>\n

Or how about Saul Williams, the poet that came out of the spoken word movement of the 1990s and 2000s. His “Coded Language” sets the bar for epic spoken word\/hip hop that uses big words.<\/p>\n