Dual Core

Last week, the list of 10 Definitive Nerdcore Tracks was posted by Z at Hipster, please! Guess to which group the first <li> belongs?  If you guessed Dual Core, you are absolutely correct.  Here is what Z had to say:

“Nickname ‘dead-eye,’ loaded and cocked / my Deagle sends a round through the scope on your AWP.”
Some of the earliest MCs to find themselves classified as nerdcore actually self-identified as “CS rappers.” Many of these computer science devotees, however, were not exactly the most adept with regard to lyrical delivery. But Dual Core’s int eighty is a perfect example of a contemporary, tech-minded rapper who can still flow. Though “Hostage Down” (from their 2007 debut Zero One) is about gamer culture, as opposed to, say, programming, eighty brings the fire with a nod to the more technical aspects of Counter-Strike atop one of c64′s fiercest beats to date.

Other artists to make the list include good friends such as Lars, ytcracker, and Frontalot.  I’m pretty sure I owe Z at least one drink and maybe a special freestyle or something at Nerdapalooza.

-eighty