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Genre
nerdcore
Parent Genre: hip hop

Nerdcore is a subgenre of hip-hop that focuses on themes of geek culture, such as video games, science fiction, and technology. The lyrics often contain references to popular culture and the music is characterized by fast-paced, intricate rhymes and electronic beats. The genre has gained a dedicated following among fans of nerd culture and has expanded to include elements of rock and pop music.


Top artists of nerdcore genre

Watsky
Mag.Lo
The Protomen
Mega Ran
I Fight Dragons
brentalfloss
RandomBeats
MC Chris
The Megas
MC Lars
Dr. Awkward
Professor Elemental
No More Kings
Greydon Square
Lifeseeker
Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer
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nerdcore music timeline

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nerdcore playlist created by Chosic

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List of nerdcore artists

Here is a list of nerdcore artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the nerdcore genre. You can find out what nerdcore genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Watsky
53 2 64 71 28 50 113 357043
2
Mag.Lo
51 8 65 72 23 59 124 56061
3
The Protomen
42 12 41 75 12 30 123 68384
4
Mega Ran
39 0 81 79 2 71 114 31027
5
I Fight Dragons
37 3 52 78 13 51 135 50041
6
brentalfloss
37 3 64 64 36 63 127 29284
7
RandomBeats
34 0 0 0 0 0 0 1846
8
MC Chris
34 0 80 79 19 75 122 57703
9
The Megas
32 2 53 77 3 51 131 22114
10
MC Lars
32 0 73 82 12 70 125 30415
11
Dr. Awkward
32 0 61 86 14 63 107 7400
12
Professor Elemental
31 0 72 87 31 71 116 36634
13
No More Kings
31 0 62 76 23 68 112 11130
14
Greydon Square
30 0 63 61 3 62 122 16681
15
Lifeseeker
30 0 64 86 9 60 93 4374
16
Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer
30 0 78 68 21 79 107 31074
17
Trevor Moore
30 0 59 71 17 61 140 17724
18
YTCracker
29 0 81 86 7 49 124 11640
19
Richie Branson
28 0 83 75 12 70 114 10426
20
MC Frontalot
27 0 77 84 11 81 109 26414
21
The Left Rights
26 6 68 85 5 57 140 12493
22
Dual Core
26 0 68 69 12 52 99 12308
23
Weerd Science
25 0 78 71 4 69 93 10145
24
Schaffer The Darklord
25 0 79 81 14 73 122 11994
25
Optimus Rhyme
22 0 74 79 2 64 104 7855
26
MYF
22 0 0 0 0 0 0 371
27
Kirby Krackle
22 0 56 83 18 62 131 8012
28
Wordburglar
21 0 75 72 6 68 134 3871
29
Billy the Fridge
19 0 66 84 14 64 135 6034
30
SkyBlew
19 89 79 63 2 72 90 3218
31
LEX the Lexicon Artist
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2709
32
Yung Innanet
19 0 72 51 44 30 174 753
33
Paul & Storm
18 0 61 45 71 51 116 7487
34
Beefy
18 0 74 91 2 72 123 4399
35
Kadesh Flow
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1610
36
Satellite High
18 0 76 65 34 52 100 2868
37
The Adventures of Duane & Brando
18 7 34 62 0 56 131 5722
38
Rappy McRapperson
17 0 87 54 2 77 135 2648
39
MC Mr. Napkins
17 0 84 78 3 68 92 1461
40
The Doubleclicks
16 0 70 38 48 60 115 6423
41
2 Skinnee J's
16 0 57 83 5 66 115 4569
42
RAI
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 584
43
The Whitest Kids U' Know
15 0 80 58 19 66 119 8905
44
Kabuto the Python
15 0 73 82 3 67 119 3792
45
Timbuktu
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 921
46
Armcannon
14 78 29 85 1 38 135 6414
47
Ohm-I
13 0 69 72 12 68 153 2138
48
Captain Dan & The Scurvy Crew
13 0 75 85 5 67 103 5649
49
Ecomog
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 230
50
Mikal kHill
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 881
51
Former Fat Boys
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2568
52
K-Murdock
11 90 78 37 38 12 101 560
53
Jesse Dangerously
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1783
54
Coolzey
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 642
55
Super Smack
11 0 81 52 3 61 135 895
56
Supercommuter
10 0 59 88 7 43 120 2629
57
Rai
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1656
58
More Or Les
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 717
59
Professor Shyguy
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1586
60
K-flay
9 0 72 78 1 31 127 3643
61
A Dinosaur
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 228
62
Death*Star
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1104
63
Adam WarRock
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2260
64
8-Bit Boys
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2240
65
Bill Beats
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 150
66
Sli
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 78
67
Dale Chase
6 82 77 63 21 88 101 596
68
Shubzilla
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 450
69
MCP
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 499
70
Tribe One
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 333
71
The TroubleShooters
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 186
72
ZeaLouS1
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1247
73
Chokeules
5 0 77 70 4 71 100 398
74
Gonna Get Got
5 0 85 87 4 70 119 727
75
The Grammar Club
5 0 70 76 3 72 132 1297
76
Bag of Tricks Cat
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 636
77
Backburner
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 576
78
Fatty
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 153
79
Shael Riley and the Double Ice Backfire
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 599
80
Super 8 Bit Brothers
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 590
81
Shakelous
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 355
82
Crespo
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 193
83
Mc Paul
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
84
Devo Spice
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 399
85
Mega Ran & Richie Branson
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 204
86
Klopfenpop
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 277
87
Elijah Lucian
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 114
88
The Department of Darkness
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 353
89
The ThoughtCriminals
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 217
90
Ultraklystron
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 269
91
MC Hawking
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1017
92
Two Weeks Notice
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 143
93
Cro Magnum
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 309
94
Zombies! Organize!!
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 260
95
Soup Or Villainz
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 795
96
Malibu Shark Attack!
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 332
97
Hamstar
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49
98
Everywhere Danger!
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192
99
Doomsday Device
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151
100
Drown Radio
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89
101
Doug Funnie
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141
102
Stick Figure Mafia
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242
103
Hos Solo
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 235
104
Young Stroke Aka Young Muscle
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81
105
Nick Brophy
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
106
Defamation League
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 210
107
Nygel
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87
108
Adam Warrock
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
109
Rotten Musicians
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65
110
Professor E!
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103
111
Jay Bishop
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 225
112
Molly Gruesome
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 171
113
Metaforce
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
114
Ghostrappy
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
115
DJ RoboRob
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 229
116
Sinister Six
0 0 35 95 5 76 137 321
117
Crayondroids
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150
118
MagiTek
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 187
119
B-Type
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150
120
Madhatter
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 390
121
Shammers
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122
122
Mc Cool Whip
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 380
123
Positive Attitude
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
124
Alpha Riff
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 191
125
Ablex
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127
126
Maros
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116
127
Nursehella
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 238
128
D-Form
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148
129
Emergency Pizza Party
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53
130
King Pheenix
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72
131
Rappy McRapperson and The Bomb
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
132
M.C. Hawking
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 957
133
2 Skinee J's
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
134
MC Coffee Mug
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30
135
highc
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 158
136
Benjamin Bear
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155
137
T.Y.T.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87
138
Sci-Fried
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153
139
$ucksex
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
140
Dual Chords
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
141
Hairetsu
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 274
142
MC Wreckshin
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161
143
TYT
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1133
144
Service Lab
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87
145
Karmageddon
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 96
146
Futuristic Sex Robotz
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
147
Untested Methods
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81
148
MC Lars & YTCracker
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137