MC-3PO
Nerdcore Chaplain

It's 2012, and since I believe that the Mayans totally know everything about some muthafuckin' time, this is the last year any of us will exist. So here's what Death*Star has planned. Essentially, this is an update of my first blog post; some of that stuff is still true, and some of it is not.

1. A New Dope is Both Dope and Finished

A New Dope is out, so if you want it, go buy it (or just listen to it). It's been well-received thus far, and is a considerable improvement

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Ahem.

Here are the lyrics to the VPC Round 2 track "Unemployment Beach", as well as a little info about the song for anyone curious to know it.

Audio is below, and lyrics are in the spoiler.

http://soundcloud.com/vpc-2-1/unemployment-beach-feat

Spoiler

Unemployment Beach

Warm breeze ridin' on the Chinook
Take a look at the lay of the land; man, Rook
There's a lot of beauty just within eyes' reach
Sun

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So you've been posting for a little bit, and it has been made apparent to you that you are -- somehow -- a dick.

There are a lot of ways in which this could have happened. Maybe you get really defensive any time anyone says something vaguely insulting to you, and you are viewed as having a poor sense of humor. You could be overly enthusiastic and posting on every thread, only to see numerous posts by forum veterans telling you to shut the fuck up. Maybe you ask the same questions

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Since Bill Beats sent in the track and I had to listen to it to correct the final lyrics before tossing them to Klopfenpop, the lyrics to our Round 1 VPC entry didn't get posted with the original list. I posted them on Stiborge's thread, but I figured I'd put them up here on my blog.

To explain two of the more obscure references in the song, "studio wetlands" refers to Bill Beats' home studio, which he calls Wetlands because it's in a basement that floods sometimes. "Beacon"

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So. Diss tracks. What the fuck, Nerdcore Now?

I understand that in a lot of ways, nerdcore hip-hop is like trying on daddy's shoes; you know they won't fit well, you aren't entirely certain why he wears such monstrous shoes, but the very act of emulating him helps you with both of those and is itself a developmental step toward becoming a grown-up. Diss tracks are a hip-hop tradition since Roxanne Shante trashed UTFO, so of course we pick them up, try them on for size, and get a little

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