Still no Nerdcore love from MySpace

Remember the Myspace campaign to add nerdcore as a music genre? As far as I know, the spot between Neo-Soul and New Wave is still missing.

So if you have a MySpace, please throw in one of these images to continue spreading the word:

And if you want, you can get the original letter here and below:

Dear Myspace,

In 2000, MC Frontalot coined the term Nerdcore Hip Hop, creating the foundation for geeks and nerds everywhere to pick up a microphone and start rapping. In the last 7 years, Nerdcore has flourished into it’s own distinct style of music.

2006 has been the largest year for Nerdcore yet, and with mainstream press from Newsweek, Wired Magazine, Spin, XXL, NPR, and MSNBC, as well as accolades from websites such as Slashdot and Boing Boing, 2007 looks to be an even bigger year for Nerdcore.

This year will see more Nerdcore releases than ever before and Nerdcore’s largest audience yet. Two new documentaries, Nerdcore For Life and Nerdcore Rising will be released later this year, and have already generated considerable buzz in both the music and film circuits.

Despite the popularity of Nerdcore music, MySpace still does not offer it as a genre. Haven’t nerds suffered enough already? There are Nerdcore metal bands, Nerdcore rock bands, and, obviously, Nerdcore hip hop artists on MySpace that can not properly be searched under the term “Nerdcore”. Given that MySpace has surprisingly specific genres such as “Christian rap”, “Shoegazer” and “Screamo”, it is a shame that Nerdcore has yet to be added.

Consider the following:

The top 8 videos on YouTube tagged with “Nerdcore” have generated 1,581,216 combined views.
There are currently 2,640 profiles on MySpace with “Nerdcore” in their profile.
There are several websites, blogs, and even online channels dedicated solely to Nerdcore.
Beefy is a virgin.
Nerdcore Rising’s profile has 1,285,674 MySpace friends.
The creation of a Nerdcore MySpace genre could be what will finally gets Beefy laid.

Relevant links include:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16840016/site/newsweek/
http://www.myspace.com/nerdcorerisingthemovie
http://www.myspace.com/nerdcoreforlife
http://www.myspace.com/mediocretour
http://www.myspace.com/mcchris

In an attempt to encourage MySpace to update it’s genres, I am taking part in a letter writing campaign. It is our goal for Nerdcore to finally get the recognition it truly deserves.

And besides, when else will anybody ever ask you to label them as a nerd?

Let’s not give this one up.

    

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