Nerd Music Meltdown

It's the dawn of a new era for the Nerd Music Meltdown! We are changing hosting and episodes are now on Spotify and Stitcher Radio. iTunes is coming soon. Be sure to follow us on those platforms! We also have a new theme song by RoboRob! "The Meltdown" is a fine jam.

Kent (@fistofthemfk) is in New York for wrestling and signt-seeing and talks about #GoingtotheGarden for the ROH x New Japan G1 Supercard. After that, we bring on nerdcore emcee, punslinger, and freestyler Shammers (@shammers) for a very excellent interview.

Shammers talks about his time in nerdcore, working as an intern for the final Nerdapalooza, joining freestyle rap collective Free Daps, integrating improv and comedy into his performance, and the elements of a great freestyle rapper. Shammers has been away from nerdcore for a while and we discuss if he would come back and how he would do it.

Check out Shammers at shammers.bandcamp.com and Free Daps at freedaps.com.

Here's an episode of the Nerd Music Meltdown, recorded twelve hours after Ongaku Overdrive's NEXGEN, featuring LEX the Lexicon Artist! (@lextheconartist)

LEX grew up in Taipei, Taiwan and emigrated to America in 2012. While getting her degree in Psychology at UC Berkeley, she decided to pursue a career in music. While a newcomer to nerdcore hip hop, LEX got the entire scene’s attention in 2017 with her first EP, LEX is More and recently just released Raging Ego to rave reviews.

Kent and LEX briefly talk about her origins, representing women in her raps, her upcoming tour with mc chris and Dual Core, and her latest album Raging Ego. LEX has risen quickly to the top of nerdcore in a such a short time. What are her secrets to success? We talk all about that too.

Also, LEX teams up with Schaffer the Darklord in this dope music video for Why We Do, which will be on Vince Vandal's FNFII: Advance Friends and Fandoms, which is available for pre-order! Check out LEX the Lexicon Artist at thelexiconartist.com.

Opening theme "The Meltdown" by RoboRob.

The dust has settled on E3 and we got some games to talk about! Orlando hip hop artist O_Super is back on Nerd Music Meltdown to talk favorite games and presentations from E3, but that's not all! This weekend is Bytes and Beats Juneteenth Festival, which O_Super will be performing on with over 40 POC artists. We talk about that, the passing of Berserk creator Kentaro Miura, the music of CEO Gaming and this year's event, plus performing live at Ongaku Overdrive: The Whims of Fate on July 11th. You can find out more about Bytes An Beats Fest at bytesanbeatsfest.com. You can follow O_Super at twitter.com/osuperwins and twitch.tv/osuperwins. You can also support Nerd Music Meltdown at patreon.com/ongakuoverdrive. "The Meltdown" theme by RoboRob

While at MomoCon in Atlanta, Kent sat down with the first act he ever booked for an Ongaku Overdrive event, the Otaku King Richie Branson. (@richiebranson) Kent and Richie talked about the status of From the Underground to the Stars, Jupiter Jazz, and Spacenoids, overcoming thyroid cancer, the good and bad of playing conventions, hooking up with Rooster Teeth, and of course some anime talk. Get more Richie Branson at www.richiebranson.com. Kent also looks back at Orlando Overdrive IV from last week and his favorite announcements from E3. Breath of the Wild sequel? Hell yeah! Like getting these episodes before everyone else? Become a patron at www.patreon.com/ongakuoverdrive. "The Meltdown" theme by RoboRob

It's a post-Anime Weekend Atlanta edition of the Nerd Music Meltdown. Kent sits down with the performers of AWA's Nerdcore Live concert, None Like Joshua, Skyblew, and producer SublimeCloud.

Skyblew and SublimeCloud just recently made the "All For One" song for Funimation and we talk about how that came to be, plus we chat with everyone about the ups and downs of being an anime/video game hip hop artists, performing at anime conventions, the challenges of getting nerds to concerts, Nujabes, My Hero Academia, and whether or not Soulja Boy is the reason anime fans don't want to give hip hop a chance.

Find out more about None Like Joshua at nonelikejoshua.com and Skyblew at skyblew1.bandcamp.com.