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So here’s the thing: I don’t write reviews. Hell, I barely even write. I don’t do this for a living. I’m not a critic. I just know what I like. And since these guys are my friends and this is my website, I’ve decided that I want to tell everyone how much I like Dual Core’s new album Lost Reality.

2008 has been a great year for nerdcore releases. Serious Business, The Digital Gangster LP, Final Boss, **cough**rollingdoubles**cough**, and Lost Reality. I recommend that last one just as much as I recommend all of the others. It’s on iTunes, Amazon, and their website and you should pick it up ASAP. Here’s what I think about each track, stream of conscience style!

For Real
Great intro track. Welcome to the album. Welcome to Dual Core. Welcome to int eighty. Welcome to nerdrap. Welcome to a small sample of what c64s about to do to you for the next 15 tracks. I love the reminder to those who don’t believe, but this is hip-hop. Plain and simple.

Beginning of the End
Dual Core is hip-hop, but they’re also nerds. Here’s your proof. It’s like int eighty’s nerd resume. Also a track that makes me wish I stayed in school… or was smart. I wish that sometimes too.

Unplug
Surprised by the more serious tone at the beginning of the album. Spending all day in a cube makes me relate to this track a whole lot more than I’d like to. The first time I heard this track I too was very alone so the second verse got to me as well. Get out of my head 80! But now I’m never alone, so I wanna say to the int that wrote this song: enjoy it a little bit. I do like a song that stresses the need to relax. Very much like Optimus Rhyme’s Coded and United. Ok, I’m writing this at work actually, so maybe my job’s not so bad.

Hold On
Oh shit! Hey song, meet my face. Please feel free to melt it right away. I’d like more power behind the HOLD ON bits, but the beat is on point as is 80.

My Girlfriend Is…
I love a good song about the ladies. Love this beat. Love in depth breakdowns on how hacking works in the flick Hackers. I just really love a well made love song that doesn’t just praise beauty. It praises who that woman is and that she’s down for whatever. And since it’s for a nerd by a nerd I get it more than, say, hearing about a “down ass bitch.” Waiting in line for a Wii is down as far as I’m concerned. I just love this song.

Fantastic Four
This song is the tits. You already know that. Moving on.

Random Bits
I have absolutely no idea what the hell 80 is talking about…but this is still hot. Further proving that int eighty’s flow can transcend the fact that I’m not even his audience for some of his songs. I think it’s about computers. Right? Maybe about trains? Robots? Short and sweet.

Lost Reality
My second favorite GWBush quote starts this. This track just makes me all the more happy we have Obama now. Viva Obama! Ill Poetic ain’t half bad. Big fan of his verse on this. Looking forward to coexisting with some fish to be honest. Love the little mini-songs c64 does at the end of some tracks.

Judgment Day
Dual Core with terminate your ass! Fantastic story telling in this. I’m not even a huge fan of the flicks, but this makes me wanna go back and rewatch the first two. This is just great writing at it’s base, accompanied by a dope beat and dedicated flow.

Rock It
I keep waiting for a shitty beat. c64 doesn’t know the meaning of such things. Not my favorite chorus on the album. I do dig 80’s confidence on the mic. Makes me really wanna check him out live. Gonna have to trip to the Midwest sometime.

Dual Core
Love the guitar sample! Fuck. int eighy’s a much better story teller than I am. Fucker! I wanna steal this. Yeah, I’m gonna. Also loving a history of a group where the dudes only recently met. Gives me hope for Grammar Club. This is really a sick track. Like a history lesson on a track I will play over and over again.

Take It Forward
I like the more somber feel of this track. I don’t really know what to say about this one. It’s just a really good rap track with 80 demanding that you don’t stereotype hackers, gamers, and rappers. I can relate to 2 of the 3 so I can feel it. I feel like with me he’s preaching to the choir, but at the same time I’m like, “Yeah! That’s right! Goddamnit!” I don’t know how to make this make sense, so I’ll move on.

Take It Back
Some of my favorite 80 verses. Maybe not the strongest lyrically but it’s a lot of fun and sometimes, on a track like this, it’s exactly what’s called for. I’m just not a giant fan of the chorus section by Stephanie KB. Got a quick hype song and then this slow low sung bit that kinda took me out of it. I’d like to hear her on something a little quicker. Or maybe if that bit was underneath something else. I don’t really know. But strong, fun track overall.

Player vs. Player
This was just a whole lot of fun. I love hearing good battle raps, maybe because it’s something that I personally couldn’t do if you paid me a billion dollars. It’s the only reason I liked 8 Mile lol. But for real, this is hot. Great showcase of bullshit nerd rappers have to deal with a “real” rap shows. Fucking loved it though. The beat was a great mix of battle beats with a great crowd sample in the background. The kind of track I’d like to get out cause it’s witty and extremely pro-dork.

Fantastic Four Remix
A track so nice we did it twice! And to think I almost made it so these tracks didn’t make the album…I kinda suck. Ok, I really suck. Seriously, it was like a last minute addition because I couldn’t find time to record my little bits. To be fair, I would never make Dual Core wait again. This album demands respect from everyone.

In short, Dual Core seems to have come out of nowhere to totally dominate everyone. That should totally go on the back of their next album. Buy their new record. You will not be disappointed.