Sentence:  Many <WSD>nerdcore</WSD> anthems — “You Got Asperger's” by MC Frontalot, “Fett's Vette” by MC Chris, “View Source,” by Ytcracker (“Eagerly awaiting my macro advances/running with my beta cuz I'm taking chances”) — are as much efforts at comedy as they are attempts at sincere hip-hop. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An intentionally nerdy style of hip-hop music.