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Commodore 64 were one of the pioneers of the hip hop music sub-genre known as geeksta rap or nerdcore. Formed by four members of a math club and breakdancing troupe in 1982 at a concert in New Jersey, Commodore 64 were the first group to release a single produced entirely using an Apple Macintosh computer, "Horton Hears A Ho" in 1999.

Three of the four members of Commodore 64, Smart Money "Bass-I.Q." Teddy Ruxpin, HMO, The Professa MC Squared and DJ Goodbeats, are well-respected nerds in their dayjobs, as a mathematics professor, an economics writer and a deconstructionist philosopher. DJ Goodbeats is a computer.

Commodore 64 released one album, K-Minus Initiative, in December 1999. As the first full-length nerdcore/geeksta rap record to be commercially released, it sold over 130,000 copies in its first three months of release. Their sound and beats have been likened to that of the early Beastie Boys.

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