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Starbomb Releases Zelda Rap with New Hilarious Animated Video

October 10, 2015 | Brenna Wilkes | 2 Comments Share this

Delivering a little humor for your Saturday morning, the team from the band Starbomb (ie. Egoraptor & Ninja Sex Party) have added a twist to their rap parodying The Legend of Zelda called “The Hero of Rhyme”. Although not featuring music from the games, the references are plenty and the new animated video done by Studio Yotta is ridiculous and amusing and for once Navi is useful. (Not that it ends up mattering)

Far from the only animated music piece any part of Starbomb has done, it was nonetheless fun to watch. Player Select that “The Hero of Rhyme” is featured on can be purchased at CDbaby.
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Mega Ran Slides Back Into Blue with New Album

January 8, 2015 | Brenna Wilkes | Comments Off on Mega Ran Slides Back Into Blue with New Album Share this

It’s been four years, but Random aka: Mega Ran has returned to his Mega Man roots with an all-new album, Mega Ran Com: Mission. The 13-track album was commissioned by a fan and pledger of Mega Ran’s recent successful Kickstarter.

“Rock With Me” – Mega Ran Com: Mission

“I wanted to give the fans something special, because Lord knows they ask me about doing this ALL the time,” says Ran. “I was so overwhelmed by the support of the Kickstarter that I thought this was the least I could do, and I got in the studio to get the album ready for release.

Source: Scarlet Moon Productions

The hip-hop artist will also be going on tour this year, starting at the upcoming MAGFest 13 and continuing on across the country. You can check out more details on Mega Ran’s site, or you can grab the new album in digital for $6 or physical CD for $10.

Mega Ran Com: Mission on Bandcamp
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BLOODY EARS! Perfect Selection Dracula (Review)

October 29, 2012 | Patrick Gann | 5 Comments Share this

Castlevania Week continues (into a second week)! AWWWWW YEAH!

If you know Castlevania arranged albums at all, if you’re a long-time importer, there’s almost no chance you *don’t* know about the following album.

But, for the rest of you, I’m here to tell you about the worst album Konami ever published.

Maybe.

(“Maybe the worst”, not “maybe I’ll tell you.”) (more…)
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MadWorld’s Sick YG Releases Free Album For Fans

June 10, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | Comments Off on MadWorld’s Sick YG Releases Free Album For Fans Share this

I loved the MadWorld soundtrack. It’s not often that mainstream music makes its way into videogames outside of licensed material, and I admit I was a bit skeptical about how it’d turn out, but Platinum Games’s Naoto Tanaka made a believer of me. A number of rap and hip-hop artists were featured in the game, including Sick YG who was responsible for or “Ain’t That Funny” and “Look Pimpin!,” my two favorite tracks from the album.

Sick YG has kept in touch with us through our Facebook fan page where he recently shared a link to his new album, The Final Score. While the album doesn’t have any ties to videogames, after giving it several listens, I found myself enjoying it a whole lot. Given that there were only three Sick YG tracks on the MadWorld soundtrack, there’s certainly more variety here with a classy intro, a smooth remix of “Too Hot” to close out the album, and a lot of great music in between. My personal favorites are the wild West-sounding “The Best Kept Secret” and “Put A Lil’ Step Wit’ It,” where Sick YG’s talk-rap style is highly reminiscent of “Look Pimpin!.”

The best thing of all is that the album is entirely free. We asked him if we were meant to publish the link to the free download, and he commented that it was intended to be a gift for his fans. It’s definitely worth checking out and sharing with your friends, so get downloading and check out his MySpace page while you’re at it.

Did you have a favorite rapper from MadWorld? Would you like to hear Sick YG working in the videogame industry again in the future?
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It’s a Mad, MadWorld: Rap and Hip-Hop Music That Actually WORKS (Review)

March 15, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this

Our past chat with PlatinumGames composer Naoto Tanaka turned up some interesting stories about secret aliases, hip-hop music in Japan, and of course, pimps. While the United States missed out on the promotional soundtrack released in Europe and Australia, Sumthing Else Music Works eventually came to the rescue with a US release, and more than any other soundtrack, this album was made for a US audience.

It’s no surprise that you’re going to find lots of hip-hop and rap here. There are twenty tracks that come in at just over 50 minutes, so while they’re not overly long, they sure pack a punch. With a variety of vocal talents layered over Tanaka’s catchy beats, this musical experiment really pays off.

Read our review of the MadWorld Official Soundtrack after the jump. (more…)
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Pimptacular Interview With MadWorld Composer Naoto Tanaka

May 12, 2009 | Jayson Napolitano | 4 Comments Share this

Yeah, that’s right. Naoto Tanaka apparently ordered rapper Sick-YG to write “pimp-themed” rhymes for the game’s final battle, and it sounds awesome. For those who weren’t aware, MadWorld’s soundtrack was a collaboration between PlatinumGames composer Naoto Tanaka and eight different hip-hop and rap artists, and Tanaka has generously taken time away from his next project to talk with us about his unique score for MadWorld.

Topics include his inspiration for the game’s unique sound (Linkin Park & Jay-Z?), the lack of a soundtrack release in Japan and the United States, and Tanaka’s past works that was credited to his secret alias. Tanaka also reveals that he’s an oldschool game music fan who used to recreate chiptunes in his free time, which definitely makes him a cool dude in my books.

Hit the jump for our exclusive interview with PlatinumGames’ Naoto Tanaka. (more…)
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Team Teamwork’s “The Ocarina of Rhyme” – Explicit Lyrical Content Ahead

March 18, 2009 | Patrick Gann | 5 Comments Share this

Mashups are always fun to listen to. Remember when everyone in the world was taking Jay-Z’s “Black” album and mixing it with other famous works? There was the Gray album (Beatles’ “White” plus Jay-Z’s “Black”), or Jay-Zeezer’s “Black & Blue” (using Weezer’s “Blue” album). Those were hip albums, right?

Earlier this week, a collaborative group called “Team Teamwork” released a ten-track digital mashup using music from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and a variety of mainstream and indie hip-hop artists. The results are surprisingly enjoyable. Replacing the original samples with newly-crafted sample loops from the classic 64-bit Zelda soundtrack makes these hip-hop works, which I would normally loathe, into something I can definitely enjoy. Artists represented include Aesop Rock, Common, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z (of course), and many others.

Head over to 8tracks.com to check it out for yourself! But please take note, there is no censorship on this album, so be ready for some vulgar language mixed in with “Lost Woods,” “Goron Village,” “Great Fairy’s Fountain,” and others. Now if only they had mashed something up with Gerudo Valley. That would’ve been beautiful, ne? Or maybe not! How do you feel about having classic Zelda tunes “mashed” with a genre of music you may or may not like? Does it bastardize the value of the song, or does it show the power and versatility of music in general?