I am so glad I found out about this guy.

Raheem Jarbo, aka Random Beats or just Random, is an Arizona-based hip-hop artist slash school teacher who also happens to be officially licensed by Capcom. After a few legitimate rap albums, Random has decided to embrace his nerd side and release Mega Ran 9 a ten-track rap CD comprised entirely of songs inspired by, and sampling, the brilliant Mega Man 9 soundtrack.



This thing is amazing.

You can download the free version of the album here, but if you'd rather listen to some tracks individually, you can do that here. You can expect this thing to remain free up until it is released in stores (!), which should be on March 24th. Also, if you're interested in learning a bit more about the man and his music, this interview with Kwanzoo comes highly recommended.