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Videogames in Hip Hop
ran24 \| 12:42 AM on 03.01.2009	16 comments

I love hip-hop, and I love videogames, so I thought I'd share some of my favorite artists that blend the two together. I found these guys on a music site called thesixtyone, so that's why all my links go there:

Random is a rapper famous for his Mega Ran album. Mega Ran 9 is coming out soon, and I'm really excited for it

http://www.thesixtyone.com/ravl13/#/randombeats/

The 8-Bit Boys are 4 rappers that teamed up to make some fun music. They do raps about things like castlevania, contra, faulty systems, and the gamer lifestyle

http://www.thesixtyone.com/ravl13/#/8bitboys/

Eloquence is a rapper I just discovered today. "Seek & Destroy" and "Special Move" are the tracks you want to check out.

http://www.thesixtyone.com/ravl13/#/Eloquence/

Charles Barkley, well it's probably not actually Charles Barkley, but someone made a page revolving around the excellent Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden and posted the Space Jam remix from the title screen of the game

http://www.thesixtyone.com/#/charlesbarkley/

DJ Green Lantern produced a track with Kool G Rap sampling the FF7 battle theme. Lyrically, the song has nothing to do with it, but it sounds pretty cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjS0d5OxrZs

I think a Dtoid editor posted this a month or two ago, but in case you missed it, here's Ludacris' rap about videogames

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0e4R9w1d-U

Do you guys have any suggestions for good videogame rap?

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14 comments | showing # 1 to 14

Gantz

Not gonna lie, I expected videos of jiggling asses alongside mario bros. and the like.

norm9

Del tha Funkee Homosapien wrote a song about the Dreamcast about six or seven years ago.

Rhodri Craven

eminem did a song based on soul calibur before he was famous. judging by the quality of the song it isnt surprising he wasnt famous at the time though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRcewY321Oc

and calling this rap is a bit too much, but pacman makes an appearance about half way through

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD_hMQXWSuo

Justice

Nice blog, and Norm9 is talking about is called "Proto Culture", another Dtoider told me about the tune, it's really good.

casualweaponry

MadHatter and 8bit Bullshit. A concept album based on Captain N: The Game Master and a bunch of old-school NES games.

8Bit Bullshit Download page

Totally free, and totally worth a listen for "TKO" alone.

casualweaponry

Crap, BBCode fail

http://www.scrubclubrecords.com/music/8bit.html

Daxelman

Oh No is an avid gamer, and I think he sampled some Castlevania in his tracks "Move" and "The Ride" from his album The Disrupt.

He's also Madlib's brother. So that counts for a lot of stuff.

Tubatic

Jedi Mind Tricks has a track called "Bloody Tears", with the beat based off of the Castlevania tune by the same name. Lyrics are NVGR, but they work the beat pretty well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNsqlyv7gek

I kind of think of these guys as a bargain bin Wu-Tang. They come out with alot of melodic beats from pop-culture, but their lyrics are not *quite* as hot as Wu

RonBurgandy2010

Mega Ran 9 is coming out soon, and I'm really excited for it

lolwut?

vishusdelishus

at the beginning of the 1st OGC album you can hear them playing NBA Jam for genesis

Common says the line 'whip anyone's ass at NBA Live' on De La Soul's Stakes is High album

There's a line in a Stetsasonic song where someone mentions playing Atari

Super Cocoa Brovas - formerly smiff n wessun sampled the world 1-2 music from super mario bros and made a song out of it. It's famous.

...and on and on and on and on. There are a shitload of videogame references in hip hop, and the nerdy bay-area/cali rappers do it all the time.

vishusdelishus

Big Daddy Kane has a song called Mortal Combat, and talks about 'flawless victories' in a lot of his songs. He also says 'i'll beat your ass like a game of nintendo'

House of pain - 'trying to play me out like as if my name was Sega'

I could be at this all day folks. Hip hop and videogames are near-synonymous and the new school nerdy rap cats are late to the party and not doing it as well.

Kraid

I own a copy of Shaolin Style only because I love Wu-tang so much.

I play MC's like a game of Mario Brothers I hold my own plus I can carry another's - Lord Finesse

Hip Hop and Gaming are my two passions in life I can't live without them.

gore on the floor

I can't link to it because I'm posting from my phone, but there's an awesome video game song on my Dtoid blog by People Under the Stairs.

gregatrons

lupe fiasco mentions street fighter in his rap sometimes.

"i like street fighter 2,
i just really hate zangief.
only ken and ryu,
i find it hard to beat blanca."

-lupe fiasco, from "gold watch"

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