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This List Of Video Games Sampled By Hip-Hop Artists Said To Knock You Out
Rappers love Pac-Man. I mean, everyone loves Pac-Man. But this list at Spin’s website — which catalogues 50 rap songs that have sampled game music for their beats — testifies to the abiding love affair MCs have for the hungry video game icon. There have been a lot of Super Mario samples and some genuine surprises — who sampled Actraiser?! — lurk in the gallery, too. Man, the rapper Doom sampling the video game Doom is straight-up genius.
Bastion Gets The Hip-Hop Treatment
One of Bastion‘s defining aspects is its music. A combination of digging folk guitar and trippy beats, Darren Korb’s soundtrack was one of the very best of 2011.
Dan Bull’s Mass Effect Rap Rolls With An ‘Asari That’s Older Than Atari’
Step aside, “Paragon Renegade” by Adam WarRock. There’s a new Mass Effect rap opus in town.* The Mass Effect Epic Rap by Dan Bull offers up a clever rhyming synopsis of the events of the first two games in BioWare’s hit series.
Check Out The Real Driver San Francisco Car In This Rap Video
Yelawolf, an Alabama rapper signed to Eminem’s Shady Records, loves muscle cars. So he must be pretty excited to drive around a real life model of Driver San Francisco‘s yellow and black Dodge Challenger.
This Might Be My Favourite Video Game Song Ever
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There’s a lot to choose from, I know, but this – called simply “The Video Game Song” – is probably my all-time favourite… video game song.
Just Don’t Call This “Bling”
Though Super Mario coin boxes do make that sound, A.B. Frazier at The Koalition reminds us that hip-hop retired that term. But hip-hop producer Pharrell is very much active with this Super Mario jewelry.
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