(From pirate radio; 2002/Boy In Da Corner album 20th anniversary reissue; 2023)
Shout outs to Chun-Li, she was THAT bitch! Been fiendin' to hear Dizzee Rascal's Street Fighter in full pristine CDQ for years and finally it's here! Some gobshite enfant terrible Grime recorded for Boy In Da Corner but shelved due to the Street Fighter II sample. Only a myopic 'murican or a frontin' foreigner could possibly deny this song a place in the canon of best video game-sampling Rap choonz alongside Super Brooklyn by Cocoa Brovaz, Mac Man by Beanie Sigel, NBA Live 2004 by Twista, Get It Back by Gucci Mane & 2 Chainz, Lincoln Continental by Danny Brown, 2 Brothers From The Gutter by Percee P & Diamond D, Game Over by Lil' Flip, Cha Cha by D.R.A.M, Eternal by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Never Been by Wiz Khalifa and Human Video Game by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. If Giggs' Monsta Man samples a video game, then that deserves a place in the canon too, natch.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj2Exe_rzKA&ab_channel=MegaRan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9DlurA2NDQ&ab_channel=MANAFESTVISION
🤮 I'll pass and take Gamin' On Ya by People Under The Stairs instead.
That Cocoa Brovaz choon might be my fave to do it. I need to dig out that Game Over comp and give it a listen again.
A couple of other video game sample rap songs I remember from back in the day:
Benefit - Warp to World 6-9
Extended F@mm - Line Drop
Saigon bit Super Brooklyn for Get Busy. Good song, though tbf.
Saigon was far better when he dropped the New York's Savior martyr shtick and stuck to being an intelligent hoodlum rapper with a sense of humour on songs like that and Diduntdidunt.
Shinehead sampled Super Mario in the song "World Of The Videogame".
Nice, I'd not heard that before.
Cant forget Quik + problem - new nite/rosecrans groove
This too:
https://djdeadeye.bandcamp.com/track/busta-rhymes-ft-lil-fame-of-m-o-p-game-room-prod-dj-scratch
Shocked at the dizzee luv here lol
Saigon had a few classics in that vein - stocking cap etc but my fav was a v srs one, the colour purple
https://youtu.be/USudcypOg-4
Oh shit this too! Maybe the best of them sid roams prodigy arcade monsters
I like loadsa early Dizzee tunes + Off 2 Work.
Good calls on the DJ Quik and Big Twins joints.
Agreed on Color Purple tbf. The Love Rap break is such a cheat code I'm surprised it isn't used more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp8pJHOdKks&ab_channel=WordburglarOfficial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFc2VryBixA&ab_channel=MegaRan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhG6yw-9_3M&ab_channel=stenobot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPCgvtypHng&ab_channel=Supercommuter-Topic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13Qbxve40g0&ab_channel=olleir
Dead @ Wordburglar as a Rap name 💀
I tried listening to a bit of nerdcore at the time and thought it was kind of awful. Found Super Barrio Bros by Dumbfoundead lately cos my son might tolerate rap in the car longer if its videogame related and some of its alright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2An7nF2H_Q
Super Barrio Brothers 😄 Rap music >>>>>>>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKqWTKV36FI&ab_channel=DanBull
Was never that keen on Super Brooklyn so I'll throw in Wu wannabes Soul Kid Klik - Mortal Kombat from '95 . For some reason the mix I like doesn't seem to be on YouTube or Spotify
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7KeXnHDmlc&ab_channel=KosmicKilla420
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX8ipwSZLlE&ab_channel=Saafir-Topic
https://youtu.be/IBZE2W14iUU
That Saafir one has reminded me Del has a song in the canon with Proto Culture
https://youtu.be/yZJQFXvgQ_s
The reissue has "We Ain't Having It" with Wiley too. Grime classic.
"Come barefoot like Fred Flintstone"
SMH @ Wu wannabees; as the kid of one of their members I'll have you know Gza was managing them so they're AT LEAST!!!!! weed carriers. How dare you!
https://teenburger.bandcamp.com/track/three-bucks-in-quarters
the original version of bone crossroads also samples Eternal Champions
Good info.
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