Remember when Mortal Kombat used to have little midi files playing in the background all the time? Or the Russian music that bumped while you played Tetris? Those were the days.
Instead, today, kids have…like…real music to listen to while they rot their brains. Oh the humanity.
Video games have become a great way for up-and-coming artists to make a name for themselves and get heard (like a thousand times) by the people who will then probably buy their records. Brilliant marketing.
The new NBA Jam has recently been released, and I got a chance to hear B.o.B.’s new track from the soundtrack. It’s pretty solid – typical B.o.B. flow with lots of sing-songy stuff and a good sense of humor. I dig Bobby Ray’s style, but I wonder whether he really has the broad appeal to make it big. This is a good jump for him, we’ll see where he lands – you never know with someone who can seriously use lines like “I wake up and piss excellence, every day” and “this looks like the crowd is pandemonium.” Let’s get a sense/grammar check up in here.
B.o.B. – I Am The Champion (YSI) (filesavr)
In addition to the music that backs our games these days, there’s a fair amount of music inspired by the games themselves. One of the cooler projects in this genre is the Marvel v. Capcom mixtape. The project features rappers rapping about video games and the like, and although the tunes share only a tenuous thread of a connection, it’s a great little mixtape. It features big names like Talib Kweli, Oh No, and Raekwon, but the track that I like the most is from MC Supernatural. It’s called “Power Up” and is utterly ridiculous and awesome.
MC Supernatural – Power Up (YSI) (filesavr)
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