When New-School Rappers Sample Old-School Games
By Brendan Frederick | Apr 15, 2010 | 9:36 pm | Permalink
Whenever people talk about video game samples in rap, it's always the same old shit. "Ohhhh, Eminem was on a track that flipped Soul Calibur!" "Cam used Final Fantasy VII!" "I came in my pants when Lil' Flip flipped the Ms. Pac-Man shit!" That's all well and good, but we don't really care. We mean, we do care, but if we see one more roundup of these songs and, like, Smif-N-Wessun's "Supa Brooklyn" (which is dope), we're gonna chuck our controller through the TV. Which is why we decided to update that tired-ass canon with a look at the new dudes, the young cats, the freshmen, whose love for old-school games makes perfect sense. Why not sample the joints that burned themselves into your brain when you were a wee lad? All we gotta say is, some of these can be considered a super smash, brothers! SUPER SMASH BROTHERS AH JEEZ WE JUST BUSTED A GUT.
RooRivera April 13th, 2010 at 02:55 PM
Haha Khalifa is that dude. YEEEEAAAAHHHH BITCH!
BIG FRED April 13th, 2010 at 03:30 PM
JETSSSSSSSS, NEGGA!
kwame April 13th, 2010 at 03:34 PM
Taylor Gang or fall on a AIDS needle.
RooRivera April 13th, 2010 at 03:55 PM
hahahaha
SuperMan April 13th, 2010 at 03:57 PM
What's up with Kanye? I was expecting a Kanye sample after seeing him in the pic.
ryan April 13th, 2010 at 06:23 PM
Fun fact for you... the dean of my school... made the music for sonic the hedgehog.... I wonder if he would have liked this post but I don't want to show him and start some crazy lawsuit or something cuz I dunno how sample clearences work....
D April 14th, 2010 at 02:05 PM
Kinda funny how Complex stole this post idea from a 3 month old thread on Hypebeast...
D April 14th, 2010 at 02:06 PM
@ryan sample clearances only matter if you're profiting off of someone else's work. since chuck never sold a record in his life, i'm pretty sure your dean would not be seeing a dime from him
TYBO2020 April 14th, 2010 at 07:55 PM
NONE OF THESE FUKKEN WITH RZA ON "ASSASSINATION DAY" OFF IRON-MAN..HE USED TWO GAMES..NO PRIZE TO WHO CAN GUESS/PICK THEM CORRECTLY.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSOc_TAnPrk
Richie Cruz April 15th, 2010 at 11:24 AM
Cocoa B'z birthed all their styles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TpGXaBEfXs
Zamora April 16th, 2010 at 02:55 AM
Yeah was thinking of that album Cruz Game Over- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xanQt3Mi7vY 1. Intro 2. Super Brooklyn [BQ Mix] - Cocoa Brovaz, Mista Cheeks 3. Que, Que... - Tomorrow's Weapons 4. Roll Wit Me - GHG 5. U R Who? 6. Who R U? - Illa Noyz 7. Splain to Him - Jugga, , 8. Creep - J-Mel, Rah Bump, Royal Flush 9. Chica Bonita - JNJ Project 10. Jugga in Sink - Jugga 11. Hellbound [H7h Remix] - Eminem, J-Black, Masta Ace 12. Mamita 13. Puff Harder - JNJ Project, Mista Cheeks 14. Newscast - George Carlin, Eboni, Nugget 15. Spread It Out - Masta Ace 16. 4-Tivity - Tony Joe White 17. Petrified - Dhark Citi 18. Smokin Trees 19. Think Like Street - Rah Fese, Royal Flush 20. You Can't Take Me Out... - Cocoa Brovaz 21. Rumble - Baby Sham, , Naudine 22. Punch Out... - Cocoa Brovaz, Most Talented, Xun Tsu 23. Yun Yin - Big B.J 24. Game Over - J-Black, Jugga, P Dap, 25. Wrap It Up - Big B.J 26. Super Brooklyn [Original Version] - Cocoa Brovaz