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Hip-hop has a history of sampling video games, and for his latest album producer 2 Mello has decided to combine two of the biggest from both worlds: rap superstar Jay-Z and the seminal Super Nintendo classic Chrono Trigger. Cleverly titled Chrono Jigga, the free remix album layers Jay-Z lyrics over classic chiptunes originally composed by the likes of Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu. What's most surprising, though, is just how well it works. "I wanted to make this to explore the alternate reality of Jay-Z announcing himself as a gamer and going crazy on some Chrono Trigger beats!" 2 Mello explains on his Bandcamp page. You can check out the entire album at the source link below.

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[Soriku]

All rappers are really closet nerds.

 

[Isaccard]

mother of god

 

[lethial]

I made it 20 secs into a song. Holy shit that's terrible. Neat idea though, I guess.

 

[BronsonLee]

This just reminds me of the Chrono Trigger rap mixtape off of OCRemix like, ages ago...

 

[Dabanton]

This is hilarious.

Masamune Problems

 

[Z3M0G]

I made it 20 secs into a song. Holy shit that's terrible. Neat idea though, I guess.

Same... 21 sec.

 

[randomkid]

I heard this French Montana song on the radio the other day that samples the main theme from Kingdom Hearts 2 and I laughed so much. It was very earnest.

Rap producers really do love sampling 90s RPGs though, there's gotta be a dozen examples by now.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Hahaha this Crazy in Love x Gato track is pretty stupid

This is no Ocarina of Rhyme though.

 

[aparisi2274]

i like it! It seems to work pretty well...

 

[nailbombxx]

Why?

 

[Frodo]

I didn't ask for this

 

[HolyBaikal]

Gah.

Why couldn't a good hip-hop artist be used in this?

 

[MuddyDonut]

I heard this French Montana song on the radio the other day that samples the main theme from Kingdom Hearts 2 and I laughed so much. It was very earnest.

Rap producers really do love sampling 90s RPGs though, there's gotta be a dozen examples by now.

That song is so hilarious. It's "Sanctuary" for those interested.

 

[ferr]

my brain exploded

 

[sixteen-bit]

richie branson am rosebudded

 

[anchorman128]

Gah.

Why couldn't a good hip-hop artist be used in this?

Lol I agree, a GangStarr, BlackStarr, or Pete Rock remix would have been awesome. That being said #3 is my favorite haha I love that background song from Chrono Trigger

 

[kaioshade]

Not a bad attempt. Personally i vastly prefer the 8-bit Black Album by CW2k3. The arrangements tend to flow significantly smoother then this one.

 

[Einhander]

Nas x Chrono Trigger would have been a better mash-up.

 

[Codeblue]

Hahaha this Crazy in Love x Gato track is pretty stupid

This is no Ocarina of Rhyme though.

Ocarina of Rhyme is an unreasonably high bar.

 

[Nicktock]

Hahaha this Crazy in Love x Gato track is pretty stupid

This is no Ocarina of Rhyme though.

That's a shame, I was hoping for a new Ocarina of Rhyme, that thing was awesome.

 

[Tathanen]

Ocarina of Rhyme prepared me for this day. It may go to shit, but I like it as of track #2 so far.

 

[Booter]

the real Crono Trigger rap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSDS-pFWw94

Wiz Kalifa f/ Rick Ross & Amber Rose - Never Been II

 

[antitrop]

I think it's pretty good, I listened to Masamune Problems.

I didn't know I wanted this.

 

[ohNOitsRO]

This... is nowhere near as bad as some of you are making it out to be..

 

[Messypandas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR-jNqpAFuw&list=PL337A92F103FCC1F1

 

[Goldmund]

What's with the negativity? It sounds pretty nice.

 

[Black Republican]

All rappers are really closet nerds.

Lloyd Banks of Gunit was a FFVII fanboy, smh..
http://kotaku.com/5117981/g+unit-spills-on-blood-on-the-sand-gaming-cred

 

[Artemisia]

the real Crono Trigger rap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSDS-pFWw94

Wiz Kalifa f/ Rick Ross & Amber Rose - Never Been II

I was about to post this.

 

[antitrop]

Lloyd Banks of Gunit was a FFVII fanboy, smh..
http://kotaku.com/5117981/g+unit-spills-on-blood-on-the-sand-gaming-cred

What exquisite taste.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

All rappers are really closet nerds.

Watch Redmans legendary cribs episode.

www.wimp.com/bestcribs/

 

[Vice]

Gah.

Why couldn't a good hip-hop artist be used in this?

But Jay-Z is a great rapper. . .

 

[transience]

Never Been (the original) is awesome. Didn't like part 2.

This can't be worse than the FF7/nine inch nails mashup!

 

[Jest Chillin]

All rappers are really closet nerds.

The mashes are typically producers.. but being a rapper or a producer doesn't clash with a childhood that included playing video games, despite Biggie's being too poor to own a Super Nintendo or Sega Genesis. ;p


Anyhow.. I think this dude did well with beat matching but some of the songs are just such a contrast between the vibe of the instrumental and the content of the lyrics. And there's a pattern here of awkward starts. Once the verse hits on the drop it gets smoother.. but still has the weird juxtaposition.

 

[Mileena]

I prefer RANDOM - Black Materia

Better music to work with.

 

[flatearthpandas]

Mildly surprised there's no shitstorm yet over the album name.

Listening to Encore in Time and I have to say, I kinda like... I'm a sucker for mashups though.

 

[BrLvgThrChmstry]

What's with the negativity? It sounds pretty nice.

Definitely something worth listening to. I'm really enjoying it.

 

[Twenty7KVN]

It's not bad so far.

 

[MuddyDonut]

Mildly surprised there's no shitstorm yet over the album name.

Listening to Encore in Time and I have to say, I kinda like... I'm a sucker for mashups though.

Are you talking about Jigga? Because if you are, you shouldn't.

 

[antitrop]

Mildly surprised there's no shitstorm yet over the album name.

Why, because of the word Jigga?

People have been calling JayZ the "Jigga Man" since I was in middle school.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Nas x Chrono Trigger would have been a better mash-up.

B-b-But Nas lost !

 

[faridmon]

....

I suppose it beats sampling from a J-pop artists, but yeah., not a big fan of this.

 

[Jest Chillin]

Yeah.. Jigga is literally his nickname and has no reference to anything offensive.

 

[javac]

Cleverly titled Chrono Jigga

lol

 

[LightOfTruth]

Nas x Chrono Trigger would have been a better mash-up.

Makes sense. You give Nas and Jay the same beat and Nas will have the better song.

 

[Tiops]

I never asked for this.





Really.

 

[BlueMagic]

I only listened to Ignorant Scene and it wasn't that bad I guess, but that's probably due to the awesomeness of Wind Scene.

 

[Angelus Errare]

the real Crono Trigger rap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSDS-pFWw94

Wiz Kalifa f/ Rick Ross & Amber Rose - Never Been II

Glad to see this posted...DAT CHRONO TRIGGER BEAT.

 

[reson8or]

I'd swear this was a parody if I didn't know better.

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

Chrono Trigger tribute's all over the place today


This one isn't half bad though

http://richiebranson.com/2013/coming-soon-guardia/

Official single from Richie Branson's upcoming Chrono Trigger inspired album "From Guardia With Love"

YOUTUBE "From Guardia With Love"