Black Materia: FFVII rap album

[megaran]

wait-- give it a chance before you bash it,


Black Materia: Final Fantasy VII | Random (Mega Ran)

In a stunning move, hip hopper and educator Random, aka Mega Ran and Lost Perception present BLACK MATERIA: Final Fantasy VII, a Hip-Hop album using tunes from Square’s hit game.

Ran’s new 16 track album releases 14 years to the date that the Final Fantasy 7 game launched in Japan and sent the world into a frenzy. The production on the album will be handled by Lost Perception, a veteran hip-hop producer from Phoenix who shares an equal love for Final Fantasy and Hip-Hop.

Since 2007, Random has built an amazing presence, reputation and fanbase by sampling video game tunes and adding original lyrics and driving beats to them, attracting fans in both the video game and hip-hop communities. Random and K-Murdock’s Forever Famicom album dropped last Summer, and has been a huge hit, propelling tours and appearances in Nintendo Power, Wired and other magazines.

Final Fantasy VII (FF7), released in 1997 by Square, has since sold over 9 million copies worldwide, and is widely considered by many to be the greatest game of all time, and one that has revolutionized role playing games (RPGs) forever. Random agrees, and knows he can’t let the diehard fans down.

“Final Fantasy 7 is THE game that got me back into console gaming,” Ran says, after college life at had taken him away from video games for years. “I’ve never to this day been as emotionally invested into a game as I was with FF7, and doubt I will be again.” My heart will always be in 8-bit, but I just wanted to give back to (FF7 creator Nobuo) Uematsu and co. for creating a masterpiece.”


Ran usually alternates between heavier themes and video game topics in his music, as his last two releases, "Forever Famicom" and "Heroes, Volume One" demonstrated. The first single, “Aerith” is a heartbreaking tale retelling one of the most shocking moments in videogame history, the death of Aeris/Aerith, a playable character in the FF7 game.

The quest begins all over again.

Level up.
Black Materia.

if you only check out one track, i highly recommend AVALANCHE.

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[Diamond Dust]

I like the music a lot. I think the title 'Black Materia' would have sufficed though without the additional 'Final Fantasy VII' words. Might have allowed it to be more globally appealing.

[Tallulah]

I've listened to a couple of the tracks, "Cloud" "AVALANCHE" and "Don Of the Slums". I love the way you've used the original music and use the rap to tell the story of the characters. Great stuff.

[DrewYeahhh]

This is actually pretty good and i hate this genre of music these days :L

[Ryu-Kentoshii Hirokima]

This Is Actually Pretty Cool, Using Songs From The Soundtrack Of FFVII To Make Rap Songs, That Is Pretty Creative. I Like It That Is Pretty Clever Actually...Hehe

Maybe He Will Try The Other Soundtracks...Who Knows.

[The_Dream_Recluse]

Oh wow, this is pretty impressive! I'm not generally a big fan of this kind of music but it's good to see some new life breathed into the genre. Thanks for posting

[Rowan]

Listened to 30 seconds from a few different tracks. Dont like it. The producing isnt very well done and the raps are lame. Thats just my opinion though.