“Solstice Speed Run”, a mash-up of Ghostface Killah’s “Run” and music from the NES’ Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos. God, that raucous, grimy beat is a perfect fit on Pretty Toney’s anthem for fleet-footed dealers.

“Run! If you sell drugs in the school zone
Run! If you getting chased with no shoes on
Run! Fuck that! Run! Cops got, guns!
They givin’ out life like by the ton
Run! If you ain’t do shit, you it
That next felony, nigga, is like three zip”

This is the second track on Safety Words’ 2009 mixtape full of Ghostface/NES remixes, productions combining “Criminology” with Golgo 13, “Triumph” with The Legend of Zelda, and “Charlie Brown” with those bangin’ thumps from Battletoads’ pause music.

There’s not nearly as many Raekwon vesrses on there as I’d like, but it’s probably the most solid chiptune/rap release I’ve ever heard.

Buy: Wu-Tang music for the children

See also: Successors to Michael Jackson’s video game throne: the Wu-Tang Clan

[Via Kotaku]

tags / chiptunes / ghostface killah / rap / safety words / solstice / the ghostfaced pixels mixtape / the wu-tang clan

“8-bit Hip Hop Medley” by Jesse “Tugboat” Novak.

Some of these wouldn’t seem out of place in an NES game! If you don’t recognize them all, here’s the full list of rap song excerpts re-imagined as chiptune tracks:

• “Dirt Off Your Shoulders” by Jay-Z
• “What You Know” by T.I
• “Ridin’” by Chamillionaire
• “What’s Ya Fantasy” by Ludacris
• “Neva Scared” by Bonecrusher
• “Overnight Celebrity” by Kanye
• “Move Bitch” by Ludacris
• “Get Low” by Lil’ Jon
• “Gold Digger” by Kanye

So long as we’re talking about rap, here’s another sort of remix, combining Sesame Street duo Ernie and Bert with Brooklyn roughnecks M.O.P., with the two muppets performing the latter’s 2000 hood-banger “Ante Up”:

See also: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars commercial

[Via Peter]

tags / anter up / chiptunes / ec / ernie and bert / m.o.p. / medley / rap / remix / sesame street / tugboat