Palpable Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Whats up DJP and judgers? I noticed it's been about 5 years since I last submitted a remix so I figured I'd grace the panel with some hip hop musics. And, to keep things fresh, I've decided to make the first OCR Parappa the Rapper remix. I know, you're thinking, how do you remix a hip hop soundtrack in a hip hop style? Well, here's the answer. This track remixes: 'chop chop master onion's rap' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eZcV1UuUzI) 'cheap cheap the cooking chicken's rap' ( )'bathroom rap' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhrYPf4qqaU) They've been mashed together in an old wu tang/RZA style, heavy bass and grimy dark drums. Stark contrast to the poppy sound of the actual ost. To be specific, the melody is a slight variation on the main horn riff from 'cooking chicken', the bassline is derived from 'bathroom rap' - most specifically during the breakdown at 1:57. Certain aspects of the actual rap in 'chop chop' have been appropriated to the lyrical content. Hopefully, it fits the arrangement standard of the site. If not, it won't hurt my feelings. Lyrically, the song is built around the rise and fall of a rap star/culinary expert. I won't try and explicate it for you, but it seems to be appropriate in the context of the game (rap) and the track (cooking). Good to submit content back to the old stomping grounds! probably won't be the last! Look forward to seeing what you have to say on this one. ps: wasn't planning to hype my own shit, but i'm gonna. i've been releasing new hip hop under the stage name navi lately. just released an album you can grab here if interested (http://swamisound.bandcamp.com/album/grayscale). Enjoy! navid (lyrics) at a young age cooking with kerosene pan fried apple green, recipes in magazines top chef, before home ec developed his own tech to keep the dough fresh and keep the flow wet, keep the stove running deliver hot wraps, had to preheat the oven word got around, other chefs were summoned, but someone stole the whole book and left the kid with nothing he got jaded fast, first showcase might have be the last, forecast icy, fire's not pretty if it leads to meltdown in the chocolate city but it's all in your mind, chop that beat, make em hit rewind fry those rhymes, sautee that spinach it's all in your mind, souflee these critics cause it's all in your mind, chop that beat, make em hit rewind fry those rhymes, sautee that spinach it's all in your mind, souflee these critics rematch, they all went livid back on the scene, no props or gimmicks or obnoxious microwaved toxic dinners it's the wholefood certified slop apprentice lines so sweet they could drop a dentist homebrew king when he topped the guinness, whoa, stop a minute, he's skipping through his life in that old kitchen p-p-pushing to the limit he let that perculate, made a new track, wasn't worth the plate behind his back, new beef increased steaks hotshot foes saw time to hate caught him at a demo of a ginsu blade waylaid, assault and pepper sprayed took the bread made, plus the grade A green that he grew with his hands and the money he saved kick, punch, they found him bleeding stewing in the kitchen, boiling pot steaming hand on a whetstone, blade tip gleaming hurt me, I'm gonna cold turkey these demons seething, not seeing clearly, nearly poisoned a fan with his hands so filthy bad boy of the culinary sciences went trashed all his appliances it went south, lost all the hype numbness and gout and the stove won't light plus he can't taste now so he rots in waste took his name off the menus top slot disgraced, Moved for a change of pace, ditched the rhymebook Didn't even try it as an amatuer line cook Ten years drank beer sank into misery Bake out, takeout, shawshank imagery Till one day when he's old and gray scar on his tongue's long faded away so he tries to spray, surprise when it sizzles Like kid I missed you cause it's all in your mind, air out the fridge and the light will shine, maybe one more time he can spin those tables another homebrew fable ---------------------------------------------------------------- Chop Chop Master Onion's Rap, , Bathroom Rap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 This is a difficult one to judge, mainly because the backing tracks are pretty generic, so it's difficult to determine source. It all checks out as stated in the sub letter, but if I heard this anywhere, i'd never know it was Parappa except for a few clever references in the lyrics. Lyrical content was pretty great; some pretty deft wordplay, an interesting narrative, and some times to the game without beating me over the head. Production was solid, and the vocals were crisp. I think a little more crack in the snare would have been better, but not much else to say, sounded good to me. This one could go either way, due to the source being so vanilla sounding on it's own, but I think the content here is something we can post, and adding my personal bias on, it's a pass for me. Let's see what the other judges think. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 I'll agree with OA that this is tough to judge, but I think there is enough here to be a yes. There are plenty of references to the sources, although they are a little hidden at times. Production was good, although I personally don't like how empty the soundscape is. On the other side, too much going on would drown out the vocals, so it's a trade-off. Good luck with the rest of the vote. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vig Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Sick. More like this please. Oh I guess I could elaborate: This is a great example of how a videogame to hip hop conversion should be done. Taking the song out of context, it's a fantastic pop construction. Sounds like a lot of underground hip-hop from the past decade. Excellent delivery and your samples (in the hip hop sense, not the virtual instrument sense) are very well chosen. It's definitely on the more liberal end of what we accept, but the approach is authentically hip hop, and the samples used (and created, obviously) are undeniably reconstructions of the sources. I'm looking forward to Larry trying to change my mind though. YES Oh yeah, criticism: the beat should be louder by maybe 2 or 3 dB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palpable Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 Yeah this is pretty awesome, a perfect execution of Wu-Tang style rap. In fact, I sort of wish you'd gotten other people to take guest verses on this, but that's beyond quibbling, especially when you performed this so well. I wasn't hearing any Bathroom Rap in this, but about half the song uses a modified horn part from Cooking Chicken or a harmony of it, and the bass kind of sounds like it too. Honestly I thought this was gonna be contentious, and I actually wasn't sure which way to go on it when I first heard it, but it looks like this is a solid pass. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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