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Game Informer Music Exclusive: Random Debuts New Final Fantasy VII Rap

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by Phil Kollar on January 17, 2011 at 07:35 PM

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You may remember last month when I posted a YouTube video by great nerd rapper Random featuring a track that was all about Final Fantasy VII's tragic love interest, Aeris. Now Random is back with another FF VII-inspired rap, and we're debuting it exclusively at Game Informer.

The new track, titled "Mako Reactor," will be featured on Black Materia, a full CD of hip-hop songs from Random based off of Final Fantasy VII's music and story. Black Materia is scheduled to release in full at the end of this month. In the mean time, enjoy the video and music for "Mako Reactor" below and check out Random's website for info on preordering the CD.

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by Ubooya Monday, January 17, 2011 at 07:43 PM

Not that bad. If whoever made this possibly rapped about stuff a little more serious you could go mainstream and blow up. Pretty good though.
by Solfleet Monday, January 17, 2011 at 07:54 PM

Pretty good, personally I like his Aeris rap better.
by ARC Trooper Dan Monday, January 17, 2011 at 08:01 PM

I never played the game so I dont know what any of that means but it was pretty good rapping.
by Aesir Monday, January 17, 2011 at 08:11 PM

Hah, awesome.
by kerrigan marois Monday, January 17, 2011 at 08:17 PM

Wicked
by KayoDot Monday, January 17, 2011 at 08:22 PM

Straight outta Midgar
by Sean Hutchinson Monday, January 17, 2011 at 08:36 PM

I don't remember any Mako Reactors in FF VIII, Phil. /snide remark
by Rebelrbl Monday, January 17, 2011 at 08:40 PM

Very nice! Actually one of my favorite tracks from the game. This guy is awesome.
by Exar Kun Monday, January 17, 2011 at 09:04 PM

Thank god I am not dead yet Mega-Ran and K-Murdock are so awesome. And just to think I have all but given up on hip-hop.
by BMW Monday, January 17, 2011 at 09:24 PM

Raptacular!
by Rain Monday, January 17, 2011 at 10:02 PM

Wow. This is awesome. Great to see that GI got the exclusive. Seem to be a fantastic fit and I hope to see some more of his stuff on the podcast!
by cowboyupinblue Monday, January 17, 2011 at 10:34 PM

It's funny reading replies from other gamers who have never played FF7. And I guess it wouldn't even be the same, going back and playing it today as a new gamer. 90's golden generation? I think so.
by blapa Monday, January 17, 2011 at 10:36 PM

Definitely getting the album. Favorite game of all time. Finally nice to see a good spin off even though it's not a game.
by mike Monday, January 17, 2011 at 11:51 PM

good, team teamworks' vinyl fantasy 7 was awesome, but we needed some original lyrics too
by JetSetRadioFuture! Monday, January 17, 2011 at 11:55 PM

Okay...
by 7idledays Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 07:55 AM

This guy sounds a little bit like Busta rhymes
by eyros2k Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 09:57 AM

Even as someone who didn't play FFVII for more than 2 hours, this is thoroughly enjoyable. Perhaps because this was in the first 30min of the game XD
by DuskMirage Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 10:23 AM

As someone who really enjoys the original track/FFVII OST, I can't say I like this much.
by Mark Zufelt Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 11:42 AM

It ought to be interesting to hear how this CD comes together. First we had rock operas, now we may be seeing the dawn of the next age: Videogame operas. Who woulda thunk it.
by stayedstar Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 12:35 PM

It's sick that he uses the awesome original songs from the game in his beats, too.