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(note: This is going to be edited before I label it the (Final) Version. I need to add Dash Bone's MySpace to his credit/revise spelling when all other notes are addressed)
Game Rap from the upcoming album "LISTEN TO THE GAME MUSIC"
Vocals/Lyrics: Karl Kablisk (KarlKablisk@KabliskKeep.com)
Recording/Beat/Production: Dash Bones
Transcript/Videos: “Shishio” Kira-San (KiraDesu@KabliskKeep.com)
More info including on the upcoming album: KabliskKeep.com (forum/video games/game rap)
Download: http://www.myspace.com/kabliskkeep
Lyrics are listed in bold, their order in place before them in paranthesis. Below each set of lyrics are their respective references.
(note: I need to revise for the new references/clean up references/ remove (RPG)/ reassess lyrical grammar/add direct lyrical references to their respective games)
(A cappella Intro)
Befo’ we rhyme, NPCs read yo’ only lines, you do know,
you branch off from the main storyline, from old mines to road shrines,
we do it solely to pass time, level up rob yo’ ass blind,
learn Limit Breaker One through Nine, forget those we left behind,
only time the rhymin' stops, is for Miss “Kind-with-locks“, the jock at the item shop,
pop a shot of Phoenix “Drop“, n' I’m ready to rock
Non-playable characters
Side quests and stories
(RPG) Novice Areas (mines/caves/etc)
(RPG) Advanced Areas (shrines)
(RPG) Occasional monotony
(RPG) Leveling up
(RPG) Earning gold/gil/treasure
(Final Fantasy VII) Limit Breaks
(RPG) Forgettable RPG characters
(RPG) Girls at item shops
(FF) Phoenix Down
(Guilty Gear) fight commencement
(1) Karl Kablisk spit sick shit in this, game scenario,
(2) Same-sickness in the wooded plains of Wario
(Dr. Mario)
(Wario’s Woods)
(3) This ain't no carnival, no chick and no Ferris wheel,
(FFVII) Gold Saucer
(FFVII) Love Points Scenario (explain the love points situation lol)
(FFVII) Ferris wheel scene
(Todemo crisis) Ferris Wheel scene - double meaning
(4) Attack 'n its like the blade in the back of Aeris, steel
Attack command
(FFVII) Aeris’s death
(FFVII) Masamune
(5) Like omnislash the real deal, ta’ bomb any ass, who try to pilfer, or cop this silver, mad killer,
(FFVII) Omnislash Limit Break
Bomberman
(Final Fantasy X-2) Pilfer Ability
(Final Fantasy I) Silver Equipment (explain below why this can only apply to silver although gil was intended)
(Final Fantasy VI) Kefka
(6) Hey! You betta’ get yo’ arms ready, cuz’ one jab is like a stab from Tonberry
(Street Fighter II) Guarding
Jabbing
(FF) Tonberry
(7) 9-9-9-9 count the hit points, my rhyme finds timed lines, made ta flip joints
(FF) 9999 damage limit
hp limit
(8) Think it’s cheap? Don't like where the song go? The Chinatown beat's a 9-round Air Combo
Calls of cheapness
(Marvel Vs Capcom 2) infinite air combos
arcade
beat terminology
(9) I hit hard yo‘, you ain't safe in your stronghold, remember, I’m a Rockman like Rongo,
critical hit
(Romance of the 3 kingdoms) stronghold
(Megaman) original name is Rockman
(Battle Arena Toshiden) Rongo
(10) Might move slow, and do, a long show, we in ya‘, mock fan, WE WANT YOU TO BLOCKDOS!
strategy approach
(MVC2) “Blockdos” strategy
(11) Think we need hoes, then you peeps are wrong, we got ganguros reppin’ for da’ Street Mahjong,
(Street Mahjong) Ganguro cover girl
(12) You need be far from uniquely awesome, complete rap freaks your whole fleet be “Oblong”
(StarCraft) fleet
(13) With rhymes exceed the speed of extreme G, so fast it blew up the gas on the mean bean machine
(Sonic) Robotnic’s boss
Extreme G
(14) With the rank of Lieutenant, I invented the game of Game Rap, way back when Sonic relayed laps
(Lethal Enforcers) Lieutenant
(Sonic)
(15) Changed my aim with the blade I claimed from Kain, on yo’ back with the famed pimpslap to strain yo’ MaxPayne,
aim
(Lagacy of Kain) Soul Reaver
(LoK) Kain
(Maxpayne)
(16) When I came up, I’m the age of 4 (a-fo), and blowed-up, mind-lanes-interchangeable,
(Racing) racing lanes
(Fatal Fury) tier fighting
job classes
(17) Terrain I know, pathed in BloodRayne, my Primal Rage came on these Streets that go by the same name
(BloodRayne)
(Primal Rage)
(Streets of Rage) streets by the same name
(18) Stains left from open veins, EXP ta’ gain, they ask me something,
game blood
(RPG) Experience points
(GTA) defenseless NPC victims
(19) I don’t hear, I just swing, at this Black Bat, defeat, n' that’s that, see the beat snap when I reach my max stats
(RPGs) victory theme
(Earthbound) swinging a baseball bat
(Final Fantasy IV) Black Bat enemy
(RPGs) maxed-out attributes
(20) 'n smack'n fairy bitchin' packs that crack crap like we ain't scary, or more upliftin’ than Griffin Aviaries
horro games
(Warcraft ) Griffin Aviaries
(21) “Fock Terrans and Kerrigan, back ta’ bare dirt, terror lairs, hair and air again, tearin' skin 'n scarin' men”
(Starcraft) Terrans
(Starcraft) Kerrigan
(Warcraft) 6 references
(StarcraftII/Warcraft III) Delay of Starcraft II because of WoW III
(22) Back to days of olden, with this golden axe, these chosen cats rap at shows in barracks, and cap for arrogance
(Golden Axe)
(Warcraft/Starcraft) barracks
(Narc) shooting wildly
(23) Shenanigans, put that against Dash is “inadequace“, the badda’ wins, the defense of a strategist
(Romance of the Three Kingdoms) strategy
(24) What matters is, stat concerns and attack patterns, so we learned to burn fans back on Amtrak,
(RPG) stat concerns
(Fighting games) attack patterns
(Densha De Go) trains
(25) Clap returns ask we slap whack with Saturn RAM Packs, and pack facts like patterned anthrax,
Sega Saturn RAM Pack
that lwyer game
(26) Stand back and crack competition demands that, they're shattered when they listen their mission's a hand-back
(Shatterhand NES) Decline a mission
(27) So next time, you and a friend samplin' slang rhymes, be sure those men, aint' brandishin‘, Zanarkand gang signs,
(FFX) Zanarkand
(28) With lines fatter than Death Adder 'n when mad then shit’s on, one-size-fits-all ass kickin' with this Blitzball.
(Golden Axe) Death Adder
(FFX) Blitzball
SYNAPSE
Footnotes
(note: revise footnotes, arrange numerically)
It is important to note that Lyric 21 is a reference to the well-known incident involving Blizzard’s delay of StarCraft II for the production of World of Warcraft III. This is not intended on as a “diss” on StarCraft II or World of Warcraft III, rather, a reference to this milestone in the history of video games.
Also, Lyrics 18 and 19 made a reference to defenseless NPC victims; this is one specific reference, but it expands two lyrics and was listed twice (once for each of those lyrics).
Lyric 3 has had two intended meanings: the Final Fantasy references, but also the Japanese-only Todemo Crisis level was its original premise. This can therefore be seen as a double-meaning.
References
(note: I need to update this/revise so is more ordered in a statistical format not a paragraph/add genres, leave disclaimer on sub-genres not present as Educational game genre)
There are 77 total video game references in “Game Rap“, whether they be specific mentions of game titles, footnotes, or a specific referendum from a video game. 43 of those are RPG references and 16 are specific references to the Final Fantasy series. Of that series, Final Fantasy VII has 7 specific references and Final Fantasy 10 has 2 specific references. Concerning other series, World of Warcraft has nine total references, and has Starcraft has five total references, followed by the following series all receiving 2 references each, respectively: Marvel Vs. Capcom, Street Mahjong, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Golden Axe. The total number of video games (not including series, single games) specifically referenced are 34. The genres mentioned are countless., as are possible interpolations and expansions on that and already specific video game references
I listed the specific video games referenced here, not in order of appearance:
(note: add to 50 later, it should be divided between specific mentions and indirectly specific mentions,followed by indirect references, along with their lyric)
- Final Fantasy I
- Final Fantasy IV
- Final Fantasy VI
- Final Fantasy VII
- Final Fantasy X
- Final Fantasy X-2
- Guilty Gear Dr. Mario
- Wario’s Woods
- Marvel Vs Capcom II
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms
- Megaman
- Battle Arena Toshinden
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Lethal Enforcers
- Street Mahjong
- Legacy of Kain
- Maxpayne
- Fatal Fury
- Streets of Rage
- Primal Rage
- Blood Rayne
- Mortal Kombat
- Earthbound
- Fallout
- Densho de Go
- Baldur’s Gate
- World of Warcraft
- World of Warcraft II
- World Of Warcraft III
- Starcraft I
- StarCraft II
- Shatterhand
- Narc
- Golden Axe
Other References
(note: order as above or move to footnotes?)
There are other popular culture references like anthrax (24) and the Oblongs (12).
Dash Bones, who is instrumental in the production of Game Rap, is mentioned (23).
100 game references in order
(note: check order/add lyric #/remove (RPG) from some)
- Non-playable characters
- One-line townspeople
- Side quests and stories
- (RPG) Novice Areas (mines/caves/etc)
- (RPG) Advanced Areas (shrines)
- (RPG) Occasional monotony
- (RPG) Leveling up
- (RPG) Earning gold/gil/treasure
- Thievery (double meaning)
- (Final Fantasy VII) Limit Breaks
- (RPG) Forgettable RPG characters
- (RPG) Cute girls at item shops
- (FF) Phoenix Down
- (Guilty Gear) fight commencement
- (Dr. Mario)
- (Wario’s Woods)
- (FFVII) Gold Saucer
- (FFVII) Love Points Scenario
- (FFVII) Ferris wheel scene
- (Todemo crisis) Ferris Wheel scene - double meaning
- (RPG) attack command
- (FFVII) Aeris’s death
- (FFVII) Masamune
- (FFVII) Omnislash Limit Break
- (Bomberman)
- (Final Fantasy X-2) Pilfer Ability
- (Final Fantasy I) Silver Equipment
- (Final Fantasy VI) Kefka
- (Street Fighter II) Guarding
- (Street Fighter II) Jabbing
- (FF) Tonberry
- (FF) 9999 damage limit Combo
- 9999 limit HP
- burger time
- tetris
- Calls of cheapness
- infinite air combos
- Critical Damage
- (age of empires) stronghold
- (Megaman) original name is Rockman
- (Battle Arena Toshiden) Rongo
- cheapness
- Arcade- chinatown fair
- beat (guilty gear combo term)
- Strategy game approach (slow paced)
- (MVC2) “Blockdos” strategy
- (Street Mahjong) Ganguro cover girl
- (StarCraft) fleet
- Extreme G
- (Sonic) Robotnic’s boss
- (Lethal Enforcers) Lieutenant
- (Sonic)
- aim in fps
- (Lagacy of Kain) Soul Reaver
- (LoK) Kain
- (Maxpayne)
- (Racing) racing lanes
- (Fatal Fury) tier fighting
- job classes
- (BloodRayne)
- (Primal Rage)
- (Streets of Rage)
- blood
- (RPG) Experience points
- (GTA) defenseless NPC victims
- (RPGs) victory theme
- (Earthbound) swinging a baseball bat
- (Final Fantasy IV) Black Bat enemy (double meaning)
- (RPGs) maxed-out attributes
- horror games
- (Warcraft ) Griffin Aviaries
- (Starcraft) Terrans
- (Starcraft) Kerrigan
- (Warcraft)
- (Warcraft)
- (Warcraft)
- (Warcraft)
- (Warcraft)
- (Warcraft)
- (StarcraftII/Warcraft III) Delay of Starcraft II because of WoW II
- (Golden Axe)
- (Warcraft./Starcraft) barracks
- devil may cry
- (Narc) shooting wildly
- (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) strategy
- (RPG) stat concerns
- (NES games) boss attack patterns
- (Fighting games) attack patterns
- (Densha De Go) trains
- Sega Saturn RAM Pack
- ace attorney
- competition
- Decline a mission
- parapa the rapper
- Brandish
- (FFX) Zanarkand hand sign
- zanarkand symbol
- (Golden Axe) Death Adder
- RPG equipment- lack of sizes
- (FFX) Blitzball
-Synapse and Transcript by ”Shishio” Kira-San, by permission and approval from Karl Kablisk
Notes from Karl Kablisk, Author of Game Rap
(notes coming soon :p)
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