If you haven't heard, I've been unceremoniously removed from my teaching duties due to budget cuts... with just 3 weeks to go in the semester.

Sucks,

but you know, life goes on..

specifically, goes on to my new FREE mixtape with a new unreleased Mega Ran jam on it, "Robot Master" from Dr. Wily Stage 2.

Random - TeacherRapperHero - mixed by DJ DN³

and speaking of Dr. Wily, I found this uber-dope hat that i'll be ordering right now.

sometimes, life calls for a little Wily.

first SF4, then RE5.

There goes my free time... and money.

thanks alot, guys.

now you have to go get one or 2 of these to support my habit!

or go read these if you need more proof.

sigh.

hey Flash! nice work!

check it out..

The blue bot is back in town! It's been a couple of years now since we were introduced to Mega Ran, the robotic alter-ego of underground rapper slash producer Random. The robotic rapper's debut won praise for sampling eight-bit instrumentals from classic Mega Man games of our childhood, and as it turns out, Capcom themselves realized the value of tapping into such nostalgia. Rather than cranking out another modern day sequel with a super sleek design, Capcom went retro for Mega Man 9 and designed a new OLD game. 15 years after the last Mega Man game to ever appear on the original NES came a new sequel that for all intents looks, feels and SOUNDS like you're playing it on that old sideloading toaster oven. What's next - a new sequel to Duck Hunt? (Only if they let us shoot the damn dog this time.) I kid. In truth I was overjoyed to get the old pixellated Mega Man back. Three shots at a time, let's wage war on the forces of evil.

Now Random may be borderline otaku when it comes to Mega Man but if you're going to obsess then you might as well go the full-length. After all the beats and rhymes of Mega Ran obviously tapped the pulse of still beating Nintendo hearts, those same fans who will pay $5 on a Wii just to play Super Mario Bros. one more time; the same ones who bought the "Game Over" compilation with video game raps by Masta Ase and the Cocoa Brovas (Smif-N-Wessun) almost a decade ago. Having already proved the formula works once, the rated R robot star decided he too could make a sequel to his last NES classic. It may not be entirely clever to call the album "Mega Ran 9" but it seems Capcom has no objections - in fact their logo appears prominently on the album's back cover. To be fair the name is also justified by the beats - Random and his slew of production cohorts sample almost exclusively from the new game of the same name. This results in some surprisingly brilliant interpretations such as Samik's "Splash Woman"

click here to read the whole thing.

also, here's the final version of the Making of Mega Ran video:

Nobuooo 2.09: The Story of Mega Ran 9 from Jeriaska on Vimeo.

ok I got it. see ya online. but go easy.

Gamertag: RANDOMBEATS

I NEVER preorder games...

I used to work in an EB and we always knew that they'd overstock us on the popular games, so preordering was not needed.

didnt preorder any Madden... Halo 2 or 3....

So I didn't preorder SF4.

Now that I'm looking for it, I can't find it :(

when i watch these videos, I get more and more excited..

oh well..maybe by the weekend.... or if the good folks at Capcom decide to hook me up......... *smile*

Also, I want to thank you and the 4000+ people that have downloaded and talked about Mega Ran 9! thanks!!

if you didnt get it, get from under the rock and go here:

Mega Ran dot com

Peace!