Stop what you're doing and listen to the Nintendo Mixtape

by Richard Mitchell { Aug 12th 2009 at 1:01PM }

Doing yard work? Put down the rake. In the middle of intense litigation? Drop it. Giving birth? Hold it in. Whatever you're doing, you need to stop right now and listen to the Nintendo Mixtape. Created by New York hip hop group, No Question? (warning: MySpace link), the Got Game? album sets all of its tracks to mixes of 8-bit Nintendo music and phat beats. And it's awesome. We suggest you start with "Double Dragons" -- we've embedded its video after the break. For those at work, keep in mind that the video and some lyrics are a tad inappropriate. That said, if your boss hears this and does anything other than give you a promotion on the spot, he has no soul.

Oh, and the entire album can be yours for the reasonable price of nothing. Yeah, you're welcome.

Tags: culture, frakking-awesome, nes, nintendo, nintendo-mixtape, no-question

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

SecretAgentHam @ Aug 12th 2009 1:05PM

i love hip hop but... these guys just ruined a classic...

SecretAgentHam @ Aug 12th 2009 1:11PM

would have been better left as an instrumental.

Wiizer (MW2 Sweatshop Entrepreneur) @ Aug 12th 2009 1:07PM

WARNING: MYSPACE LINK

Haha, love that.

vidGuy @ Aug 12th 2009 1:29PM

To me, that warning means: "Do not click. You will either get a piece of spyware or will be annoyed to death."

uncle jesse @ Aug 12th 2009 1:09PM

This would be way cooler if it was just the classic theme music remixed. I like the music but all that rapping over it ruins it for me. You got me way too excited after reading the write-up, Joystiq.

Anthology @ Aug 12th 2009 3:17PM

I wouldn't mind the rapping if it weren't "DERP DERP I AM SO GANGSTER I SMOKE WEED" rapping. :/

uncle jesse @ Aug 12th 2009 3:18PM

Yeah. I wouldn't mind the rapping if it was rapping...

Jerk Face @ Aug 12th 2009 1:10PM

That's pretty fucking good.

kyou @ Aug 12th 2009 1:13PM

This is horrible. I mean, I guess it's alright if you like Hip Hop and stuff, but for those with a bit of taste it's just torture.

Josh @ Aug 12th 2009 1:29PM

There's a difference between good hip hop and bad hip hop.

I haven't listened to this enough to know which it is, but there is certainly very good hip hop out there.

NoughtSoClever @ Aug 12th 2009 1:33PM

Anyone who thinks they don't like hip hop from the stuff they hear on the radio should check out Aesop Rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1u43KDiWD0

Ravnos @ Aug 12th 2009 2:09PM

"but for those with a bit of taste"

You sound like a huge douchebag.

norm @ Aug 12th 2009 2:26PM

I think it's real classy when he says 'let me see those chinky eyes'

xtremeholymuffin @ Aug 12th 2009 4:31PM

Hip-hop can be classy as hell!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIVzt_vGyr8

Frank Thompson @ Aug 12th 2009 5:04PM

So by taste do mean you only listen to Chopin whilst drinking fine wine? Or do you mean it takes taste to listen to all the other genres out there that millions of other morons like you listen too? Genius comes in all flavors and hip-hop is just one of them, dont hate cause you can't/won't/don't understand.

Matisyahu Serious @ Aug 12th 2009 7:28PM

"but for those with a bit of taste"

sounds like you've communicated your amount of taste perfectly, slim.

Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Aug 12th 2009 1:15PM

I'm not a fan of hip-hop, but I thought it was pretty good.

Archon (PSN: Archonik, XBL: DarkARHN) @ Aug 12th 2009 1:20PM

I... did not like it.

I would elaborate, but this IS the internet. Nobody would re-consider anyway.

JNub @ Aug 12th 2009 1:23PM

Beat was ok,but there bars suck..that whole tongue-twisting style dosnt suit em,infact rappin dunt suit em..bunch o fucking LAMES,and dats old,people was samplin 8bit themes big time like 2003,6years 2 late im laughin my ass off

Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Aug 12th 2009 1:28PM

Were you trying to rap in that post?

Leroy_Octopus [Planeteer: Power of Asian Disability] @ Aug 12th 2009 1:29PM

Well where's your album if you're such a fucking expert?

Storm Eagle [Resident Capcom Megafan] @ Aug 12th 2009 1:31PM

That was it Leroy (JEEENNNNKIINNSSS.....sorry.) That was one of his songs. Isn't it FANTASTIC?

/s

Leroy_Octopus [Planeteer: Power of Asian Disability] @ Aug 12th 2009 1:34PM

Why do so many people do that Jenkins thing? I don't even know what that's referencing.

Tiptup300 @ Aug 12th 2009 1:47PM

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Leeroy+Jenkins

RobLink (Alex Kidd incarnate) @ Aug 12th 2009 1:48PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU

DeMerch @ Aug 12th 2009 1:23PM

+1 for the New York Giants logo in the top left.

Go blue!

aristokrat @ Aug 12th 2009 5:08PM

I'm gonna do what any true blue Giants fan would do and tell Tom Brady he sucks balls.

KarminskyDaniel @ Aug 12th 2009 1:25PM

Didn´t get the reference...sb plz xplain

LadiesMan217 @ Aug 12th 2009 7:18PM

There is no reference - its just saying that its a myspace link.. you probably dont get it cause you use myspace too much and your brain is numb.

Joel @ Aug 12th 2009 1:31PM

This would have been hot instrumental, Nintendubs is still best.

KarminskyDaniel @ Aug 12th 2009 1:28PM

Didn´t get the reference...sb plz xplain

Killer7 @ Aug 12th 2009 1:46PM

sorry for double post :-(

still....somebody plz explain the myspace reference :-)

Leroy_Octopus [Planeteer: Power of Asian Disability] @ Aug 12th 2009 1:31PM

Thanks, Joystiq. My boss just gave me a promotion, because he saw this.

DBuck_Eye @ Aug 12th 2009 3:05PM

Thanks, Joystiq. My boss just fired me, because he saw this. (He's a Sega fanboy)

WorMzy @ Aug 12th 2009 1:37PM

What the fuck is this shit?

Manly Mcbeefington (Mr. ESC Vice President and PR of Wiizers Sweatshop Inc.) @ Aug 12th 2009 2:43PM

Sweet Fucking Palutena, that video is unbearable.

kompakter @ Aug 12th 2009 1:41PM

Have to agree with the instrumental idea. I really love a lot of hip-hop MUSIC, but the rapping almost always ruins it for me. Give me the instrumental versions, and I'm on board.

Mr Khan @ Aug 12th 2009 1:41PM

Yikes.

cheetabrad @ Aug 12th 2009 1:42PM

Meh, that was pretty annoying. A for effort.

Heavytoka @ Aug 12th 2009 1:43PM

That was straight garbage

freshhooker @ Aug 12th 2009 1:44PM

Also...

An older track, about 10 years ago. Still classic.

Cocoa Brovaz (Smif and Wessun) - Super Brooklyn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TpGXaBEfXs

Captain Planet (now accepting new Planeteer recruits and official sponsor of the Cody is a Douche contest) @ Aug 12th 2009 2:24PM

I was just about to post this!

M.Garvey @ Aug 12th 2009 2:41PM

Yeah, they did a whole album. It's called Game Over. Pretty cool stuff on there.

MRLN, Fountain of Monumental and Beautiful and Otherwise Ineffable Wit and Wisdom @ Aug 12th 2009 1:49PM

I did not understand what they were saying, nor what the video was about, nor how Double Dragons fit in there.

Besides those ape-men. They were okay.

Seasick Pirate @ Aug 12th 2009 2:07PM

The video was VERY Mark 'Romanek-ian'
I did it.
The song I give a * * * out of 5

nickux @ Aug 12th 2009 2:14PM

I love chiptunes so I definitely appreciate the beats they made. "Kabuki" turned out to be my favorite track and- surprise it has no rapping on top. I don't like hip hop too much. Its ok but I do find it really funny how put-together the whole culture has become.