Vinyl Fantasy 7 is the freshest thing you'll hear today

by Griffin McElroy on Jan 31st 2010 6:30PM

We love Nobuo Uematsu's work on the musical accompaniment for the Final Fantasy franchise, but we often find ourselves wishing those games' scores were infused with a touch of Jay-Z. Maybe a light smattering of Outkast. The faintest hint of Ghostface Killah.

The mixologists from Team Teamwork (creators of the similarly-spliced Ocarina of Rhyme album) have once again worked their magic on a classic video game soundtrack. This time around, it's the score from Final Fantasy VII, which has been mashed together with tracks from over a dozen hip-hop artists, as well as Tom Waits, which is just weird. You can pay whatever you want to download the cleverly-titled Vinyl Fantasy 7 -- though we're betting you'll probably settle on zero dollars.

[Thanks, Mike!]

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Tags: final-fantasy, final-fantasy-vii, hip-hop, mash-up, mix, music, square-enix, team-teamwork, vinyl-fantasy-7

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HERESY!

Exactly. Rap? More like rape. They couldn't have choosen a worse genre.

oh shut up extinction, no one says anything about your miley cirus collection.

haha yeah cause if you don't like rap, you must like miley cyrus. freakin awesome deduction there bro

I can listen to some rap, and they have some good artists... but the mashups are absolutely awful. Is this really supposed to be a professional project? I've seen better on youtube.

really? rap? For FF? They should slap who ever started is first.

I assure you my collection has no Miley Cirus or any other english artist you can name.

This one is put together better than the Ocarina of Time album, but its still not done very well.

@extinction: Yes, I'll bet your tastes are really obscure and underground (not that I care). The elitism of obscurity is passe anyway.

Its sad to say but with a little work these could actually be good. I havent considered myself a FAN of rap in a long time, but there are a few songs that almost work. On the OoT only the last one had a prayer of working. Its a cool artistic effort, but I wouldn't pay for it...or listen to it a second time in most cases.

This is lazy. It's just rap dropped on the FF tracks. No fades, loops, additional beats. Very lazy, very boring.

An example of a good hip-hop remix of an FF track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgYUpfZUsI4

Official release, but it's a remix of FF6's "Searching for Friends" (World of Ruin, in the Airship overture)

ahh, i love weird combinations of ___ & rap. AC/DC vs eminem, red hot chili peppers vs eminem, the beatles vs jay-z... strangely enough, most turn out fantastic. look up shadium arcadium (the eminem vs red hot chili peppers one). it's craaaazy.

Ah, me too. Jay Z with Linkin Park got me into listening to mixed music. Feels very refreshing especially for a metal head like me. Just checked out the shadium arcadium, +1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Phenomenon

^ one of the greatest mix albums ever

Super Mash Bros, anybody? They do Girl Talk style album-length mash-ups of rap and pop, rather than the 1:1 song to song style.

I'd recommend FBGE, but they have another album, too.

http://lazerwolf.com/fbgu.html

@Nap

*"Eminem vs. Disturbed" ("Till I Collapse" vs. "Down with the Sickness")
*"Jay-Z vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers" ("99 Problems" vs. "Give It Away")
*"Eminem vs. Jimi Hendrix" ("Superman" vs "Purple Haze")

all of the tracks sound good, but those three stood out for me. till i collapse vs down with the sickness might be amazing (i'm about to listen).

Why aren't songs like this in DJ Hero? I would love to play these songs in a game like that.

Holy shit, Nap, there's some awesome stuff in that. I would especially love to play the Eminem/Disturbed one on DJ Hero.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTSGb3n6qPo

Sly, look up the new "Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers" mix, Wu Tang and Beatles, phenomenal.

http://www.teasearecords.net/wuvsbeatles.cfm

Hey trooper, I listened to that Wu-Tang/Beatles mash-up and liking that shit.

I am no Uematsu-san, Final Fantasy, or hip-hop fanboy but I like this.

Ironically, only one of the RHCP songs mixed are from Stadium Arcadium. Not bad though. Still a bit lazy but better than VF7.

shadium arcadium was used just to play off eminem's nickname slim shady, so even if the mashup album didn't have any songs from stadium arcadium, i wouldn't have cared much.

To ill trooper Yeah I was just about to mention the Wu-Tang Beatles mashup. Why are so many people complaining about it being mixed with rap. Artists like Eric B. and Rakim, OutKast, Saul Williams, A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, Jay-Z are great artists it is a shame that all the rap that gets out there is Lil Jon, Soulja Boy and Lil Wayne they are disgraces that give rap a bad rep. Also at ill trooper nice avatar.

a mixologist is someone who mixes cocktails, not music.

why's this downvoted, it's true.

I see you're beyond the concept of a writer taking literary license for the sake of interesting writing... OK.

Does the term 'Disc Jockey' bring you to a dead standstill? Nary a horse in sight! Confusion. Don't be surprised the next time you order a "hamburger" and it's actually beef...

That makes no sense. Those are the actual terms used. Disc Jockey is not literal, same with hamburger, but those are what they're really called. "Mixologist" is another name for a bartender, not someone who mixes music.

"Interesting writing" is not an excuse for blatant inaccuracy.

@illtrooper

u are my hero

the word was probably used because the author thought it would be funny and didn't know that it was a term that means something else. if the author did know then he made a really dumb pun that makes no sense.

anyway, my post was mainly to inform people who did not know what the word "mixologist" actually means.

unrelated: stupid ass comment system

I thought it only meant that at Red Robin?

" 'Mixologist' is another name for a bartender, not someone who mixes music. "

But here it is also used as "another name," to describe a remixer or DJ. For me, it's really akin to calling someone a "maestro of the racetrack" or "butcher of words," it's simply a repurposing of a word to bring a more unique or colorful vision to the reader.

You're really unable to understand that the writer is alluding to how a remixer or DJ is mixing audio elements and songs like a bartender mixes ingredients to create a drink?

I find that hard to believe.

Like mixing oil and water...

Co-sign.

You really need to set your standards a little higher.

Color me unimpressed. After hearing what The Black Mages have to offer, these mash-ups just sound so uninspired.

Thing is Nobuo is *in* the Black Mages, so he probably recomposes the songs to suit the style.

Awful. Ditto the the Zelda album they made.

The only saving grace is that some people seem to tolerate it, but it's just so poorly done it drives me nuts hearing it. There's no real mixing whatsoever and the sound levels are bad. Just two tracks going at the same time, basically. Even if that was what they were going for, I just can't appreciate it especially considering some other fan mixes out there.

Again though, at least it's enjoyed by some. So it wasn't a complete waste of their time...

Heh, sorry Massmass, but if you can't at least enjoy the sideshow attraction of a Kool Keith and Tom Waits duet, you're a miserable son of a bitch. My condolences.

I agree as well. I am a huge FF7 Fan (my gamertag is Final Fantasy 7 for crying out loud).

I don't think it really flows well at all. Just sounds like someone found a random rap song and superimposed it over the tracks.

Don't like at all.

Aw, bitchin', a remix of Spacious Thoughts. That's like my favorite song off of The Spirit of Apollo.

Not being a real fan of Final Fantasy, I don't really recognise these songs, aside from the battle theme. It sounds messy and midi-ish, but good for them anyway.

Gucci Mane and his type is the reason why I haven't bought a hip-hop record since that Edan record way back - whenever it was. It was the record with LL Cool J on the cover.

I'm actually enjoying their other album, The Ocarina of Rhyme.

Clever, yes.

Enjoyable, no.

My sentiments EXACTLY. The name alone deserves credit.

I'm not even going to give this a listen, I hate mashups, and mashing up Orchestral scores? Just a terrible idea.

Thanks for the constructive input.

At first I thought this was a joke but I actually like it.

ANTE UP!

I was shocked and in love to hear tom waits scatting all over the prelude.

I can't tell if this is bad because it's bad, or bad because Final Fantasy 7 is bad. Either way, Ocarina of Rhyme was much better.

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