Random & Lost Perception – Black Materia: Final Fantasy VII + Bonus Beats & Instrumentals (2011)

Posted by HHB Admin on March 3, 2011 – 6:48 pm

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Is Capcom’s Hip-Hop representative switching teams? In a stunning move, hip hopper and educator Random, aka Mega Ran is planning to release BLACK MATERIA: Final Fantasy VII, a Hip-Hop album using tunes from Squareís hit game Final Fantasy VII on January 31, 2011.

Ran’s new 16 track album will release 14 years to the date that the Final Fantasy 7 game launched in Japan and sent the world into a frenzy. The production on the album will be handled by Lost Perception, a veteran hip-hop producer from Phoenix who shares an equal love for Final Fantasy and Hip-Hop.

Since 2007, Random has built an amazing presence, reputation and fanbase by sampling video game tunes and adding original lyrics and driving beats to them, attracting fans in both the video game and hip-hop communities. Random and K-Murdock’s Forever Famicom album dropped last Summer, and has been a huge hit, propelling tours and appearances in Nintendo Power, Wired and other magazines.

Final Fantasy VII (FF7), released in 1997 by Square, has since sold over 9 million copies worldwide, and is widely considered by many to be the greatest game of all time, and one that has revolutionized role playing games (RPGs) forever. Random agrees, and knows he canít let the diehard fans down.

Final Fantasy 7 is THE game that got me back into console gaming, Ran says, after college life at had taken him away from video games for years. “I’ve never to this day been as emotionally invested into a game as I was with FF7, and doubt I will be again. My heart will always be in 8-bit, but I just wanted to give back to (FF7 creator Nobuo) Uematsu and co. for creating a masterpiece.”

Ran usually alternates between heavier themes and video game topics in his music, as his last two releases, “Forever Famicom” and “Heroes, Volume One” demonstrated. The first single, “Aerith” is a heartbreaking tale retelling one of the most shocking moments in videogame history, the death of Aeris/Aerith, a playable character in the FF7 game. It is available now on iTunes. Ltd.Ed. CD is available as well.

Produced by Lost Perception for The Council Productions.

Album features additional vocals by Brentalfloss, MC Pennywise, Devastate, Ilyas (of Tanya Morgan), Maja, Phil Harmonic, Dale Chase, and more.

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01 – Introduction (with Additional Vox by Marlos Hill)
02 – Cloud Strife
03 – Tifa’ Theme
04 – AVALANCHE (ft. Barret Wallace)
05 – Mako Reactor
06 – Aerith
07 – Don of the Slums (Interlude) (ft. Brentalfloss)
08 – Don of the Slums (ft. Storyville & The Thoughtcriminals)
09 – Cosmo Canyon (ft. The Ranger)
10 – The Turks (ft. Dale Chase)
11 – On that Day 5 Years Ago
12 – Birth of A God (ft. MC Pennywise & Devastate)
13 – Cid’s Theme (ft. Phil Harmonic)
14 – Cry of the Planet
15 – Absolute (ft. Ilyas & Maja)
16 – One Winged Angel + Ending + Bonus Track

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BONUS BEATS

01 – Birth of a God
02 – Jenova Absolute
03 – Off of the Edge of Despair
04 – Tango of Tears
05 – The Countdown Begins (Rough)
06 – Victory Fanfare

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INSTRUMENTALS

01 – Introduction
02 – Cloud Strife (Album Version)
03 – Cloud Strife (Alternate Version)
04 – Tifa’s Theme
05 – Avalanche
06 – Mako Reactor (Version 1)
07 – Mako Reactor (Version 2)
08 – Mako Reactor (Version 3)
09 – Aerith
10 – Cosmo Canyon
11 – Don of the Slums
12 – The Turks
13 – On That Day 5 Years Ago
14 – Birth of a God
15 – Cid
16 – Cry of the Planet
17 – Absolute
18 – One Winged Angel

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