A Hip-Hop/Zelda mash-up mixtape. BRILLIANT!Producers Team Teamwork took the themes from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and layered on the beats and rhyming of such artists as Clipse, Jay-Z, Common, Aesop Rock, and Spank Rock (among others).
And it's pretty awesome on many levels. But I think I mostly like it because I have such strong feelings and childhood associations with Ocarina.
The opening track featuring Clipse/The Lost Woods theme is a great one to start with. But track 2 featuring Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg/Getting Treasure, while clever, is not as enjoyable. The Jay-Z/Meeting the Owl track, on the other hand is truly amazing. I could probably listen to it all day, and I'm not a hip-hop fan, so that's really saying something. Pimp C, Li'l Keke, & P.O.P./Hyrule Field has its moments, especially the great chorus. The Common/Hyrule Market track is good, but not as good as it should be, you know? Aesop Rock/Goron Village, on the other hand, is AWESOME! As is the Edan/Battle track that follows. But MF Doom/Horse Race is kind of cute? ultimately, a little too kitschy for my taste. And the Spank Rock/Zora's Domain and Slim Thug & Mike Jones/Fairy's Fountain are nice, if mellow, way to take us out.
Here are my favorite 3 tracks: Clipse, Jay-Z, and Aesop Rock.
You can listen to the whole thing over on 8tracks, and you can download it here.
Team Teamwork also have a sweet Okkervil River mash-up over on their myspace.
1 comment:
Wow, thanks for posting this. The Clipse track is making my life right now.
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