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8mo

i love that you mentioned the ogre theme its my all time favorite tekken song and i love it so much i actually play it in the car quite often

i wish chad and pharrell would get back together

POOM POOM DOOM

8mo

These the type of threads that make this site great.

The Krab Season

8mo

Posting so I can check it out later

emo genghis khan

8mo

will read this later
i love tekken

ICEMAN KIR

8mo

that slipped away track is insane

Aquilla

8mo

@yeezydude @thebham @ultima @keep_it_g @rano @faith

@dio @REALTALKMYNIGGA0 @Sloth @dawg

@jjthajuiceman @foreva @Itajime

nightingalexo

8mo

big Aq never misses with the threads

Flubber

8mo

I feel like part of it is the sound of that era of ROMpler workstation units (M1, JV1080, SY77 etc.)
Sometimes leading to unusual articulation of sounds (due to the lack of expressivity of a piano keyboard for certain sounds, e.g. who is really using a Breath Controller for added realism of their woodwind/brass patches) & also the storage restrictions leading to sounds having a certain lo-fi characteristic & metallic sheen that in hindsight feels so perfect for 90s gaming.

Really cool way to connect the throughlines between two seemingly completely different scenes

Aquilla

8mo

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             Parallelism?

Hot take....I never liked The Neptunes

Always felt like their sound got oversaturated too quickly and as evidenced in the last 10 years: Just because something is popular doesn't make it timeless.

Anyways, I always found their early days with Tammy Lucas to be my absolute favorite. Pure 90s R&B but with ambient, video gamey sounds. The unreleased tracks dated from 1994 to possibly 97/98 are some top notch work imo

Too different from the days of their prime but I think it's possibly the most inventive of their career and sounds eerily similar to the early music of a long running, well known franchise.

Tekken, in fact, this years marks 30 years for the franchise in it's appearance in the U.S. A milestone for it's innovation and impact as one of the first fighters to use 3D. Whether it's the intuitive four button control scheme (one for each limb), the character specific narrative motivations, or gameplay flexibility with combo memorization - the series carved itself a niche that set the stage as one of the greatest fighting game series of all time.

However, there was one aspect that made it stand out from the pack. The music. A reason why many players back in the day went to the arcade machines cause those Tekken Tunes were poppin

Old School Tekken music (1995-2000) had a sense of ambience and elective grooves. A blend of Electronic, Rock, Jazz Fusion, and a little Hip Hop. The themes were character specific that gave personality to the game.

Considering that the Tammy Lucas demos (1994 - 1996/or 1998) correspond to the old school era of Tekken (1995 - 2000). A lot of these guys probably pulled from a similar source via Urban Contemporary music.

Still, it's fascinating how the similarities of their music stretches. Perphaps we can see which songs and tunes compare to one another

Tammy Lucas & The Neptunes - Reach Me

Tekken 3 - King's Theme (Arcade Version)

I have always loved Tammy Lucas's songwriting. It's a rather sweet yet abstract poetry and everytime she says "Why would I let you reach me" it's so dreamy. The production is hard hitting and feels like I'm in a sequence in Space Channel 5 but that is beside the point

It's a drum pattern that harkens to King's Tekken 3 theme. Difference, this is more adrenaline rushed and up tempo. Plus, Kings Stage is literally a steel sky ring in high altitude . But that bridge change up from 1:33-1:58 has a similar backbeat to what you hear in Reach Me. A reachable conclusion to say the least.

Aquilla

8mo

Yea a lot of great stuff in that channel. It's cool that she helped discover them.

I can definitely hear 2010s Pharrell in your work, now that you mentioned it. He was diverse in that period ngl.

Drum & Bass was definitely an inspiration for his early days. Felt more stripped down which coincidentally I found similar to old school Tekken music.

And thanks for the birthday wishes. Funny that you thought I was older I guess I give off that vibe lol

mdmadon

8mo

great thread can u give zip up a lank to all this era neptunes stuff and/or tammy luicas stuff or a compilation with this tekken n tammy lucas study like how mjp+ be doing wanna listen as as ep so i can let that s*** just flow great work as always g

Kee

8mo

I should create a playlist of their stuff before their prime. I already made playlists of discography as well during their prime and a good bit of Pharrell's modern day discography as well