The Cool Kids are to hip-hop what Wilco is to rock: different, better, smarter. They’re superindie, having gone from dropping beats on myspace to build their hardcore fanbase to now starting to cross over into sorta mainstream radio and video play (in fact, I just heard this track on kexp.org, right beofre Moby stopped in for a guest DJ set). The Cool Kids get heads nodding with the backpack crowd with a sound as rooted in old school as modern hippity-hoppity, but some of their subject matter is supernerdy; witness the shoutouts in the above song “A Little Bit Cooler” to Star Wars belts and eating Fruity Pebbles (mmm… purple milk…) . More importantly, there’s an awesome homage to Street Fighter at the tail end of the track. Jump 1:32 in to hear the duo rap about playing SF on a Sega Genesis, closing with a sweet beatbox imitation of SF sounds. Street Fighter, Street Fighter!
Each day, I get reminded that I’m getting older by making references to games that younger gamers have never seen/heard/played, many of which, of course, are classic Capcom games.
No matter! Those whipper snappers will never understand the joy that I feel when I watch this video of 100 great Super Nintendo games in 10 minutes. I’ve played almost every game in the video, and seeing it again, some for the first time since the SNES days, has totally made my day. If only they included the sound effects and the music from the games too…
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