Mega Ran Returns To 8-bit Roots With New Release

Washington, DC (TOP40 Charts/ Artist Official website) -- The marriage between video games and hip hop is one that seems to be the exception to the 70% US failure rate, as the two have been going strong for some time. Raheem Jarbo, known as Random or Mega Ran, and Kyle Murdock, known to hip-hop purists as K-Murdock, have joined forces to create �Forever Famicom,� a full length album utilizing samples from 8 and 16-bit games from the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super NES consoles.

�This was one of the most fun projects I had ever done,� says Jarbo. �Kyle and I have so much in common.� �We wanted to create a project that pays homage, and at the same time exhibits creativity and innovation, and I think we�ve done that,� adds Murdock.

From performing on stages at home to traveling to festivals such as Comic-Con, SXSW and more, the duo plans to pluck the nostalgia bone in all of us. The 14-track album features samples from such classics as Metroid, Secret Of Mana, Kirby�s Adventure and of course, Mega Man. After all, the Blue Bomber is what started it all.

Jarbo released Mega Ran in 2007, an album sampling the classic Mega Man video game series, and made significant waves, even signing a licensing deal with Capcom. Almost simultaneously, Murdock�s group Panacea released Ink is my Drink, an album that gained high marks from hip-hop reviewers for its jazzy, organic feel and raw approach. Murdock heard Mega Ran and reached out.

�It was a natural marriage, him on the rhymes and me on the beats,� says Murdock. Mega Ran was such an unexpected success, because it was original, it was conceptual, and best of all, it was dope.�
The duo plans to support this release with a tour of the states, and maybe even a sequel, featuring Nintendo�s biggest rival from the 80�s and 90�s.

Stay tuned, the game�s not over yet.

FOREVER FAMICOM releases June 1, 2010 worldwide.