Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Why modern music owes a big debt to Japanese video games


“Oh man,” says superstar hip-hop producer Just Blaze in episode four of Diggin’ in the Carts. “I don’t think Yuzo Koshiro was… he might have been Japanese descent, but I don’t think he grew up in Japan. I think he grew up in Detroit.”


Among other radio-dominating hits, Just Blaze produced “Girls, Girls, Girls” by Jay-Z. Yuzo Koshiro, on the other hand, composed the music for the Streets of Rage games on the Sega Genesis.


“There was an authenticity in Streets of Rage 2,” continues Just...


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