It was great in the game and even better on the soundtrack, getting to hear the full version. “Sky, Sea and Rainbow of Dream” or “Sora to Umi to Akai no Yume” is Frida’s song. Musically, this is a wonderful techno infused feast, with big sounds and big beats leading it the whole way. The closest one that has a really decent rap is “Chemical Love”, though half of the rap is distorted. The raps present in “I Luv Hamburgers” and “2Bad” are pretty good, but of course they’re not the best as well. But it makes the whole skit they have even more realistic and funnier at the same time. You gotta be crazy nigga.” Unfortunately they edited that last word out of the American version - I guess thinking my “kind” would be offended or something. It’s supposed to be a black guy talking about how he loves his hamburgers even more than his girl and, at several points, he’s talking to his girl, and after he expresses his love for the hamburgers, she says, “Don’t you even try to choose a cheeseburger over me. Since this is the Japanese version I’m reviewing, I’m happy to say that nothing was edited in any of the songs, especially in “I Luv Hamburgers”. The little funk guitar solo in the middle of the set is also wonderfully done as the sax (tenor I believe) follows up the set in a natural way. The music on this set is great, as well as the background vocals. But it’s so funny, since that’s how the John Travolta wannabees tried to be. “Cause I look like a star/ When I’m smoking my cigar./ They wanna be just like me./ It’s true, my gold ring is beautiful/ And everyone wants one./ Everyone wants to have my style.” You can’t get more blatant than that. “The Natural Playboy” is one of the most blatant songs I’ve heard in a long while, with the singer bragging about how wonderful he is. Being a kid and the want to do what she wishes. The singer actually sounds like a kid, which is what the song is trying to convey. The English version is great, but the Japanese version is even better. “Smile, Bon” or “Warrette Pon” (depending on what version you have) is a great song, being Shorty’s theme song. The musical ranges are great and wide on this collection, as we have old-school R&B as well as rap, 70’s disco inferno type music and, of course, some nice pop coming from Japan. One of the few pioneer music games that was released a little under ten years ago, Bust A Move (or as it’s contemporary is called in the United States, Bust A Groove) did exactly what a game in the music genre is suppose to have: Good music.
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