Video games have been referenced in the media as long as they've been around. Recently I've noticed a trend with referencing video games in music, especially hip-hop. There is a gaming/hip-hop culture mash that has been going on for years. I'm thinking it's just easier to rhyme with Xbox then to sing about it.
My top 5 video game references in the media (music) are as follows:
5. House of Pain
Album: House of Pain
Song: Jump Around
Release: 1992
I'm the cream of the crop, I rise to the topI never eat a pig cause a pig is a cop
Or better yet a terminator
Like Arnold Schwarzenegger
Try'n to play me out like as if my name was Sega
4. Chamillionaire (featuring Krayzie Bone)
Album: The Sound of Revenge
Song: Ridin'
Release: 2005
N****'s see if they can see me lean
I'm tint so it ain't easy to be seen
For me to see me ride by
They can see the gleam
And my shine on the deck and TV screen
Riding with a new chick she like hold up
Next to the PlayStation controlla'
*It's not a PlayStation Controller*
3. Cee Lo Green
Album: The Lady Killer
Song: Forget You
Release: 2010
Yeah I'm sorry, I can't afford a Ferrari,
But that don't mean I can't get you there.
I guess he's an Xbox and I'm more Atari,
But the way you play your game ain't fair.
2. Atmosphere
Album: Seven's Travels
Song: Trying to Find a Balance
Release: 2003
Doesn't take much and that's messed upBecause these people do a lot of simple s*** to impress usWhile everyone was trying to out-do the last man I was just a ghost trying to catch some Mrs. Pac-Man
1. B.o.B. (featuring Bruno Mars)
Album: B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
Song: Nothin' on You
Release: 2010
I’ve been to London, I’ve been to Paris
even went out there to Tokyo
back home down in Georgia to New Orleans
but you always still to show (still to show)
and just like that girl you got me fro (got me fro)
like a Nintendo 64 (64)
if you never knew well now you know (know, know, know)
Lyrics found on LyricsReg
Great article by Complex.com
The 50 Best video Game References In Hip-Hop
