Rapper and actor Curtis James Jackson III, professionally known as 50 Cent, is a protege of Marshall Bruce Mathers III, professionally known as Eminem. (Photo : Instagram/50 Cent)
The group Otaku Gang, which is made up of cousins Solar Slim and Richie Branson, recently released a mashup of Eminem's songs and the soundtrack of "Street Fighter." Titled "Marshall Vs. Capcom," the mixtape was released on Feb. 16, which was also the release date of "Street Fighter V."
Otaku Gang is known for their "Life After Death Star" project, which combined The Notorious B.I.G. and "Star Wars" music. In an interview with Hip Hop DX, Branson said remixing Eminem songs and "Street Fighter" video game soundtrack was like they were remixing the game itself.
The Eminem songs used in the mixtape are from the Detroit rapper's albums "The Marshall Mathers LP," "The Eminem Show" and "Encore." These are "The Way I Am," "Superman," "Cleanin' Out My Closet," "When the Music Stops," "Till I Collapse," "Business," "A-Like That" and "Soldier."
The other songs in the mixtape are "Cammy Interlude," "Lose Yourself" from the "8 Mile" soundtrack, "Fight Music" from the rap group D12's debut album "Devil's Night" and the collaboration songs "Macosa" by The Outsidaz featuring Eminem and "Stan" by Eminem featuring Dido.
Aside from the 13 tracks in the mixtape, there are also two bonus tracks. These are "Combo Fiend" featuring Otaku Gang and "Chun Li" featuring Slim and Martale.
According to Slim, the "Marshall Vs. Capcom" mixtape was a much bigger project that "Life After Death Star." He said it is incredibly difficult to remix Eminem's music.
"Marshall Vs. Capcom" will replace the original "Street Fighter" video game soundtrack. It is currently available on Sound Cloud.
Developed with Dimps and published by Capcom, "Street Fighter V" was released for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows. Four of the 16 characters featured at launch are new to the game series.
The new characters are the intelligent wild Aztec-like warrior Necalli, the Middle Easterner Rashid, the Brazilian fighter Laura Matsuda and the new Shadaloo Grand Masters member F.A.N.G. The other 12 characters are Ryu, Chun-Li, Nash, M. Bison, Cammy, Birdie, Ken, Vega, R. Mika, Karin, Zangief, Dhalsim, Alex, Guile, Barlog, Ibuki, Juri and Urien.
Watch the full length CG trailer of "Street Fighter V" here:
