Mega Ran

Release Date: 03/01/2021
Format: 2 X LP
Label: GameChops ‎– GCV003
Release type: Black With White Splatter Colored Double Vinyl LP Release

Ten years in the making, Black Materia: The Remake is a hip-hop tribute to Final Fantasy VII, one of the greatest video games of all time.

Black Materia: The Remake is a double-disc album, pressed on heavy-weight splattered black vinyl, enclosed in a gatefold jacket. This released contains exclusive artwork and masters created specifically for the vinyl release of Black Materia: The Remake.

Featuring twenty-five guest producers and rappers, Black Materia: The Remake takes listeners on a hip hop journey through Final Fantasy VII. The role-playing game centers on a group of heroic revolutionaries fighting to bring down Shinra, an energy company that’s destroying the planet for profit.

Black Materia: The Remake retells the video game’s acclaimed story through narrative lyricism and powerful performances. The beats and backing tracks feature memorable moments from Nobuo Uematsu’s acclaimed Final Fantasy VII score.

For Mega Ran, Black Materia: The Remake is the culmination of a more than decade-long career-making hip-hop tributes to video games. Following the viral success of his original Black Materia album in 2011, Ran left his job as a middle school teacher to pursue music full time.

1. The Opening
2. Cloud Strife
3. Insurgents
4. Avalanche
5. Absolute
6. Mako Reactor
7. Living Legacy
8. On That Day (Five Years Ago)
9. Aerith
10. Red XIII
11. Sleep Mode
12. Cait Sith
13. Cid
14. Ninja Girl
15. Birth Of A God
16. Judgment Day
17. Jenova
18. Sephiroth
19. Nibelheim Incident
20. Cries Of The Planet
21. Lifestream
22. Epilogue