History Music / MegaRan

Mega Ran is both the VideoGame/MegaMan-themed alter ego of rapper Random (real name Raheem Jarbo, born September 3, 1977), and a ConceptAlbum about said alter ego. What follows is a semi-humorous, hip-hop retelling of the Mega Man series. The plot (such as it is) begins when Random finds himself in Mega Man's body in Dr. Light's laboratory, and goes from there. It is made clear from the first line of the first song that everything that happens is [[AllJustADream a dream]]. The album also got a ContestedSequel by way of ''Mega Ran 9''.

!Tropes that apply to Music/MegaRan

->''Yo. Lemme tell you 'bout this dream I had//woke up in some weird science lab//stand next to a dude in a white coat//got X. Light on his pocket protector, had this big blue helmet on, and a big cannon in place of my right arm....''

* DreamTeam - The extended version of "Robot City" entitled "Bonus Track" on the deluxe version is more or less a whose-who of {{Nerdcore}}, as well as featuring another underground rapper, Zealous 1

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent - "Ringman" is rather serious in tone, albeit with a positive message (BeYourself, essentially).
** The album itself is one too, compared to Random's earlier work, which was mostly socially conscious, old-school flavored hip-hop and not Nerdcore in the slightest.
* BeYourself - See AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent above.

* TheOtherDarrin - Dr. Wily is voiced by two different people on the album. The one on "Boss Fight" sounds pretty typically villain-ish, and even spits a few bars. But Wily on "Final Battle" is voiced by another rapper, Ytcracker, and has full verses, the difference is ''extremely'' jarring.

Mega Ran is both the VideoGame/MegaMan-themed alter ego of rapper Random, and a ConceptAlbum about said alter ego. What follows is a semi-humorous, hip-hop retelling of the Mega Man series. The plot (such as it is) begins when Random finds himself in Mega Man's body in Dr. Light's laboratory, and goes from there. It is made clear from the first line of the first song that everything that happens is [[AllJustADream a dream]]. The album also got a ContestedSequel by way of ''Mega Ran 9''.

* BossFight - The song of the same name, as well as "Final Battle" and "vs. Metalman" (which features TheMegas as Metalman).

* BossFight - The song of the same name, as well as "Final Battle" and "vs. Metalman" (which features TheMegas as Metalman.

* BossFight - The song of the same name, as well as "Final Battle" and "vs. Metalman"

!Tropes that apply to MegaRan

Mega Ran is both the Game/MegaMan-themed alter ego of rapper Random, and a ConceptAlbum about said alter ego. What follows is a semi-humorous, hip-hop retelling of the Mega Man series. The plot (such as it is) begins when Random finds himself in Mega Man's body in Dr. Light's laboratory, and goes from there. It is made clear from the first line of the first song that everything that happens is [[AllJustADream a dream]]. The album also got a ContestedSequel by way of ''Mega Ran 9''.

* RaceLift - Mega Ran is black, as opposed to the original Game/MegaMan who appears to be white. This makes sense, since Random is black too, and it's supposed to be a dream he's having.

* {{Sampling}} - Most of the music on the album is formed by laying heavy beats over the actual stage themes from the Mega Ran games.

Mega Ran is both the MegaMan-themed alter ego of rapper Random, and a ConceptAlbum about said alter ego. What follows is a semi-humorous, hip-hop retelling of the Mega Man series. The plot (such as it is) begins when Random finds himself in Mega Man's body in Dr. Light's laboratory, and goes from there. It is made clear from the first line of the first song that everything that happens is [[AllJustADream a dream]]. The album also got a ContestedSequel by way of ''Mega Ran 9''.

* RaceLift - Mega Ran is black, as opposed to the original MegaMan who appears to be white. This makes sense, since Random is black too, and it's supposed to be a dream he's having.