Line #10 Music/MegaRan


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Yeah, pretty much this.]]
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4	->''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....''
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6	Mega Ran is both the VideoGame/MegaMan-themed alter ego of rapper Mega Ran (formerly 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''.
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8	Also, Random openly endorses the practice of downloading bootlegs if you can't afford the album. We can't link here for legal reasons, but if you want to pirate it, you can do so with a clear conscience. He even mentions the practice in "Robot City".
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10	In 2015, due to [[OneSteveLimit SEO conflicts with other similarly-named musicians]], Mega Ran became Jarbo's stage name full-time, with all prior releases under the "Random" banner being reissued under the Mega Ran name.
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12	!!Tropes that apply to Music/MegaRan
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14	* AesopAmnesia - After waking up from his dream, Random says he learned a valuable lesson... but he doesn't remember what it was.
15	* AllJustADream - the first track on the album, "Intro" starts out by telling us that the whole thing is, in fact, a dream.
16	%% * BeYourself
17	* BossFight - The song of the same name, as well as "Final Battle" and "vs. Metalman" (which features Music/TheMegas as Metalman).
18	* BuffySpeak - During the interlude when Ran wakes up, he can't remember the name of the Mega Man series or its title character, and refers to him as "the blue dude".
19	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - "Intro", "Boss Fight" and "Bonus Track" which is on the Deluxe Edition. Also "vs. Metalman" which is about...well guess.
20	* DigitalPiracyIsEvil - Utterly averted, Ran ''endorses it'' on his final verse in the short version of "Robot City".
21	* LaserGuidedAmnesia - in "Intro" Dr. Light suspects this is why Mega Ran doesn't remember him.
22	* {{Nerdcore}} - Ran doesn't actively identify as such (and he has a point, some of his stuff really is ''not'' nerdcore) but the album at least, seems to count.
23	* RaceLift - Mega Ran is black, as opposed to the original VideoGame/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.
24	* {{Sampling}} - Most of the music on the album is formed by laying heavy beats over the actual stage themes from the Mega Man games.
25	** In the brief between-song interludes, the cartoon is sometimes sampled as well.

Context Music / MegaRan