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PaRappa the Rapper
- Chop Chop Master Onion's Rap
is an excellent introduction to this game's funky fresh style of rap, with a smooth flow and martial arts style. - Instructor Mooselini's Car Rap, with its classic piano riff, fun beats, and a great lyrical flow, is one of the game's more recognizable songs. "Check and turn the signal to the left..."
- The third stage's rap with Prince Fleaswallow has a slow, reggae-inspired beat, but the flow on the vocals is impressive."Just because the rhythm is slow/ that don't mean that you can't flow!"
- Cheap Cheap the Cooking Chicken's rap is very funky, from its main sample to its beats.
- The All Master's Rap/Bathroom Rap has a more urgent vibe than the other raps due to the more atonal rhythms and the rapid Amen break that closes off each verse, but it's still catchy as ever.
- "Funny Love" plays in the cutscene before the final level. It's a wonderful R&B song that's basically a Heartwarming Moment in musical form.
- The final stage's rap. On top of being just plain awesome, it stands out from most of the other raps in the game in that Parappa doesn't just repeat the teacher's lines; he actually comes up with his own lyrics!
PaRappa the Rapper 2
- The first level's rap, "Toasty Buns", is a great opening for the game thanks to its catchy groove.
- "Romantic Love", as its title suggests, has a romantic mood and a slow, smooth groove. This remix keeps the feeling intact while moving at a faster pace with its dance beat.
- Even among an already great soundtrack, Guru Ant's rap, "BIG", stands out for balancing a slow, funky groove and two distinct moods with some relatively complex lyrics. The instrumental track when they're in space is especially impressive. The awful mode version, while adding wacky sound effects, still retains the chilled-out vibe.
- While it's usually overshadowed by some of the songs before and after it, "Sista Moosesha" is still a memorable tune. It features a more bombastic yet just as toe-tappingly fun instrumental compared to the rest of the tracks, and when combined with Moosesha's somewhat aggressive vocal performance, it reflects the military theme of the stage very well.
- "Hair Scare" is one of the funkiest songs in the game, which is saying something considering the grooviness of all the other songs. Combine that with an energetic performance from Hairdresser Octopus and you have a song that'll get you into the mood in no time.
- Food Court is extraordinary work, bringing together all of the teachers' raps backed by chiptune music.
- "Noodles Can't Be Beat" has a great old-school hip-hop beat, and sounds perfect for the climax of the story.
- "Come A Long Way" is this game's equivalent to "Funny Love", and it's just as good, if not even better. It's another smooth R&B song from Sunny to PaRappa and it incorporates motifs and elements from other songs in the game in a beautiful way.
Other
- The anime's first intro, "Love Together", is pretty damn catchy.
- The second intro, "Attitude", is a very breezy R&B bop.
