Good downtempo/Hiphop style VGM?

[4ppleseed]

Hi all,
I've been loving some of Yuzo Koshiro more Hiphop/Downtempo influenced tracks:

Misty Blue - Catch The Step
https://youtu.be/IRMfy4ONrr4?list=PL5C4B4FAAA4BBAC53

Streets of Rage - The Street of Rage
https://youtu.be/f10CtaCoeVI?list=PLEAD8D2B6A61E9544

Can you recommend to me anything with a similar vibe from the classic Megadrive/Arcade time period?

Thanks.

[dogman91]

Obviously I'd recommend more Yuzo Koshiro stuff, like Eye of the Beholder for the Sega CD. Yuzo Koshiro also has albums of unreleased stuff that sound hip-hop-esque, like on this album for an unreleased game called "The Stickman is Back": http://vgmdb.net/album/1818

There's also ToeJam & Earl and the music in Sonic 3 on the Genesis for more "funk" type stuff.

For something that's newer, Sonic Adventure 2 has those rap songs that people either love or hate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOuZxq68Wp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Aon3CJZyGk

[the7k]

Street Fighter III: Third Strike comes to mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj9wkNnFfGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw88zQTxq48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQLrZoP9zj0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDWuKdo7J38

[Key-Glyph]

I hope you enjoy some of these!

The funky:

Sonic Spinball: Toxic Caves (Howard Drossin)

Wolfchild: Stage 2: Jungle (Martin Iveson, Matt Furniss)

Pulseman: File Systems (Junichi Masuda)

Sonic 3D Blast: Volcano Valley Act 2 (Tatsuyuki Maeda... I think)

EDIT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters: Sisyphus' Stage (Miki Higashino)


The club-y:

Coach K Basketball: Title Theme (Jeff van Dyck)

Contra: Hard Corps: The Hard Corps Blues (Hiroshi Kobayashi)

X-Men 2: Clone Wars: Outside Avalon (Nu*Romantic Productions)

Pulseman: Stereo Protect (Junichi Masuda)

[4ppleseed]

You guys are great! I'm listening to some of these now & they are perfect. I'll update you with my faves once I get through them

[Key-Glyph]

Edit:
Chibi Robo - Midday Majesty, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29M8h_lsjng

I have never heard of this game, but wow, I love this track.