#evo2010

The song was played before the 2010 Super Street Fighter 4 EVO finals. The song is done by an artist named Redrapper who did the other freestyles that were played before the finals of Street Fighter 2 HD Remix, Tekken 6, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, and Melty Blood.

This one stood out the most for me mostly because SSF4 is the game I play the most that was played at EVO, and the fact that he seemed to put the most emotion into this song. The SSF4 finals was the definitely the most hyped event of the EVO as most anticipated. This song definitely set the hype for the matches to come and can be an anthem of sorts to SSF4 players everywhere. Much praise to him as well for making a song about a video game and making it enjoyable to listen to as well as the fact that he used Cody's theme in the background. As a gamer, there aren't many songs that speak to you like this one did.

Redrapper has done some other good songs I'll try to talk about later. What stands out about him as an artist is that he's an enlightened rapper, something you don't find much of these days unless you look underground.

Street Fighter references to note:

-2nd one of the Impact, the 3rd of the Strike= Reference to Street Fighter 3 2nd Impact and Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike.

-Punching you with a hurricane= Reference to Cody's Criminal Upper

-Grabbing a knife= Reference to Cody being able to pick up a knife and use it as a weapon in the game.

Then I'm cracking you with a pipe till you crumple and slice= Reference to Cody's Ultra 2, Last Dread Dust.

-And I'm Snapping your neck= Reference to Ibuki's Neck Breaker.

-Shoulder chest, beat you to death= Reference to Guy's Houzanto (Dashing Elbow)

-You're waking up, but my Psycho Power Crushing your chest= Reference to Bison's Ultra 2 (Psycho Punisher), which can hit on wake up (as the opponent is getting up).

-I slay Prey with Dash Straights= Reference to one of Balrog's Running Straight.

-and 3 blades= Reference to Vega's claw.

-The day Daigo bodied you on the big stage was important to you= Reference to Daigo Umehara (A world renowned Street Fighter player from japan who has won tournaments all over the world) defeating Justin Wong (A well known Street Fighter player in the US who is considered the best in the US, and long time rival of Daigo) in the finals of last year's Street Fighter 4 finals at EVO.

-It was tuesday= A clip from the Street Fighter movie with Bison's voice.

-2000 people here= References the 2000+ people that entered the EVO SSF4 tournament.

-Hit em with jump strong, Metsu Shoryukuen= Referencing hitting the opponent in the air to combo into Ryu's Ultra 2 (Metsu Shoryuken).

-Signs of a fireball- Reference to projectiles in the game, most often a Hadouken.