The 6 worst video game samples in rap music

We're not overly familiar with U-N-I, but we suspect they're not the sharpest knives in the drawer. One half of the duo, Y-O, is never seen on stage without a NES console under his armpit, while the other is nicknamed Thurzday, because his real name, Koffi, means 'Friday'. They're mad, obviously, but surely even they wouldn't be crazy enough to release a song sampling the bleeps and bongs from a classic 8-bit Nintendo game? Oh, our bad.

Listen to the rap version: Castlevania

Listen to the original sample
Boss rush, Castlevania 3, NES

Quotable
"This rap s*** be the colder life, it's like up down up down AB left right"

Is it any good?
The lyrics make very little sense and the song doesn't actually have anything to do with Castlevania, whips (of any variety) or the only video game hero ever to be called Simon. Watching Y-O prance about on stage, however, clutching a dusty old NES and rapping cheat codes aloud is strangely compelling. It makes an absolute mockery of hip hop, but for some reason we can't stop listening to it.

Vanilla Ice rating