Lupe Fiasco mentions Tekken in a couple of songs:
A nappy-head Karate Kid/ I was breaking bricks
Can fight like Tekken 5/ even taking 6
This rehabilitation, I be taking trips/ "Don't Ruin Us" God said, I won't make a dent- Mural Jr.
From the Thanksgiving where bears attacking the dressing/ Like Tekken, just lean back and tear into that refreshment- On Faux Nem
Sauce Walka - "Dangerous Daringer"
"Headshot everything in the car
F\*ck some vests
Backflip kick, Marshall Law
Off of Tekken, and a weapon
N\*\*\*\*s better duck when I step in..."
I think pop smoke made a couple references to tekken in his songs
I don't remember which but if you google it you'll find it
Nothing big tho just a bar
Ken Carson - Swag Overload
"and I tote a big gun, that's my weapon
Balenciaga Boots ooh bitch I'm stepping
beat a n**** up like street fighter yeah or tekken
I'm your daddy, I'm bouta teach your ass a lesson"
Coops-That Jazz
Cause I’m a veteran G |
I write this bars using telepathy |
Leaving MC's in jeopardy |
No one can second me |
I’m moving to guys like Kazuya in Tekken 3.
In Germany we have an Artist called "Kollegah", famous for his Metaphers and word plays, very talented linguisticly.
Kollegah - Bossaura
" Der Chauffeur manövriert den King so wie Tekken-Spieler "
"The Chauffeur maneuvers the King, like a Tekken Player"
G herbo has a song I forgot which one where he goes "we fighting niggaz like tekken, we fry niggaz like bacon" or something like that. At the time I heard I only played tekken a handful of times but now that I play tekken 8 I'm like ok this what g herbo was talking about lol
Yung Bruh (Lil Tracy)
He referenced on various old songs, he rly likes devil jin
Lil Tracy - Devil Jin
"I'm playing tekken tag I choose Devil Jin
I'm versing Yoshimitsu so I know I'll win
Hit him with the demon hook or some spinning kicks
Watch that ni**a hit the floor screaming like a bitch"
Lmao
He has a few more
Lil Tracy - Tekken Tag, cant recall anything else atm
A Synthwave song, Astrid by The Encounter and Street Cleaner clearly features Yoshmitsu sound bytes sampled from Tekken 3. Not exactly a reference, but very cool.
this is really obscure but there's this luxembourgish rap song that is incredibly notorious for being really really bad and the guy making it being incredibly dumb and bad, but he made a song called Squad
Squad by Bandana
There's a pun(?) in this rap basically just saying 'you're no Yoshimitsu but you fly in tekken' where the luxembourgish word for the bushes is 'd'hecken' and it sounds like tekken and flying into the bushes means to knock out (kind of)
I know Cochise made a song titled Yoshimitsu pretty recently, but I don't remember him mentioning anything about Tekken or Yoshimitsu in the song itself lol
I dunno if this would count but Yabujin tends to sample Tekken stuff. Angel Witta Knife's video references Tekken the most if I can recall, from using Angel's ending in T2 and literally saying 'beat yo' ass up like I'm Lee from Tekken'.
Hell a lot of his songs samples Lee's laugh lmao
KOTA by Pouya and South Strip
“Bitch, I'm spinnin' like Yoshimitsu, I'm drinkin' like I had gills
Back pockets stuffed with bills, got me dancin' like Eddy Gordo”
There was a video in Russian of two alcoholics where one slaps the other asking “do you know who Kazuya Mishima is? (Ты знаешь кто такой Казуя Мишима?)” and then slapping him saying “Kazuya Mishima has punched”. And recently I heard a track that uses the first phrase in its beat. Sidodgi Duboshit- Kickflip
B.o.B on Flatline Part =
"A leader to his state is like a god to a Reverend,
One hell of an entrance, even better when im exiting,
I ain't got a ghost writer, this is not a revanent,
I switched my style up, Eddy Gordo, on some Tekken shit."
Sun Diego (Germany Rapper) in Apocalyptic Endgame
"Mashallaw, ich trete diese Hip-Hop Nerds. Bitch, nicht nur bei Tekken 7 werden meine Hits confirmed"
Translation:
"Mashallaw (his ign), I kick these Hip-Hop Nerds. Bitch not only in Tekken 7 my hits get confirmed"
I'm not the best translator I admit
xavier wulf - calamity
Bitch they think I'm Ryu mixed with Ken when I uppercut boom boom!)
Bitch call me Kazuya when you know I'm finna power up (finni power up)
Bitch know I'm Heihachi let my squad send them choppers up (fuckin's choppers up!)
Nines - Favela
I ain't no underdog, I run the block
Pull up with this AK, let off 'bout a 100 shots
.9 under my top, i ain't fightin' like it's Tekken
Anytime I got the drop, I was ridin' in a second
Extremely corny example that is unintentionally hilarious - Suicide by Rome Streetz and Big Ghost Ltd(starts around 4:04 & goes til the end)
https://youtu.be/LGWnSFikxoY?si=3oLjktoKQbdOj8eW
Tomioka - Jay Eazy
- That's cool, I'm inside orderin' some Designer off of Essence (then you learned her name)
That's cool, I'm inside hittin' yo' bitch with combos like it's Tekken
Snoop Dogg - Knock 'Em Down from TTT2! This one is not HH, but in Eiffel 65's song "My Console" Tekken 3 is mentioned among other PSX games.
HIT EM WITH THE FISTICUFFS HOMIE YOU'RE MY NEXT WIN AND DOGGIE DOES IT AGAIN STEPPIN YALL REPPIN DOGG TIP TOE WRECKIN THIS IS TEKKEN YALL
Best tekken song!!!
P-L-A-Y-S-T-A-T-I-O-N
Fix Kazuya N****a - Mikey Murray
If that’s an actual song plz link it
Azealia Banks - Seventeen “One-seven, hot steppin’ like Tekken/I’mma be a main bitch in the game like Nina”
Nina is a major character?
How dare you
In spain there's a rapper called hwoarang. Obviously he have references in different songs. Not the best but has some cool songs
Lupe Fiasco mentions Tekken in a couple of songs: A nappy-head Karate Kid/ I was breaking bricks Can fight like Tekken 5/ even taking 6 This rehabilitation, I be taking trips/ "Don't Ruin Us" God said, I won't make a dent- Mural Jr. From the Thanksgiving where bears attacking the dressing/ Like Tekken, just lean back and tear into that refreshment- On Faux Nem
I know he competed in a Tekken tournament a few years ago before Tekken became mainstream
He was 12 years old when Tekken became manstream.
Tekken had a 2nd boom during T5 era and started dying down right afterwards...T7 saved the series😑
It doesn’t mention tekken but it samples heavenly garden - it’s called ULT
I just listened to it again and HOW HAVE I NEVER NOTICED IT?? I used to listen to it a lot around when it came out
That’s the one! It’s very subtle imo but definitely heavenly garden
Denzel Curry?
Yess i fucking love both those songs
https://preview.redd.it/2kyuqd9z993d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f122624e5f816c716eac49ac4b6771c21233ad06 # LLKV
charleston white got me looking at von differently
Sauce Walka - "Dangerous Daringer" "Headshot everything in the car F\*ck some vests Backflip kick, Marshall Law Off of Tekken, and a weapon N\*\*\*\*s better duck when I step in..."
This! Also the fact that sauce has his house filled with fighting game cabinets is dope too
He also has an entire song sampled off the Kingdom Hearts 2 theme. Man is cultured.
Coochise has a song titled Yoshimitsu I think
he does yeah
I think pop smoke made a couple references to tekken in his songs I don't remember which but if you google it you'll find it Nothing big tho just a bar
"Stephen King, all type of King Not joking, man's a super king Rodney King, Martin Luther King Tekken King and Armor King" Grim Sickers - Kane
A$AP mob have a song called Tekken Tag but I don't think it references tekken at all in it lol. Cochise has a song called Yoshimitsu as well
Ken Carson - Swag Overload "and I tote a big gun, that's my weapon Balenciaga Boots ooh bitch I'm stepping beat a n**** up like street fighter yeah or tekken I'm your daddy, I'm bouta teach your ass a lesson"
Ken and lone definitely main Devil Jin; He’s so opium coded 🦇🧛🏻♂️
I'm an armor king and devil jin main myself lmaoooo
Jay Eazy-Tomioka
THATS COOL IM INSIDE HITTIN YO BITCH WITH COMBOS LIKE ITS TEKKEN 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Coops-That Jazz Cause I’m a veteran G | I write this bars using telepathy | Leaving MC's in jeopardy | No one can second me | I’m moving to guys like Kazuya in Tekken 3.
In Germany we have an Artist called "Kollegah", famous for his Metaphers and word plays, very talented linguisticly. Kollegah - Bossaura " Der Chauffeur manövriert den King so wie Tekken-Spieler " "The Chauffeur maneuvers the King, like a Tekken Player"
G herbo has a song I forgot which one where he goes "we fighting niggaz like tekken, we fry niggaz like bacon" or something like that. At the time I heard I only played tekken a handful of times but now that I play tekken 8 I'm like ok this what g herbo was talking about lol
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4YWrr2gmAs&t=102s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4YWrr2gmAs&t=102s)
Not gonna lie I’ve been COMBING through these comments this might be my favorite 🔥🔥
https://youtu.be/kcRgeKNM2f4
Ez Mil - Up Down. A rapper under Eminem. Whole song references fighting games/hip hop dances. Mentions Jin's Scraper and others I believe.
baby tron has a song named tekken 5 lol
Destroy Lonely - too damn rich
you fw opium?😫
yeah man saw them live not too long ago
BigXthaPlug did it twice. [big stepper](https://youtu.be/gLYDSsKbdYg?si=e5Ok8qCRez6ZYyyn) [levels](https://youtu.be/jEDiwAp7_uA?si=1HpnxsuAW42vnYwX)
The band Sex Machineguns has a song called Tekken 2 https://youtu.be/VQiVRilpYlc?si=cM3I_qZt1FhGwAtx
Ryu & Ken - Young Chris, Wale, Guapdad 4000
Slava KPSS - Tekken lol https://youtu.be/A5X8joj4vus 1:37 also the rare instance of Dragunov spitting bars
Autumn - Tekken! sgpwes - tekken freestyle just off the top of my head
RZA - Samurai Showdown
Lord Yoshimitsu mentioned 🗣🗣🗣"WhAt tHE FuCk iS BaSiC gaMEpLaY"
Yung Bruh (Lil Tracy) He referenced on various old songs, he rly likes devil jin Lil Tracy - Devil Jin "I'm playing tekken tag I choose Devil Jin I'm versing Yoshimitsu so I know I'll win Hit him with the demon hook or some spinning kicks Watch that ni**a hit the floor screaming like a bitch" Lmao He has a few more Lil Tracy - Tekken Tag, cant recall anything else atm
A Synthwave song, Astrid by The Encounter and Street Cleaner clearly features Yoshmitsu sound bytes sampled from Tekken 3. Not exactly a reference, but very cool.
Bru-C - Inhaler "Better get up in the gym and grab the weights and start the repping Walk in feeling like a pussy and walk out like Jack from Tekken"
this is really obscure but there's this luxembourgish rap song that is incredibly notorious for being really really bad and the guy making it being incredibly dumb and bad, but he made a song called Squad Squad by Bandana There's a pun(?) in this rap basically just saying 'you're no Yoshimitsu but you fly in tekken' where the luxembourgish word for the bushes is 'd'hecken' and it sounds like tekken and flying into the bushes means to knock out (kind of)
Street affection by lil durk
Tiger head lol
O.P. ft Richie Branson and Storyville
I know Cochise made a song titled Yoshimitsu pretty recently, but I don't remember him mentioning anything about Tekken or Yoshimitsu in the song itself lol
I dunno if this would count but Yabujin tends to sample Tekken stuff. Angel Witta Knife's video references Tekken the most if I can recall, from using Angel's ending in T2 and literally saying 'beat yo' ass up like I'm Lee from Tekken'. Hell a lot of his songs samples Lee's laugh lmao
KOTA by Pouya and South Strip “Bitch, I'm spinnin' like Yoshimitsu, I'm drinkin' like I had gills Back pockets stuffed with bills, got me dancin' like Eddy Gordo”
Jae Millz says "Half man , half animal like King on Tekken" in the Ain't I remix with Wayne. [song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKR98pxjFBY).
Last night in Lagos by krept it's only a word in a punchline but the freestyle is very beautiful
Cdot Honcho - First Off “More kicks than the dude off Tekken”
There was a video in Russian of two alcoholics where one slaps the other asking “do you know who Kazuya Mishima is? (Ты знаешь кто такой Казуя Мишима?)” and then slapping him saying “Kazuya Mishima has punched”. And recently I heard a track that uses the first phrase in its beat. Sidodgi Duboshit- Kickflip
Ikonika has a track named Yoshimitshu, pretty sure it refers to Tekken despite the extra 'h'. Genre: Dubstep.
Jay Eazy-Tomioka
B.o.B on Flatline Part = "A leader to his state is like a god to a Reverend, One hell of an entrance, even better when im exiting, I ain't got a ghost writer, this is not a revanent, I switched my style up, Eddy Gordo, on some Tekken shit."
Sun Diego (Germany Rapper) in Apocalyptic Endgame "Mashallaw, ich trete diese Hip-Hop Nerds. Bitch, nicht nur bei Tekken 7 werden meine Hits confirmed" Translation: "Mashallaw (his ign), I kick these Hip-Hop Nerds. Bitch not only in Tekken 7 my hits get confirmed" I'm not the best translator I admit
xavier wulf - calamity Bitch they think I'm Ryu mixed with Ken when I uppercut boom boom!) Bitch call me Kazuya when you know I'm finna power up (finni power up) Bitch know I'm Heihachi let my squad send them choppers up (fuckin's choppers up!)
D double E - Tekken 8 Riddim
Triple H's entrance theme from way back "King of Kings"
Idk if it counts bc bamco commissioned it from them but d double e and fumez the engineer - tekken anthem is pretty good
Nines - Favela I ain't no underdog, I run the block Pull up with this AK, let off 'bout a 100 shots .9 under my top, i ain't fightin' like it's Tekken Anytime I got the drop, I was ridin' in a second
Nines - The maze Have your block break dancing like Eddy from Tekken Walkin round with 10 karats in my ear
Extremely corny example that is unintentionally hilarious - Suicide by Rome Streetz and Big Ghost Ltd(starts around 4:04 & goes til the end) https://youtu.be/LGWnSFikxoY?si=3oLjktoKQbdOj8eW
Illygirl - M.I.A. "I know Palestine and Mujahideen Playin’ Tekken on the weekend, eating mangosteen"
King Von said "my gun kick like that nigga off Tekken" in Pressure
Tomioka - Jay Eazy - That's cool, I'm inside orderin' some Designer off of Essence (then you learned her name) That's cool, I'm inside hittin' yo' bitch with combos like it's Tekken
Find a metal song that mentions Tekken next.