ReMix: Street Fighter Alpha 2 'Kasugano (BootyMix)'

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This one's sort of a bummer for me personally, simply because somewhere deep down inside I think I wanted to have the first Street Fighter Alpha (aka Zero) ReMix on the site... I'm particularly partial to the series, and it was definitely on my list to cover and will remain so in spite of this excellent, lively submission from Marc Star that both addresses the need for some SFA love - in this case SFA2 - while also giving us a funky, Sakura booty-shakin' jam. Funk guitars abound over a heavy 4/4 kick-driven house/dance groove with a tight, deep bass, as nice filtered synth chords (like the quicker doublespeed break in the pattern as a lead-in on these) start things off. The piano that eventually takes over for the melody is mixed a little low, and I'd say the drums and bass in general overpower it a bit too much. Later we get some crunchy guitar thrown into the mix as well. Now, on to the one detail that might make or break it for you, depending: vocal samples from the one and only Sakura are rhythmically integrated into the mix. This annoyed a couple of the judges; however, I can't count myself in their company. Perhaps, as someone who played the hell out of SFA and SFA3 (not so much two, but Sakura's in three, too, so...) I'm used to hearing her shouts repeated ad infinitum, and thus don't mind. And Marc Star has done an ace job of making them rhythmically fit into the arrangement. My general opinion of the Street Fighter series' music, be it 2, Alpha, Three, etc., is that they're harder tracks to mix, so I also ad some adjustment for that. But I don't think this ReMix needs it - it keeps getting better each time I listen to it, and it does conjure images of Sakura doing her infamous booty dance victory pose, shaking her young, firm.... but that's beside the point. Whether an SFA diehard like myself or not, this is a pretty accessible, enjoyable, funky mix. Though it's a little repetitive, the shtuff it's repeating is quality house with enough polish and creativity to warrant multiple go-rounds. Been waiting for a quality Street Fighter Alpha series mix to come along and beat my dream of having the first such mix on the site into a bloody pulp, and I'm not disappointed that this is the mix to do it. Good stuff.

― djpretzel