#donkey kong country 1

[yourstrulylightstar283]

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Awesome.😀

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Donkey Kong doodle for DKC's 30th!

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lean (1, 2, 3)

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 13/05/2024

Stickerbrush Queen

Season 1 Featured on: SiIvaGunner's Highest Quality Rips: Volume L [Side A]

Ripped by toonlink

EIGHT. Years later. And we're still jammin'. I can't believe I missed the anniversary to such a historic part of the channel's legacy. I hope the world can forgive me for being a whole day late and that we can all recover from this scandal together.

Stickerbush Symphony is one of the most revered songs within VGM to a degree I don't think I can describe accurately. The original version from Donkey Kong Country 2 is still arguably David Wise's magnum opus and continues to touch hearts everywhere through its various YouTube reuploads, wheras the equally-beautiful remix in Super Smash Bros. Brawl has its hooks in an entire generation of Wii kids who are forever attached to the theme through its prominence in the Subspace Emissary campaign. It of course has a huge presence on SiIvaGunner too, one I've covered multiple times before, most notably in Sidelined Symphony. Yet the song's presence on SiIvaGunner has branched out into something entirely different, an outright franchise of bangers based on the already banging Brawl remix - all of which started with Stickerbrush Queen.

Yes, you'll have to forgive me for Toonlink-glazing once again...it's likely that not even this will be his final appearance on here, but it genuinely cannot be overemphasized just how much of Season 1's spirit was defined by his contributions. Rips like The Great Weed and Dr. Soulja are just quintessential SiIvaGunner to me, and were my go-to rips to share back in 2016, their comedic timing near unmatched, but Toonlink's versatility as a ripper extended to genuine bangers as well. Case and point - Stickerbrush Queen, the first-ever rip of Brawl's interpretation of Bramble Blast, and one that hit the nail on the head right away with an utmost brilliant idea - to use the track as the backing beat to a rap mashup. Whether or not you have attachment to Trap Queen or Fetty Wap before listening doesn't matter - the two halves of the rip lift each other up in such perfect harmony, that it starts to feel wrong to listen to them in isolation afterward.

In my eyes, a huge part of what makes the mashup work is that its playing to the traits of Trap Queen rather than lifting it into a completely different environment - its beat in the original version has a very similar bright, sparkly sound to Brawl's Bramble Blast, and the contrast between it and the vocals are likely part of how Trap Queen was envisioned. More drastic tone changes in rap mashups can certainly bang, I fucking love Sweatpants Select for that very reason, yet there's something just so elegant about how Stickerbrush Queen does it - it still FEELS different, the Bramble Blast instrumental is undeniably emotional, yet its able to balance itself out through the steady rhythm of Trap Queen's vocals. The break in the middle of the rip, at around a minute in, hits extra hard though - the instrumental additions to Trap Queen changing in turn make it such a memorable part of the whole and unify the two songs amazingly well.

Being uploaded so early into the channel's very first season, during the period of time in which EVERYONE's eyes were on this weird new music uploading channel, Stickerbrush Queen slowly garnered a sort of legendary reputation. Perhaps that was just my view of things, but it was one that got validated more and more as the channel went on. More Bramble Blast and Stickerbush Symphony rips were made over the months and years, ones like Stickerbrush State of Mind and more, that all felt like they were paying tribute to the very beginnings of it all. Eventually, those tributes would become direct - The premiere to Season 6 of the channel, Bramble Blast Collab, includes direct nods to this one rip, and its only one of several examples - most notably, a direct tribute to it on Season 7's RIP² album. This release, 7 YEARS LATER AND WE STILL JAMMIN', is of course also notable for referencing perhaps what the rip is most known for these days - the persistence of one sole commenter who returns to Stickerbrush Queen once a year on its anniversary to remind everyone that, yes, all these years later we ARE still jammin'.

Eight years, huh...that's nutty to think about - and yet even with its age, this one sole rip continues to be referenced all over the place on the channel. Stickerbush Symphony, Bramble Blast,whatever you want to call it (even StickerBRUSH Symphony if you're wrong), continues to live on, celebrated as the legendary piece of VGM it always has been - yet the contribution Toonlink made to its legacy all those years ago feels everpresent in a way that's really fun to see - almost EVERYONE following the channel has heard that one mashup at one point or another. Be it the aforementioned direct arrangement of it on RIP², or this fucking stupid tweet that blew up around the rip's fifth anniversary...its the kind of rip that just brings the community together any time we get to hear a trace of it. The definition of an enduring classic - and yes, we are STILL Jammin'.

[its-to-the-death]

Villain Song Showdown Bracket H Round 1

Battle! Pokemon Wielder Volo (Pokemon Legends: Arceus) - Villain: Volo

No One's Gonna Make a Monkey Out of Me (The Donkey Kong Country cartoon) - Villain: King K Rool

[yourstrulylightstar283]

This is awesome! 😀

Funky’s Flights ‘Donkey Kong Country’ Super Nintendo Support us on Patreon

[skeletalheartattack]

What if i went back in time and smashed your gamecube. What would your childhood game collection look like then?

[gamesline]

Bulletin+: Nintendo Direct 6/18/24

Big and small reveals, mostly quite exciting, came from today's Nintendo Direct! Here's a Bulletin+ rundown of what was shown. Read the full article

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[yourstrulylightstar283]

Nice.🦍🐒🐵

[for-king-k-rool-fans]

K rool on cas van pol style

DAT FEET LMAO XDDDD

[chocolatewoosh]

Havin' one of those days where I gotta listen to the entirety of Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2's OSTs while I work and honestly that might've been a bad idea cuz I'm too caught up in nostalgia to work now

[the-wolfbats]

"Do princesses find him attractive?!" "They do if they have good taste!"

[yourstrulylightstar283]

Cool🦍🐵🐒🐒🐵

[turtlemagnum]

god, i suck at mario 2. i'm disparaging my legacy.... seriously, how the fuck have i beaten the lost levels without save states but can't get past 1-3 in american mario 2???? why am i not instantly good at a game i've never really played, god!!!! my mother would be disappointed in me

post writing the tags turtle here: i started rambling about my childhood made the tags longer than the actual post and don't feel like putting them onto the actual post because that'd be too much work and i'm feeling lazy. read em if you want personal bullshit! or don't. i'm not care

[captainsvscaptains]

Battle of the Ships

(Fixed) Round 1 Part 3 Poll 7

Description for the Argo II : Aquatic and flying trireme. Awesome dude Leo Valdez built it. The statue on front is the head of his (mostly destroyed) mechanical dragon Festus who he communicates with in morse code. It has stables and a room in the front so that Leo can rebuild Festus' body.

Propaganda for the Argo II : dragon figurehead that breathes fire that Supreme Commander of the Argo II Leo Valdez is rebuilding. the dragon's name is Festus which means happy in Latin. it has stables for mythological horses. it's just really cool

Description for the Gangplank Galleon : Pirate sailing vessel owned by King K. Rool. Eventually becomes stuck in place. Also spelled as "Gang-Plank" and "Gang Plank"

Propaganda for the Gangplank Galleon : Has a cool theme song with the same name. Now also in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate!

Note :

The picture for the Argo is from the cover of a Chinese edition (yes I know it doesn't really match the description but I love it)

[its-to-the-death]

Villain Song Showdown Bracket A Round 1

K Rool's Finest Hour (The Donkey Kong Country cartoon) - Villain: King K Rool

I'm the Music Meister (Batman: The Brave and the Bold) - Villain: The Music Meister