Ok, hear me out. What if Rat Taxi was a '90's adventure game developed by Sierra and these were originally midi level songs. It was about a rat cabbie who, in the search of a guy who bilked him on a fare, uncovers a plot involving a gang selling a drug called 'blue cheese' and a plan to assassinate mayor Gorgonzola?
Bro here's the real question: Why not make it yourself? even if it takes years. You clearly have an audience. just need a little time and a little sharpening and a whole lotta patience, I'm working a full time job, a side gig and balancing gamve dev with gameplaying and socializing rn, but I'm making weekly progress even if its minscule because I'm learning as I go. Just let us know in five years when its done, k?
Fat RUclips W for recommending this to me randomly out of the blue. Literally the first five seconds of this album and it was already clear that this is a instant classic. Even the album art is perfect. The vibes are immaculate.
"In this city, being a taxi driver isn't a slice of cheddar." I love how this music made me nostalgic for a game that never existed, but still an absolute blast.
Everything in this album has insane quality, production its crispy, bass sounded from underneat earth itself, composition and samples are on point, i feel some cassiopea references(traffic jam/home bass), some alfa mist too (Rise an shine), dnb and jungle beat (rush hour) and more. Dude the variety of styles and sounds is crazy. For being an album about a rat cabbie, i sure want to be in this ride listening to all his rat taxi stories. thanks for the great music :^D
@@JackdotC the ending of the film has him slowly climb up to the lady's face and rub his snout on her lips as an attempt at a kiss, then he jumps over to the other guy and starts fucking burrowing into his eye and eats his brain
It’s the rat race if you know what I mean. Everyone’s out to get some. The gouda. The emmental. Heck, Gorgonzola my friend. The cheese wheel, it’s what makes the world go round.
YOU MAKE IT SO HARD TO PICK A FAVOURITE SONG IN YOUR ALBUMS ALL OF THEM ARE JUST TOO GOOD but if I had to pick a favourite it would have to be rise and shine it feels like eating something with jelly texture on your way to an appointment when the sun hasn't come up yet but it's still kind of light out
here I was complaining about my RUclips algorithm not showing me enough random bangers... then this wise guy pulls up in his preem yellow cab banging this, I couldn't resist the aura.
7:12 am. August 2nd. 2024. I found this on my RUclips for you page amidst a time where I’m going through spiritual changes and stuff. That’s got nothing to do with rat taxi. It’s just a vibe. The sun is out
I've listened to this album like a half dozen times at this point. I don't know how you encapsulate 10 different vibes for "Rat Taxi" and together they become greater than the sum of their parts. Love this album.
louie zong you absolutely blow my mind. so prolific and so creative and so talented and you just CHURN this stuff out with consistency and extremely high quality. nothing but love
15 seconds in, fucking KILLER Louie!!! You gotta have one of the best hit rates of "Hey guess what it's a banger and you know it immediately" out of any artist I've ever listened to.
This is one of the biggest bops that you've ever dropped Louie, every track has a perfect vibe and those chord changes (OH my goodness). Plus the collaboration with Dante NK was just amazing!
I clicked because the whole aesthetic captivated me and I didn't know what to expect music-wise, but 3 seconds into the album and I must admit if there ever was a rat taxi it would 100% sound like this
Took me down from an anxiety attack. Talk about chill vibes. Rise and Shine and Recess both instant classics to me. The whole album is a work of art and I'm so happy to have stumbled upon it.
This is without a doubt my favorite Louie Zong album (previously it was Funky Friends). I love how the vibes shift a lot, one moment you’re listening to something inspired by Jet Ser Radio, and the next you’re listening to Dumpster Disco’s amazing blend with chiptune elements that sound like it could’ve come from a video game, even a hip-hop esque track which I wasn’t expecting. And yet switching up vibes makes listening through the album refreshing imo. Every song in this does not miss. Louie does not miss.
@@jakesho1877Pull yourself together mate. Fucking crying over Rat Taxi, come on. Sunlight and exercise mate, will sort you right out. Maybe a martial arts class. 💪🏻
dumpster disco is my absolute favorite, theres just something abt it that tickles my brain so good i can listen to it 9 times non stop without it getting repetitive (also i find it ironic how traffic jam seems to be at a faster bpm than rush hour, when yknow, traffic jams are so goddamn slow and tedious)
I think it's a more frenetic pace to represent the /feeling/ of being in a traffic jam. You're right that traffic is slow crawl but inside the taxi I'm bugging out slamming my paws on the steering wheel and pulling my whiskers out
just commenting to say i’ve listened this a lot the past few months and to thank you for making this! even though i doubt a physical release i pray for one
(Flavour dialogue from rival taxi gangs when you start the game) Welcome to new cheese. kid, are ya worth your cheddar? don't bite the soft bits a' the brie, and you get left in the crust, kiddo! Argh, we'll gecha next time, you revved away by the hair on your whiskers!
Feels like the soundtrack for a Isometric Crazy Taxi but each level is like a Maze that becomes more complex. So not only do you need to get people to where they need to be but you'd also need to navigate a Maze. (competitive co-op?) Could add in some roguelite elements to upgrade your taxi or increase your time or get better tips.. (introduce more rat/animal friends that got different gimmicks like mario kart) Someone make it happen!
The flute because of the pied piper is so genius. Also getting Earthbound Fourside vibes from sure but also so much more, you are a master at your craft Im truly amazed
Never heard of you but I clicked on this because the thumb and title caught my eye. I've been listening to a lot of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard lately. Also listen to tons of casiopea and funk. Algo knows what it's doing, because I effing love this album. Feels OLD in a good way. Already added it to my routine, I drive for a living. I can see me cruising to this already.
I was legitimately surprised to learn this wasn't a sleeper hit video game, but actually just a fire album. Can you imagine how sick a game this would be? Like crazy taxi but with animals and bizarre quests. Maybe you uncover a cabbie conspiracy, that goes all the way to the top- or bottom... (because you're rats)
this album sounds almost exactly like the kind of music ive been dying to hear that plays every once in awhile in my head, and to think this is my first impression of your music after seeing this pop up below flying beagle thank you
If you think I'm going to click on a video with the name ''RAT TAXI'' just because it has a mouse driving, you're right.
he's a rat
Facts. Gives me vibes i don't quite understand yet and need to develop further
Guilty as charged
fr
Mice and rats are different species of rodentia.
Ok, hear me out. What if Rat Taxi was a '90's adventure game developed by Sierra and these were originally midi level songs. It was about a rat cabbie who, in the search of a guy who bilked him on a fare, uncovers a plot involving a gang selling a drug called 'blue cheese' and a plan to assassinate mayor Gorgonzola?
This is canon to me now
magic
I literally imagine the same plot except the names
Bro here's the real question:
Why not make it yourself? even if it takes years. You clearly have an audience. just need a little time and a little sharpening and a whole lotta patience, I'm working a full time job, a side gig and balancing gamve dev with gameplaying and socializing rn, but I'm making weekly progress even if its minscule because I'm learning as I go.
Just let us know in five years when its done, k?
@Akira-Aerins good on ya man as someone who does some game design stuff in my free time it's tricky to want to keep going amd actually make progress
Fat RUclips W for recommending this to me randomly out of the blue. Literally the first five seconds of this album and it was already clear that this is a instant classic. Even the album art is perfect. The vibes are immaculate.
This just happened to me. God bless the algorythm.
RUclips been randomly recommending some bangers lately, always a pleasant surprise
brothers in random music. the only time ill say thank you youtube
Fat W for youtube recommending me a channel with 1m subs
DUDE YES same thing happened to me!!
Be honest, you knew this had to be a banger before you clicked on it
Yeah.yeah I did
Algoritmo, como eles fazem isso?
Indeed
I clicked it by accident but I am happy
I knew it only from the cover
"In this city, being a taxi driver isn't a slice of cheddar."
I love how this music made me nostalgic for a game that never existed, but still an absolute blast.
Someone has to release it anyway
It's a top-down GTA 2 clone that plays like Crazy Taxi. I can visualize it now..
@@blakejames9743 I'm considering developing this...
Same, bro 😂
@@FourMileFox If you do, lmk. I'm studying web dev/game design as well, so I'd love to contribute!
using the voiceover of the guy narrating a lab rat navigating a maze but instead it's the rat cabbie navigating the city streets... that's genius
Is that a known video? I´d like to see it just to enjoy the song even more
@@elGonhoI believe it is some behaviorism study
I like it when he says ‘rat taxi rat taxi’ & ‘cheesey street’🤌🤌🤌🐀🐀🐀🐀
"Float like a butterfly, sting like BRIE" omg im dead
Light on my feet, i sting like a bee.
This got me sipping slow😮💨
Shit caught me off-guard
Everything in this album has insane quality, production its crispy, bass sounded from underneat earth itself, composition and samples are on point, i feel some cassiopea references(traffic jam/home bass), some alfa mist too (Rise an shine), dnb and jungle beat (rush hour) and more. Dude the variety of styles and sounds is crazy. For being an album about a rat cabbie, i sure want to be in this ride listening to all his rat taxi stories. thanks for the great music :^D
ratatouille but instead of being a cook Remy is involved in the plot of Drive
True!
he's cooking up bangers
"I cook"
@@JackdotC the ending of the film has him slowly climb up to the lady's face and rub his snout on her lips as an attempt at a kiss, then he jumps over to the other guy and starts fucking burrowing into his eye and eats his brain
Odd Taxi vibes
This is a soundtrack in need of a game 🐀🚖🎮
All of his music is. He's that good.
This sounds like the OST to a PS2 driving game about rats.
I wish it existed.
ikr i kinda wanna put everything aside and start working on a rat taxi game
@@Megnevezhetetlen Tell me there is gonna be a punk rat taxi driver with a green mohawk poking out the window!
YES!
I was thinking the same thing, especially with Dumpster Disco
@@Megnevezhetetlen Gonna work on one now. Like the idea too much.
I've had this in my watch later for 6 months. I now regret the last 6 months of my life
Who knew rats could be so groovy?
This! ‼️
my guy, rats are _always_ groovy
Jerma, still tho this album goes hard af
rats love music they think it's magic
Right???? Chuck E Cheese has been real silent these days 😂
It’s the rat race if you know what I mean. Everyone’s out to get some. The gouda. The emmental. Heck, Gorgonzola my friend. The cheese wheel, it’s what makes the world go round.
rise & shine is such a gentle track... it's like a private, tender reprieve from the hustle and bustle of rat city...
or even the rat race, if you will
Mr freeman
Yes!! I totally agree 😍
What are the odds that your profile is a rat commenting on a rat album. Propaganda!!...ratoganda!!
@@THE_ONLY_REAL_WAFFLE hell yeah!
bro unlocked my chidlhood memories playing rat taxi with all of my friends, rat taxi is truly timeless
This is the most engaging concept album I have ever listened to. This thing should be in the damn louvre. Someone get the melon on this
I'm so envious of your ability to consistently, quickly, and seemingly effortlessly create such quality works of art. You have such a gift.
WE MAKING IT OUTTA THE PANTRY WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥💯
The rats in my pantry have been jamming 24/7 to this and I've been jamming with them
i would love to see you do a collab with Worthikids some day
I was literally just thinking about that!!!
imagine a music video for the second song animated by worthikids XD
so i wasn't the only one who thought of friends in low places during basement boogie 😅
quem é worthikids na fila do pão?
Or 2 Mello perhaps?
Damn, What an amazing find :))!!
Fantastic work
YOU MAKE IT SO HARD TO PICK A FAVOURITE SONG IN YOUR ALBUMS ALL OF THEM ARE JUST TOO GOOD but if I had to pick a favourite it would have to be rise and shine it feels like eating something with jelly texture on your way to an appointment when the sun hasn't come up yet but it's still kind of light out
This description is so wonderful
This is prob'ly Rizzo's favorite album.
"Hey, Gonzo! Turn the volume up! This is my jam!!" 🧀🐀
rizz🤑🤑🤑🤑
pepe the prawn pretends not to like it in front of rizzo but he cant deny how good it is
All the Muppets find it catchy in their own way
here I was complaining about my RUclips algorithm not showing me enough random bangers...
then this wise guy pulls up in his preem yellow cab banging this, I couldn't resist the aura.
My favourite part is when the rat taxi said: "It's rat taxing time!"
And then taxied rats all over the place
Let the rats pay the rat tax! I pay the Homer tax!
Oh no the taxi became Taxes!!!
oh nooo!
Stawp 😂😂😂😂
7:12 am. August 2nd. 2024. I found this on my RUclips for you page amidst a time where I’m going through spiritual changes and stuff. That’s got nothing to do with rat taxi. It’s just a vibe. The sun is out
I'm a rat cab driver in a city and I didn't know I need this 🚖💎
This is exactly what i hoped "RAT TAXI" would sound like.
I am amazed.
My drive to work is gonna be fun today.
I've listened to this album like a half dozen times at this point. I don't know how you encapsulate 10 different vibes for "Rat Taxi" and together they become greater than the sum of their parts. Love this album.
louie zong you absolutely blow my mind. so prolific and so creative and so talented and you just CHURN this stuff out with consistency and extremely high quality. nothing but love
Completely agree with you, fruitman
I think we’ve finally cracked the algorithm, to be recommended this banger you gotta be doing something right
15 seconds in, fucking KILLER Louie!!! You gotta have one of the best hit rates of "Hey guess what it's a banger and you know it immediately" out of any artist I've ever listened to.
This is like the 4th Louie Zong album ive just randomly stumbled upon and listened to pretty much the full thing.
Serious talent.
RATS RATS RATS RATS
Ugh I hate that I saw this video and avoided clicking it until now. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS MISSING OUT ON! Peak stuff, my man 👌
This is one of the biggest bops that you've ever dropped Louie, every track has a perfect vibe and those chord changes (OH my goodness). Plus the collaboration with Dante NK was just amazing!
All my rat friends are pleased with this representation
Pumping some RAT TAXI into myself before my librarian assistant exam, thank you Louie!
This feels like an OST from an alternate universe where Sonic games just kept getting better and better.
New Louie zong album on my birthday 🐸 it's a groundhogs day miracle
happy bday! ✮⋆｡°✩ ✮
happy birthday!! :D
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Happy birthday!!!
Happy birthday!
Traffic jam is your best work yet.
After listening to a song about how it feels to be a caterpillar, I knew this was going to be another banger
I clicked because the whole aesthetic captivated me and I didn't know what to expect music-wise, but 3 seconds into the album and I must admit if there ever was a rat taxi it would 100% sound like this
i keep coming back to this banger, Lou.
Took me down from an anxiety attack. Talk about chill vibes. Rise and Shine and Recess both instant classics to me. The whole album is a work of art and I'm so happy to have stumbled upon it.
I'm just so happy to come back to this months later and see it getting the recognition it deserves.
This is without a doubt my favorite Louie Zong album (previously it was Funky Friends). I love how the vibes shift a lot, one moment you’re listening to something inspired by Jet Ser Radio, and the next you’re listening to Dumpster Disco’s amazing blend with chiptune elements that sound like it could’ve come from a video game, even a hip-hop esque track which I wasn’t expecting. And yet switching up vibes makes listening through the album refreshing imo. Every song in this does not miss. Louie does not miss.
This is still one of your greatest albums to date
Much like the sewers of mystery, the lore of Louie's rat-related music deepens
Bro this is so good i started crying at Basement Boogie for no reason...
Maybe i just miss her
@@jakesho1877Pull yourself together mate. Fucking crying over Rat Taxi, come on. Sunlight and exercise mate, will sort you right out. Maybe a martial arts class. 💪🏻
Me and the bros tripped mushrooms hard to this album
OM WAHLKIN' 'ERE!!
Yeah I definitely could see and hear Dustin haha
I like how the accent was so thick Google tried to translate it
I’m scurrying here
This must be a game
Everything’s so perfect about it
dumpster disco is my absolute favorite, theres just something abt it that tickles my brain so good i can listen to it 9 times non stop without it getting repetitive
(also i find it ironic how traffic jam seems to be at a faster bpm than rush hour, when yknow, traffic jams are so goddamn slow and tedious)
I think it's a more frenetic pace to represent the /feeling/ of being in a traffic jam. You're right that traffic is slow crawl but inside the taxi I'm bugging out slamming my paws on the steering wheel and pulling my whiskers out
@@ekuude fair point
just commenting to say i’ve listened this a lot the past few months and to thank you for making this! even though i doubt a physical release i pray for one
"Honey, stop. You are not rat taxi driver!" Me:
I don't know what a RAT TAXI is, but this is exactly what it would sound like.
All the songs in this are so good. I love the general vibe of this album. Phenomenal work all around!
at this point i might become religious and start praying to the youtube algorithm gods bc they have been blessing me!!
Look I know it's only 8 days old, but I need more of this.
come for the rat, remain for the music
Rats… We’re rats… We’re the rats…
(Flavour dialogue from rival taxi gangs when you start the game)
Welcome to new cheese. kid, are ya worth your cheddar?
don't bite the soft bits a' the brie, and you get left in the crust, kiddo!
Argh, we'll gecha next time, you revved away by the hair on your whiskers!
I mean, if you want a crazy taxi rat remake, then this artist already just created the whole soundtrack.
i saw the album cover, read the title, and i knew i was in for something actually nuts
Not only is it rats, it's a fucking banger album as well. Phenomenal!
ive been listening to this on repeat its my life background theme music at this point
MOZZARELLA
I WRITE RHYMES IN A BOX OF NUTELLA
🔥🔥🔥🗣️
Did not expect it to go nearly this hard
youtube randomly be recommending me some heat
The video had been in my recommended for a while.
Didn't feel like it at the moment, but finally clicked it and oh boy I'm blown away!
In an alternate world where Plantasia is about jazzy cabbie rats instead of plants
Turns out Louie Zong is what I was missing in my life 🕺
Algorithm be praised. This is insanely dope.
Feels like the soundtrack for a Isometric Crazy Taxi but each level is like a Maze that becomes more complex.
So not only do you need to get people to where they need to be but you'd also need to navigate a Maze. (competitive co-op?)
Could add in some roguelite elements to upgrade your taxi or increase your time or get better tips..
(introduce more rat/animal friends that got different gimmicks like mario kart) Someone make it happen!
I was so excited to hear this 100 times i never commented... Phenomenal stuff❤
Awesome album. It gives me a sense of precious childhood nostalgic?
Odd Taxi. It's an anime. Check it out. You're welcome in advance.
i remember finding hello world in 2020 Louie Zong always makes the best songs
If "Ratatouille" and "Taxi Driver" were a movie.
The flute because of the pied piper is so genius.
Also getting Earthbound Fourside vibes from sure but also so much more, you are a master at your craft Im truly amazed
Uritaxi 🐀🚕💎
WE MAKING IT OUT CHEEZY STREET WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I like how funky this is. Definitely don’t regret clicking
Never heard of you but I clicked on this because the thumb and title caught my eye. I've been listening to a lot of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard lately. Also listen to tons of casiopea and funk. Algo knows what it's doing, because I effing love this album. Feels OLD in a good way. Already added it to my routine, I drive for a living. I can see me cruising to this already.
I was legitimately surprised to learn this wasn't a sleeper hit video game, but actually just a fire album.
Can you imagine how sick a game this would be? Like crazy taxi but with animals and bizarre quests. Maybe you uncover a cabbie conspiracy, that goes all the way to the top- or bottom... (because you're rats)
Nothing but bangers as per usual
It's 5 am now and I can't sleep. I have an exam and an essay due in 2 days and this is helping me stay productive. Thanks Louie
I love the fact that homebass is basically 70s porn music mixed with Sunny by Bobby Hebb
this has such a nostalgic vibe to it. great album
Now who gave you the right to go THIS hard????? My god man this is incredible! Just begin with hard hits. Keep it up my friend
🐀💎
didn't think I'd discover this today
this album sounds almost exactly like the kind of music ive been dying to hear that plays every once in awhile in my head, and to think this is my first impression of your music after seeing this pop up below flying beagle
thank you
When's this dropping on GameCube?
Everytime the rat taxi just goes ''it's rat taxin time'' and just rat taxes into the sunset i'm all like ''rating taxing indeed''
I really needed this wiggle today thank you
This is immaculate. Funky, tight, solidly head bopable.