Snoop Dogg hasn’t always been a great rapper. Sure, the first LP ‘Doggystyle’ got the rapper off to a great start but he started to lose his rep shortly after that in my opinion. After his last train wreck of an album I’ve kinda lost my respect for the legendary dee oh double gee.

One rapping dog I’ve never given up on however is Parappa The Rapper. Look… I’m a huge fan of rhythm games (if you read my ballin’ interview you might already know this) and Parappa is an awesome series. I love the little dude so much I have a singing toy of him I got in a store here in Brighton!

Turns out Sony saw it fit to celebrate Parappa’s 10th anniversary by releasing the PSP remake of his debut title <s>west</s>stateside. Too damn right they should do this! Anyone who hasn’t played this game before is truly missing it - it’s a classic. The PSP could really use a good solid title like this in my opinion, with a dwindling supply of developers for the platform - Sony could really use a bit of a boost in interest.

Hit the jump for the press release.

Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) announced today the North American release of PaRappa The Rapper(TM), an iconic character-based music and hip-hop game, available in July 2007 for PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable). Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, in association with legendary multimedia musician Masaya Matsuura and famed New York artist Rodney Greenblat, the PaRappa The Rapper franchise debuted 10 years ago on the original PlayStation(R) and is widely credited with establishing the music and rhythm game genre that continues to thrive today. PaRappa The Rapper for the PSP system mobilizes PaRappa’s hip-hop adventures and builds on the success of this iconic franchise.

Featuring all the characters, levels and songs from the original, PaRappa The Rapper increases the franchise’s social appeal by offering a host of new PSP exclusive features, including the ability for up to four PSP systems to go head-to-head in ad-hoc battles; wirelessly share a demo level through Game Share; and use the PSP Infrastructure Mode to download eight additional playable remixes for players to rap along to.

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