Sega made a game about voyeuristically watching a guy in his apartment, and the soundtrack is somehow one of the most charming J-pop collections on PS2. Composed mainly by Tomoko Sasaki, this thing is packed with fictional bands, fake TV jingles, and earworm pop songs that all exist inside the game's weird little world.
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The Hokuten Brothers tracks are catchy boy-band pop. "Haro Haro Nariyance Ondo" is a festival dance number that gets a karaoke version AND a Ponchak remix. Half the tracklist is fake commercials for things like "Psycho Chikuwa" and "Choco Pig," delivered with total sincerity.
The whole album pressed in extremely limited quantities, so it became a collector's ghost almost immediately. If you love PS2-era Sega at its most playfully unhinged, this is the deep cut.