This is Street Fighter filtered through late-90s J-pop and vocal arrangements, and it's a completely different vibe from anything else in the franchise. The Artist Album features character-themed vocal tracks that play like an anime tie-in CD.
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"Become the Storm" hits with this fierce energy that screams Ryu without throwing a single punch. "Break!" goes full upbeat pop-rock. "Grow Enraged When Injured" has this dramatic, almost ballad quality. Two different tracks called "Cry" on the same album.
The whole thing sits in that very specific 1998 anime merchandise space where fighters got image songs like boy band members. If you collect weird Street Fighter ephemera or just love 90s Japanese vocal albums, this is a fascinating artifact.