Japenese Jazz-Hop Thread

[RuffDraft]

Quite a claim, i dno what mine would be..... Haha im gonna Claim Nas cause he introduced me to Lyrical and themed hip hop.

Yeah, I mean, I guess in later years, you know? Like you have the early influences, but right now; if I'm honest, 95% of what I listen to is Japanese.

Desree - Life >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Desree - You gotta be

HAHAHA Desree Life is a class song, crappest lyrics of all time aswell.....

"I don't want to see a ghost,
It's a sight that I fear most
I'd rather have a piece of toast"

It has character as a song though haha

LOL

'And watch the evening news'… it's not the worst rhyme ever, but she's hardly challenging Lil Wayne with that one… lol.

Erm ive gave evolution fight a couple of spins, first impression its pretty solid, but i have no urge to re-visit it if im honest, got so much new stuff. The beats are amazing though.... need to give it a couple more spins before i can give you some valuble feedback....

Ahh that's a shame, you heard First Person from Time Being? May change your mind about a revisit of Evolution Fight if you feel this:

[video=youtube;Mg7E96VG7pk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg7E96VG7pk[/video]

 

[stupot0607]

Ahh that's a shame, you heard First Person from Time Being? May change your mind about a revisit of Evolution Fight if you feel this:

Yeah ive got this downloaded after i heard it in a thread way back. its actually been played more than any song on Evolution fight.... So is Evolution Fight your ILLmatic? haha that one album which is the best shit ever!?

Ill get around to it one day...

in the last month ive bought (physically):
Apathy - Honkey Kong (few listens - solid)
Evidence - Cats & Dogs (few listens - amazing)
J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid (not listened to yet)
Jurassic 5 lp Deluxe (i always wanted the deluxe, got a extra amazing EP and dvd, but always had the main album)

Downloaded:

Uyama Hiroto - Son of the Sun (few listens - solid)
Mellow beats friends and lovers (AMAZING)
Sept Playlist of the month (few listens - some great tunes)
Murs - Love and rockets (trying to listen to but keep gettin sidetracked!!)
Brother Ali - Undisputed trust (AMAZING)

i need to stop myself from downloading and buying.......

 

[RuffDraft]

Yeah ive got this downloaded after i heard it in a thread way back. its actually been played more than any song on Evolution fight.... So is Evolution Fight your ILLmatic? haha that one album which is the best shit ever!?

Ill get around to it one day...

in the last month ive bought (physically):
Apathy - Honkey Kong (few listens - solid)
Evidence - Cats & Dogs (few listens - amazing)
J Dilla - Jay Stay Paid (not listened to yet)
Jurassic 5 lp Deluxe (i always wanted the deluxe, got a extra amazing EP and dvd, but always had the main album)

Downloaded:

Uyama Hiroto - Son of the Sun (few listens - solid)
Mellow beats friends and lovers (AMAZING)
Sept Playlist of the month (few listens - some great tunes)
Murs - Love and rockets (trying to listen to but keep gettin sidetracked!!)
Brother Ali - Undisputed trust (AMAZING)

i need to stop myself from downloading and buying.......

Yeah, I'm not surprised, it was my second time hearing the sample yet it still felt fresh.

Nahhhhh, nothing is my Illmatic. Nas was incredible on that release… I bought it when Stillmatic dropped and ended up playing Stillmatic an equal amount… but as time went by, I'd always put Illmatic in over Stillmatic and Illmatic is on another level to Evolution Fight; yet Evolution Fight has wide subject matter and as you say, fantastic production.

Yeah! I finally got round to Cats & Dogs! Definitely my album to play when I break up tomorrow! Class on the Dilla :tu I've bumped Dilla loads these past few months. Sweet, what's the DVD like on that Jurassic?

Glad you're listening to the Playlist!!! :tu You joining in on this months? Going to create it tomorrow or Saturday.

Shame on the Murs, hopefully it's still a great release as others have stated. Haha @ Brother Ali, he's kinda a flawless emcee.

I need to find time to listen to music, period.

Anyways, back to the topic:

Japanese Hip Hop from Nujabes: My top 5 plays (in order):

[video=youtube;YbQHycRW4XY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbQHycRW4XY[/video]

[video=youtube;4COiiDXkgBM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4COiiDXkgBM[/video]

[video=youtube;wnL3aTVQS9k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnL3aTVQS9k[/video]

[video=youtube;ih1GM8Qf6t8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih1GM8Qf6t8[/video]

[video=youtube;_sccg1CZzi4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sccg1CZzi4[/video]

 

[The Lonious Monk]

The Japanese Jazz is good too. If you've ever heard the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, they have a lot of cool stuff on there. I like what the Japanese do with Black inspired music. They actually try to add to it and make it their own instead of just copying the trends.

 

[RuffDraft]

The Japanese Jazz is good too. If you've ever heard the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, they have a lot of cool stuff on there. I like what the Japanese do with Black inspired music. They actually try to add to it and make it their own instead of just copying the trends.

Lonious, you into Anime? If so, PM me; I've been checking it a lot recently, just finished watching Eden of the East (amazing) :tu

Yeah, I think they're just all round talented; you see how great they are at lots of things, music is no different, everything is perfected by them and I think it really comes across in their instrumentals. They're pieced together well, never dull yet never over-produced. Good balance. Very hard to master, IMO.

 

[Ishi]

Good thread ill make sure to peep nomak, Shin-ski etc.

Fat Jon been my dude same with Nujabes just got into Okawari, Hiroto, Michita

@Ruff
A Son of the Sun has been the album i relax to after working out in the night since i peeped it.

One Dream>>>

The Japanese Jazz is good too. If you've ever heard the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack, they have a lot of cool stuff on there. I like what the Japanese do with Black inspired music. They actually try to add to it and make it their own instead of just copying the trends.

GOAT anime with a GOAT soundtrack.

 

[RuffDraft]

Good thread ill make sure to peep nomak, Shin-ski etc.

Nomak is definitely someone to check out, but there are so many, I am still trying to discover everyone lol.

Fat Jon been my dude same with Nujabes just got into Okawari, Hiroto, Michita

@Ruff
A Son of the Sun has been the album i relax to after working out in the night since i peeped it.

One Dream>>>

Really?! 81 Summer was my favourite from that release, but it is solid!!

GOAT anime with a GOAT soundtrack.

You watch a lot of Anime? If so, can I PM you to discuss it? I've been getting into it lately, literally just finished watching Summer Wars - great film.

 

[Ishi]

Nomak is definitely someone to check out, but there are so many, I am still trying to discover everyone lol.

Mos def so much good music i'm hearing out of the J.

Are these cats mainstream Japanese hip hop artists? If so there mainstream scene is pretty impressive compared to ours.

Really?! 81 Summer was my favourite from that release, but it is solid!!

Another dope track loved the whole vibe of these albums i'm hearing so chilled.

You watch a lot of Anime? If so, can I PM you to discuss it? I've been getting into it lately, literally just finished watching Summer Wars - great film.

Yeah I'm a huge anime fan shoot me a pm i'm always looking for another good anime/manga to watch/read.

Trigun,Cowboy Bebop, Darker Than Black, Rurioni Kenshin, FMA just some of my favorites.

Princess Monoake stays being my favorite animated movie period.

 

[RuffDraft]

Mos def so much good music i'm hearing out of the J.

Are these cats mainstream Japanese hip hop artists? If so there mainstream scene is pretty impressive compared to ours.

Not to my knowledge no, for instance, earlier in the thread:

hiphop in japan is mainly poppish typa mainstream stuff not too many ppl actually know nujabes and similar specially outside of tokyo.his death was a big shock to the whole scene but still excellent albums comin out.

Props on the Anime/Manga, I'll shoot you a PM later when I've watched Princess princess mononoke, bought it a while back in an obsessed Anime/Manga shop of Amazon!