Nujabes
Friday, August 8th, 2008
I don’t know what took me so long, but I’ve started tracking down all my favorite music from the show Samurai Champloo that was on television a while back. Most of the stuff used on the show was written by Nujabes and Fat Jon (of Five Deez fame) who both have a very cool-out jazz influenced style of making beats. I’ve also noticed that there is a very distinctly Japanese version of hip hop that producers hailing from there see to adapt to (see DJ Honda, DJ Krush, etc..). Very clean, very subtle, but always with content. Anyways, this could have been a much more comprehensive blog since both of those guys have extensive catalogs, but I’ll let you dig that stuff out for yourself. And go watch that show if you haven’t seen it already. You girlfriend will probably hate it, but what does she know anyways (ps.. you know you’re a total geek right?)
Nujabes - Latitude Remix (ft. Five Deez)
Nujabes - The Final View
Nujabes - Kumomi
Nujabes - Feather (ft. Cise Starr & Akin)
Nujabes - Next View (ft. Uyama Hiroto)
Bonus:
Samurai Champloo Opening (video)
Samurai Champloo Closing (video)
