Really Good Japanese Hip Hop
17 years ago
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I would consider myself a large connoisseur of fine japanese hip-hop music. I indulge on everything from the underground to the mainstream. I figured I would make a list of some good artists and groups I know of. If you know of some, please do share.
Good J-Hip Hop Artists and Groups
Nitro Microphone Underground
Zeebra
Dabo
Suiken / SxWord
Macka-Chin
Twigy
King Giddra
Dj Mitsu
Rappagariya
Nujabes
Ripslyme
Soul'd Out
Buddha Brand
Dev Large
DJ Tonk
DS455
Gagle
M-Flo
Jhett
Shing02
Tha Blue Herb
Tsutchie
Dragon Ash
AI
Shakkazombie
DJ Hasebe
DJ Masterkey
Dohzi-T
Afra
Tokona-X (R.I.P)
Aquarius
Montien
Nipps
Big-O
more to come......
17 years ago
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I dont listen to jhiphop or really jmusic for that matter (I kno blasphemous for someone who likes anime/manga)
17 years ago
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nujabes did a collab with CL Smooth. that's enuff to add him to the list.
"Hip-hop was set out in the dark. They used to do it out in the park"
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What makes Japanese Hip hop really good? It must be the beats, cause I can't understand the lyrics.
I've got Midicronica's Album #501. I think its great, by the way.
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17 years ago
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u can't hate a good beat and even if u can't understand the lyrics, the flow and how the person "rides the beat" says alot. soulja boy is a good example of a person who can't stay on beat.
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17 years ago
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Quote from Calliber
What makes Japanese Hip hop really good? It must be the beats, cause I can't understand the lyrics.
I've got Midicronica's Album #501. I think its great, by the way.
What makes Japanese hip hop so good is that the language actually flows fairly well to a beat. Hip Hop and Rap in general was created with english pronunciation as the core. Japanese can rhyme and flow well with english so it is easily suited for hip hop, not to mention the Japanese really took to the culture and idea of it.
Like I personally do not like French or German rap at all. I don't think it works well. Also only one dialect of Chinese is good, the others sound like shit rapping.
17 years ago
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I am very wary of japhop, mainly because I see hip hop as a cultural thing, as I do with most music. Being a sort of a 'purist' I rarely stray from the core of the genre.
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17 years ago
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Quote from ahoaho
I am very wary of japhop, mainly because I see hip hop as a cultural thing, as I do with most music. Being a sort of a 'purist' I rarely stray from the core of the genre. heads - short for hip hop heads.
u no while today's youth shun the fab 5, rakim, kane, PB, and run dmc; japanese heads love them and celebrate them in the same way we do with all the jazz and rock acts of the 50''s or 60's. the "core" of hip hop today lies heavily in its underground acts now that mainstream is so oversaturated with garbage. and some of america's best underground acts, maybe because they dont get any love over here, goes over to japan and releases albums and gets mad love. Generation Y heads will never accept our core while the japanese gladly embrace it. point is, the japanese knows hip hop and the quality of music of some of those guys on mrsatan's list can easily rival dat of talib mos or lupe in japan.
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17 years ago
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u no while today's youth shun the fab 5, rakim, kane, PB, and run dmc; japanese heads love them and celebrate them in the same way we do with all the jazz and rock acts of the 50''s or 60's. the "core" of hip hop today lies heavily in its underground acts now that mainstream is so oversaturated with garbage. and some of america's best underground acts, maybe because they dont get any love over here, goes over to japan and releases albums and gets mad love. Generation Y heads will never accept our core while the japanese gladly embrace it. point is, the japanese knows hip hop and the quality of music of some of those guys on mrsatan's list can easily rival dat of talib mos or lupe in japan.
Well spoken, I agree completely. Underground hiphop over is here is very amazing, but I love how the Japanese have taken the underground feel and made it their own. Sure they may have some shitty pop style rap crap, but it isn't nearly to the same saturation levels that the US market is.
17 years ago
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Quote from ahoaho
I am very wary of japhop, mainly because I see hip hop as a cultural thing, as I do with most music. Being a sort of a 'purist' I rarely stray from the core of the genre. heads - short for hip hop heads.
u no while today's youth shun the fab 5, rakim, kane, PB, and run dmc; japanese heads love them and celebrate them in the same way we do with all the jazz and rock acts of the 50''s or 60's. the "core" of hip hop today lies heavily in its underground acts now that mainstream is so oversaturated with garbage. and some of america's best underground acts, maybe because they dont get any love over here, goes over to japan and releases albums and gets mad love. Generation Y heads will never accept our core while the japanese gladly embrace it. point is, the japanese knows hip hop and the quality of music of some of those guys on mrsatan's list can easily rival dat of talib mos or lupe in japan.
I agree. Fully. My point was a somewhat, i wouldn't call it racist, but maybe bigoted. Hip Hop is black music. Jazz is black music. The blues is black music. That is where the music was born and that is where it is the best in my opinion. However, more than being a black art form, it is the music of those who live in urban areas. The music of the downtrodden.
That is what I mean by cultural. Most contemporary MCs have lost base with their roots, and only make fools of themselves.
IDK it's complicated. I would be more likely to pick up a reggae record from a Jamaican band, a folk record from a liberal band, and a Latin album from a hispanic band. That and I prefer hip hop in languages that I can understand
That said, I really dig typhoon24
edit: nujabes is good too.
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17 years ago
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japanese hip hop huh?....well it can't be anyworse then soulja boy...i might check it out
17 years ago
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Recently I also discovered j-hiphop for myself... =)
So I suggest Home Made Kazoku and nobodyknows+. May be it's too "some shitty pop style rap crap", anyway it's well done. And HMK's albums is easy to find right now.
17 years ago
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styles of beyond are japanese.
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17 years ago
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i like american HIP HOP music
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