1 " Chaos Samurai " is broadcast, I know Nujabes !
People who are not particularly familiar with Nujabes or who just recommend listening to his songs through various music platforms daily, the first reaction will tie him to a Japanese cartoon. That's right, that cartoon is "Samurai of Chaos".
"Chaos Samurai"
"Chaos Samurai" is the work of director Shinichiro Watanabe , a personality that also likes Hip-Hop culture but is extremely repulsive to commercialization. I got this as a samurai theme. When the main animation, the first reaction decided to use the Hip-Hop element as the main tone of the animation, and also invited Nujabes, who is still the owner of a record store, to make a soundtrack for the animation. After the popular broadcast of "Chaos Samurai", even in the United States, the birthplace of Hip-Hop culture, a large number of people became fans of this animation. At the same time, Nujabes became famous!
Nujabes at the record store
"Chaos Samurai" is a typical story of Watanabe Shinichiro, two men and one woman. The unique narrative features make the audience who just started watching it will feel a little boring and inexplicable, but when After you have watched the entire animation, you will understand that every screen transition and different perspective switching and even the opening animation have not only a tribute to the Hip-hop culture, but also other aspects, the story of each episode. The content is through the conflict and opposition to the final reconciliation, and these are not only looking for a simple storyline such as the sunflower warrior, but also through music as the center, music drives the story, and completes the emotion that allows the audience to truly feel the story.
The Hip-Hop elements in "Chaos Samurai"
Nujabes's music concept and Watanabe Shinichiro's animation concept perfectly overlap,As a result, not only the animation is very popular, but also many classic jazz rap singles. For example, even people who just like this cartoon but don’t know Hip-Hop also have impressions of songs like "Battlecry" and "Aruarian Dance". profound. However, more of Nujabes' story and musical talent are not just for the soundtrack of this animation.
2 Nujabes you don’t know!
Nujabes, whose real name is Seba Jun (Seba Jun) ("Nujabes" means "Seba Jun" upside down), was born in Tokyo in 1974.
We all know that Japan in the 1990s and even now is the gathering place of global vinyl culture, and has surpassed the United States. All those who love turntable culture come to Tokyo, it is essential to go to the record store, even the Tokyo Tourism Bureau has specially published a Tokyo record map travel guide, in such a cultural background and city, seba jun began to use the name Nujabes to work DJ works, and runs a "tribal" second-hand record shop downstairs from the Guinness Storehouse, and also serves as the music director of various fashion events.
Also because in the process of working in record stores and DJs, Nujabes met a lot of good musicians and a group of people who also like Hip-Hop, and thus established the independent music label Hydeout Productions.
In 2003, the label compilation "Hydeout Productions 1st Collection" was released. The album was well received at the time. It not only promoted the vigorous development of the Japanese Jazz Hip Hop music industry, but also made Nujabes already well-known in the Japanese rap circle at that time. Also in 2003, Nujabes released a solo album "Metaphorical Music" that established his important position in the jazz and rap circle. The album included several guest appearances of his friends such as shing02, Fat Jon, People Under The Stairs, Funky DL and so on.
Nujabes' album cover
3 Another legend-Luv series!
The Luv series can be said to be another place to know Nujabes in addition to "Chaos Samurai". The Luv series has a total of 6 parts, spanning a full 15 years.
Nujabes and Shing02 wrote the first three of them together; after Nujabes passed away, his friends made the latter trilogy based on the semi-finished products he left behind. The themes of these six parts are: freedom, love, peace; encounter, separation, and reunion.
In 2011, one year after Nujabes passed away, Hiroto Uyama, Shing 02 and other musicians who worked with Nujabes jointly produced the album "Spiritual State", which included the fifth in the Luv (sic) series. First and sixth.
Luv series lyrics manuscript
4 R.I.P Nujabes!
Nujabes’ personality has something to do with his favorite "cold jazz" music. In addition to music, he is very low-key in other aspects, so we rarely see him on other occasions except music. , He is not like other rappers or DJs, all kinds of brand-name clothes, access to all kinds of media news, and concerts. He rarely participated in these until February 26, 2010, when Nujabes was involved in a car accident and died after being rescued. He was only 36 years old.
Nujabes
He is the owner of a record shop;
He is the manager of a label;
He hates how others define him as Jazz Hip Hop;
He is Nujabes,It is Hip-Hop itself. Although his body has already left us, his voice has always been in your and my ears R.I.P Nujabes!
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