japanese rap [Archive]

fyce

Mar 28, 2003, 22:34

i am very interested in rap music and tryin'
2 find good artists all over the world but in japan I just
found a few interesting artists like:
-dj krush
-shakkazombie
-rappagariya
-zeebra

can anyone tell me some more rappers or interesting
placese for hip hop fans 2 go 2 (in japan of course).

Twisted

Mar 28, 2003, 23:19

Hi there Fyce,

DJ Krush doesn't rap. He's just a DJ/Producer. He has worked with some US-based rappers though, like Mos Def.

Here's a list of other rappers/hip-hop projects i know. Don't have any sites i can think of right now, but google usually gets the job done.

You the rock
Action
Dragon Ash
Mob Squad
Rip Slyme
Mach 25
Palm Drive
Firstklas
Dabo
Halcali (female fun hip-hop)
M-Flo
Yama Arashi

Well, that's all i can think of right now. Probably enough to keep you busy for a while. :)

GoNetik

Mar 29, 2003, 17:30

Wassup Fyce :hey:

I love hiphop and i have got some places that i can recommend to someone for hiphop lovers! My fav places are:

Yellow (Nishiazabu)
Nuts (Roppongi)
Air (Daikanyama)
Harlem(Shibuya) -> so famous!
Venos (Shibuya)
Velfarre (Roppongi) -> everyone knows!

And my fav. place is Yellow. This is more clean and they surve real good hiphop music for dancers. For me better than Harlem!

As for Japanese DJs, have you heard of "DJ Joey slick"? Well he is actually Japanese-American and his scratchings is just.. awesome! He also produces radio program called "Joint One Radio Show" on Inter FM (76.1) from 8-9pm during the week, you will never regret it!

:wave:

GoNetik

Mar 29, 2003, 17:34

Hey and they are all in Tokyo, kinda far from you maybe..

ChennehCis

Mar 29, 2003, 18:37

I thought Velfarre was strictly trance? Am I wrong?

Iron Chef

Mar 29, 2003, 20:22

"As for Japanese DJs, have you heard of "DJ Joey slick"?"

Speaking of turntables... Don't forget Hokkaido's very own DJ Honda baby. 'nuff said. 8-p
:)

fyce

Mar 29, 2003, 20:25

nope haven't heart about him only dj's a know:

-krush
-honda (have already see him life)
-shadow

GoNetik

Mar 30, 2003, 20:45

Yeah, Velfarre does trance too, but you can enjoy hiphop more!

Hmmm.. DJ Honda baby? I haven't heard of him.. ah and i also am into DJ pone. I have been to DJ competition at Venos and he was one of judges there, at last he played his own scratchings.. my jaw just dropped open! :shock:

Iron Chef

Mar 31, 2003, 13:16

Just "DJ Honda", heh. The "baby" was just a bit of personal flava. 8-p

http://www.djhonda.co.jp/
:)

Iron Chef

Mar 31, 2003, 18:19

Here's an up and comer (one of Miami's own no less, and a Chinese-American) who's been getting a lot of exposure lately after winning seven fresstyle battles in a row on BET's "106 and Park" show. His goes by Jin and since then he's signed with Ruff Ryders (DMX, Eve, etc.) and is set to release his debut this year. Having seen him freestyle on BET I can attest this guy is for real and despite the fact he eerily sounds a lot like Eminem, I think he'll be a rising star to keep your eye on. Read more about him at the following link:

http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/jin/
:)

fyce

Apr 1, 2003, 00:23

yeah i've never heart of jin but today i could already listen 2
some songs of him....yeah he's dope
not the same level as jigga or others but not bad.

but i'd really say he's copying eminem's style.....
or it's just because they got such a similar voice.

jin da ruffryder it's strange man!

GoNetik

Apr 13, 2003, 18:40

I haven't heard of Jin neither, i'll listen to him when i have got chance :cool: so far my fav is pone, netik, and joey slick tho. ;)

den4

Apr 15, 2003, 04:18

mflo is cool....

dark for tears

Apr 15, 2003, 06:22

kick the can crew! heh if no one had heard them, then i would be happy to send you the mp3 of their first album on msn - its an hour mp3, but its good :D

mdchachi

Jun 26, 2003, 20:10

Dabo
http://www.universal-music.co.jp/defjam/microsite/dabo.html

Twisted

Jun 27, 2003, 03:32

Wow, Dabo actually did some solowork as well! Usually you only see him in collaboration projects. :)

ben

Jun 27, 2003, 07:35

BUDDHA BRAND!!!

Gaki

Jul 3, 2003, 20:37

Halcali,
M-Flo.

spyder

Jul 8, 2003, 14:28

Dragon Ash and Kick The Can Crew are good. Also a song called 'What you want' by Heartsdales is another good tune

Sukotto yori.

Gackt's Twin Fan

Jul 9, 2003, 23:16

I think Japan Rap sounds funny, but I haven't heard a lot of it.

Faira

Jul 10, 2003, 05:16

The thought of it scares me....

gundamv3

Jul 16, 2003, 03:44

the only J-Rap that i listen to is ShakkaZombie, but i do like more some K-Rap

akiko

Jul 16, 2003, 23:16

Hello.... I am in the U.S. teaching japanese to high school student.... sometimes we listen to rap..... this is what I found...
If you go to cdbaby.com, and type in the name "Stoski" in the search box you will find a rap artist.. the names of the songs are in japanese, and plus you can here them...

http://www.cdbaby.com/found?artist=stoski&soundlike=&album=&style=;) ;)

SupAhSusHi

Jul 18, 2003, 21:42

hey dont forget, Heartsdales.. they're my fav. female duo who could definitely rap!

Mic banditz
Ai
Shing02
Shakkazombie
M-flo
Sphere of Influence
Rip slyme
S-word
Kick the can crew
Dabo
Rhymester

thats all i know so far, but im sure someone knows more :)

Ami

Jul 23, 2003, 07:05

I'm not into Japanese Rap and Hip-Hop period. But I am a little bit into American Rap and Hip-Hop._.

Freedom523

Jul 26, 2003, 06:19

Suite Chic ROXS !! palmdrive is good .. dragon ash is good too

Ami

Jul 26, 2003, 06:23

Well, I guess I can try some of those out.

JinsMoni

Sep 7, 2003, 14:54

Not so much into Japanese rap but I do love the R&B stuff, you might like it. I suggest:
Suite Chic
Tyler
Crystal Kay Loves M-Flow
Little Brother(American hip-hop/rap not sure ^^;;;)

akiko

Oct 7, 2003, 11:38

http://dirtyfaces_ent.tripod.com/

I was digging Stoski.. good american hip hop

insane_pink_tiger

Oct 8, 2003, 00:41

:sick: i hate crystal kay......

MaS-FLoWz

Oct 9, 2003, 01:00

Gangsta DX is cool too
and so is DS455
Zeebra is da bomb but lotsa people dont like him cause he was goin too comercial but i still dig his stuff
dj hasebe's cd is cool
I love Ai..
sphere of influence is good
and thiz is all i can think of now

SupAhSusHi

Oct 9, 2003, 20:40

actually the song with crystal kay and m-flo is a lil too poppish for me...

insane_pink: why?

Twisted

Oct 10, 2003, 03:03

I think the commercial sound is the best asset of M-Flo. They're really good at it.

budd

Oct 17, 2003, 09:44

sould out (http://www.artimage.co.jp/artist/sould/top.html)?
post more in a minute
amazon listing (http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000APZQ0/ref%3Dm%5Fbb%5F1%5F12/250-2197009-8255414)

KlahaXGackt

Oct 19, 2003, 13:53

Does anyone know if Rip Slyme is considered rap? I listened to a song of theirs and well it's not the rap that I'm use to hearing because if it was...I wouldn't have listened....

Twisted

Oct 19, 2003, 17:33

In principle they're a hip-hop group, but i would rather call it fun-hop of even funk-hop, since they use a lot of brass instrumentation.

KlahaXGackt

Oct 20, 2003, 02:27

I thought it sounded more punk/ska

Twisted

Oct 20, 2003, 02:45

Really? Which song was that?

Twisted

Oct 20, 2003, 02:47

Really? Which song was that?

KlahaXGackt

Oct 20, 2003, 05:34

hold on...it was one that one of my good friends sent me to listen to "Funkastic"

budd

Oct 21, 2003, 02:36

while over there, wrote down some names from this free mag (wish i had grabbed it now -- site seems to be gone :( http://www.ufc.jp)
malta jazz sax
half moon street
east end x yuri (da.yo.ne)
kick the can crew
ripslyme
soul'd out
L.L.brothers
m-flo
スチヤダラバ
シーモネーター
ビリケン

KlahaXGackt

Oct 21, 2003, 13:22

have you heard any of them....or just were skimming through the mag and they looked appealing?

Illuminata

Oct 27, 2003, 19:06

I can't usually stomach american rap/hip-hop, but i LOVE J-Rap... strange, ne? My absolute favorites ever are M-Flo, Dragon Ash, and the immortal ShakkaZombie.

I used to listen to this crazy group Funk the Peanuts R... I can't find a shred of evidence that they ever existed anymore! Can anyone help me? Or am I just going crazy?

budd

Oct 28, 2003, 02:50

"have you heard any of them....or just were skimming through the mag and they looked appealing?"
nah, wrote them down just to add info to this thread basically
i listen to skills hip-hop, so all i bought was honda's hII album on this trip
anyway
http://www.s-boon.com/ind_style01.html

rhymester*

Nov 2, 2003, 00:07

funny most of u consider kick the can crew hiphop....they are more like pop IMO. but i guess they rap so is considered jrap? humu humu

DS455...hoho sounds good but u don wanna know what they are rappin about. its not called gangsta funk [g-funk] for no reason haha
i love MURO...King of Diggin!! :cool:
Rhymester too..Nitro microphone underground, Shing02, shakkazombie, soul scream, aquarius, doberman inc and many other.

V Sinizter

Nov 4, 2003, 06:13

I'm an american rapper who's trying to expand internationally and get my style access to the japanese pop culture.

www.v-sinizter.com:clap:

budd

Nov 7, 2003, 07:53

woofin
http://www.shinko-music.co.jp/mag/index_wo.html

budd

Nov 7, 2003, 13:22

http://www.sl-1200.com/history/index.html

X-Japan-FanGrl

Nov 19, 2003, 04:23

Shakkazombie kicks so much *** :D

Shakkazombie
Dj Hasebe
Dj Masterkey
Dabo
Sphere of Influence
Macka-Chin
Gore-Tex
Nitro Microphone Underground

V Sinizter

Nov 19, 2003, 07:12

Love how you can peacably talk about anything and not get hate for it. I know when my album drops, alot of consumers will be hearing about this site fa sho!:D

Oh by the way, more news and what not at www.v-sinizter.com

Peace.

X-Japan-FanGrl

Nov 19, 2003, 07:29

whats weird is i hate MOST american rap but japanese rap is cool ..i hate all american pop but i'll listen to japanese pop in the drop of a hat lol

<3 no hate here lol

i like that sites layout

tharealeazygsta

Nov 19, 2003, 11:45

yo wassup all i'm half japanese and i'm tryin to get in touch wit my roots(lol) and i was wonderin who ya'll think is the best japanese rapper out there right now and where i could get a copy of his CD.

Elgin

Nov 19, 2003, 12:44

rap is crap
metal is great

:D

X-Japan-FanGrl

Nov 19, 2003, 14:31

im into metal english wise

and im not gonna lie i just got into j-rap but meh my taste are always open for new things

as for the best so far for the dude that wanted to know the best j-rapper or whatever

shakkazombie

Winter

Nov 20, 2003, 09:55

I'm starting to get really into Steady and Co. and I'll always love Dragon Ash, and Zeebra.

I think, generally, J-hip hop is a good genre.

Oh, and Rappagariya is great.

rhymester*

Dec 3, 2003, 19:49

Dragon ash? thats more rock...rap does not equals to hiphop. their image might appear to be but their music is not.'

Zeebra changed a lot since he started like 10 years ago...kinda sad cos his earlier stuff was good but now is all hip-pop haha

Best rapper for me is :: Maccho or XBS

Porl

Dec 3, 2003, 21:02

Im listening to some DJ Honda clips from his website.. ..i likes alot!! Im going to try and get one of the albums!!! ;)

Porl''

Winter

Dec 4, 2003, 05:23

I like the hip hop of Zeebra. Thats why I like him now.

Nothing wrong with good hip hop.

And some songs off of Viva la Revolution are hip hop. Maybe saying Dragon Ash is hip hop is ignorant, but Kenji has done very distinct hip hop projects, there is no denying that.