This is just a small, little tribute to the most beautifullest (yes, even more beautiful than just "most beautiful") person on the Planet: Maki Hojo who recently had her 7 year anniversary in the business. PARTY TIME!
I'm going to release a Song with more in-depth lyrics and a more proper Beat, this is one is just meant for all people who think alike.
Peace, ☆せいこ(王)☆
Feel free to share this with Maki on Twitter. Maybe she'll like it ;D
Maybe you've heard it already: Since a few weeks i'm a member of 81 Records Japan and as a starter, the founder "UKEY" wanted to do a little colaboration with me. I was in charge for the Beat. And this is how this Single was born:
Needless to say, i'm the only german artist on that Label, so in the future it is pretty likely that you'll hear more interwined lyrics aka a mixture of Japanese, English and german sentences in my lyrics.
Of course you know me already: I'm just a huge fan of the asian culture and i want to make japanese Rap more popular and i hope i can attract some of you guys to this superb music.
(If the link is down, let me know in the comments below and i'll reupload it.)
If you like what you hear, please make sure to share it on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, share it with your friends, family, etc.. I really appreciate it.
You can also feel free to send me Feedback about the Album. What did you like about the Album or certain Tracks and what didn't you like, etc. so i can get better.
Okay this is the final update concerning my upcoming Mini-Album "日本の。。。"
The Album is ready to get published. The artwork is done and i recorded all Tracks. Here is the final Tracklist:
01 イントロ (02:58)
02 MUSIC OVER BULLSHIT (03:14)
03 私、僕、俺 (03:52)
04 IT'S 大K (05:01)
05 日本の。。。 (13:35)
06 MURDERVILLEだぜ(06:18) Total Runtime: 35:01
As i already said (and as you can see from the Artwork from my post before: All Tracks are going to be in japanese (bad grammar is assured and likely to occur ;)) and all Tracks are going to have a japanese touch to them (except for Track #02, which features traditional chinese music instruments.)
I think on publishing it sometime next week on this Blog.
And i'm gonna say it once more: The Album is going to be available completely for free. You don't have to pay for anything. If you want to support me, then share this Post on facebook, twitter, google plus and of course with your friends. And make sure to visit this Blog frequently next week.
I have a major update concerning my upcoming Mini-Album 日本の。。。
The Album is almost done! I just have to write one more verse for one Track and record it.
Plus, i have to produce one Song. After i've done that, it's basically done.
What is already done is the Artwork and the Tracklist. This is how it's going to look like:
The Cover
The Tracklist
(These Tracks are all going to be on the Album, but i'm probably gonna shuffle them a bit around before i release the Album.)
And to make you a little bit hot for the Album i wanted to talk a little bit about the Album, the single Tracks and what you can expect from this Album in general.
First things first: All Tracks on this Album are going to be in japanese. And that's not just the case for the Lyrics, but also for the Beats. Each Track is recorded and performed by myself. The Beats are also done by myself and there are no featuring acts.
This Album is something that i always wanted to do: I'm a HUGE Fan of traditional japanese Music. Enka, Shamisen Music, Biwa Music etc.. And in this Album i tried to take samples from traditional japanese Music and merge them with Rap Music. So besides simple drums you are going to hear lots of traditional japanese instruments in the background (shamisen, biwa, flutes, shakuhachi, etc..)
I also used some samples from Enka singers (one from the Biwa master herself "Tsurata Kinshi") and let them sing alongside a basic Rap drum.
So yeah, japanese Rap is my most favorite Music, i only listen to this nowadays. But what i like the most, is if they use traditional japanese instruments in their Tracks, which happens way to less, in my opinion and with this Album i'm trying to change that a bit.
And now i want to talk a little bit about the single Tracks. What they are about and what you can expect from them.
01 イントロ (INTRO) Runtime: 02:58
This Song is to get into the Album. It has no drums, snares or anything. It's just me rapping over a looped shamisen sound, played by the master "Takahashi Chikuzan".
You can kinda compare this Track to "Keepin' it real" from my previous Album.
02 MUSIC OVER BULLSHIT Runtime: 3:14
I already released this Track several months ago on my YouTube Channel. It was just a little diss track against mainstream "Artists" namely Lil' Wayne, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.
In this Track i kinda went "overseas" and took a sample from China and looped it. So this Track features chinese music instruments.
03 私、僕、俺 (I, I, I) Runtime: 3:52
These are the three different pronounciations for "I": The "formal" one, the "manly" one and the "rude" one.
This is a Track where i tell everyone who i am and i manifest my love towards asia.
04 日本の。。。 (Japan's...) Runtime: 13:35
As i write this i can tell you that i haven't produced this Track yet, but i already know what it is going to contain:
This Track is going to contain a "standardish" drum-kit. I'm probably going to add some shamisen and shakuhachi sounds.
I'm not going to rap on this Track at all. I will add some Enka singers on this Track. Usually traditional Enka features one singer, who is playing an instrument by her- or hisself. And sometimes there isn't much music in the background, so i'm going to merge traditional japanese Enka singers with modern Rap music on this one.
05 MURDERVILLEだぜ Runtime: 6:18
Just me, representing my Label "MURDERVILLE." I'm gonna tell you how i tick, where i stand in the clique and i'm also gonna talk about the rest of the Crew.
The chorus however, is sung by a japanese Enka singer. And on verse 2, you also hear "Tsurata Kinshi" on the Biwa and on the Microphone, as well. I think you'r going to be surprised how "modern" traditional
japanese music can sound like.
06 It's 大K (It's OOK)
I know, it's a bad pun. You spell "大" as "Oo" and it basically stands for something big.
This is a more heavy track, where i have no clear topic, i'm just rapping what comes into my mind to a more heavy kind of Beat. This one contains hard drums and shamisen sounds.
Yep. That's all. On this Album i'm trying to show you how good traditional japanese music sounds like. All in all it's a merge between traditional japanese music and "modern" japanese HipHop Music.
As i said: The Album is as good as finished. Basically there are just two more tracks and then it's done.
I'm currently trying to pick up the pace, so i can finally present you this new joint.
Until then: Feel free to share this Post with everyone, to let everyone know that there is something HUGE coming.
Thanks for all your support so far, and let me know what you think about the artwork or about the Album in general, by leaving a comment below this Post.
Oh, and as a little teaser, here is the first Track from my Album:
*Edit* (02/24/2013)
I have just finished the Track "日本の。。。"
It has a total runtime of 13 minutes and 35 Seconds.
As i said: I don't rap on this Track. I produced a simple drum kit (inspired by "E"QUAL's Song "Original No. 1" and sampled a LOT of traditional japnese Music.
If you want to know what exactly i sampled on this Track. There you go:
Eri Chiemi-Kiso bushi
Shamisen (Album)-Gidayuu; Kiyari Ondo
Shamisen (Album)-Shin-nai; Ranchou
Takahashi Chikuzan-Ringo bushi
Traditional Japanese Vocal & Instrumental Music (Album)-Ogi no mato
Traditional Japanese Vocal & Instrumental Music (Album)-Esashi oiwake
Tsurata Kinshi-Biwa, The World of Tsuruta Kinshi (Album): Shunkan
Tsurata Kinshi-Biwa, The World of Tsuruta Kinshi (Album): Yoshitsune
Tsurata Kinshi-Biwa, The World of Tsuruta Kinshi (Album): Dannoura
Yoshida Brothers-Kodo (Hishou version)
Yoshida Brothers-Panorama
After a few weeks... okay months of slacking i decided that it's time to work some more on my upcoming Mini-Album "日本の。。。" So today i recorded the first Track for the Album, called "イントロ" (Intro.) And you probably know which tracknumber this song has, right? Ahhh you are a crafty little fella.
I also decided to upload it to youtube to let you people know that i'm actually working on this Mini Album.
There you go:
Once again: If you like it, feel free to share it =)
And one more thing: The Tracklist for "日本の。。。" is also already finished. Here it is:
1: イントロ
2: Music over bullshit
3: だぜ！
4: ちょっとまって
5: 私、僕、俺
Ooonce agaiiiin~
A few weeks ago i remembered this dope Song from Dizzee Rascal "Graftin'." This Song had such an AWESOME Beat and i remembered that i always wanted to rap over this Track. So i took the Beat from this particular Song, looped it and wrote some lyrics to it. This is how my newest Track that i recorded today found it's way on YouTube. The Track is called "DOPE MUSIC". Usually i only rap about silly stuff. I also did it on this Track, but since the Beat is so intense, i also dropped in some "serious business facts."
Oh and by the way: Make sure you turn up the volume AND the bass, as well.I can tell you: The Bass in this Track is... yeah let's say "recognizable."
DON'T FORGET: If you want to download the Track to put it on your MP3 Player or to scrobble it on LAST.FM (which i would highly recommend) feel free to do so. You'll find the Download Link in the Video description or right here:
Since the last post was about the "Song of the Moment", i thought that we stay at the topic "music" with this post. Never change a winning team, right?
Japanese underground Rap has got a new Artist. He is called "jinmenusagi". His Mixtape "I MAY SICK" is legally available for free download. I can just recommend it to you, this Mixtape is AWESOME. I don't want to be a leecher and just give you the downloadlink. Here is the Link to his Blogpost where u can easily download it via "Mediafire"
-> http://jinmenusagi.blogspot.de/2012/06/i-may-sick.html <-
Just download it and give it a listen. You've got nothing to loose, since it is for free. I personally really enjoy this Mixtape (mostly the Bonus Tracks.)
If you like what you hear, then feel free to support this guy by sharing his Album with as many guys as you know. I can only repeat myself: It's for free.
I'm going to give you some links regarding jinmenusagi if you want to know more about him and/or his music: jinmenusagi's Blogspot jinmenusagi's Soundcloud Account jinmenusagi's Twitter Account jinmenusagi's YouTube Account jinmenusagi's Tumblr Account
If you want to check out his Style, i added 2 YouTube Videos down below. He kinda reminds me of "鎮座DOPENESS." On his first Album "100%RAP" he worked with a different producer on every Track and not one track sounded alike. That's pretty much the same with "jinmenusagi" he doesn't seem to have a "strict style" he seems to be able to vary alot, so it never gets boring, when you listen to some of his Songs.
And now enjoy "jinmenusagi's" Album and let me know what you think by either posting a comment under this Post or leave him a message on of his accounts. He is making his music for free (despite one Album he released), so support him wherever you can!
I'm going to post this one in English.
Since my little "rant"... wait why "rant"? Let's say: Since the truth in my last post, where i was talking about the sillyness of today's mainstream "music", i decided to do a little track against Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. Download it, and share the video with your friends to revive real music!
... and you can find most of the Songs on my YouTube Channel.
Here is the Playlist:
You'll find the download to the Album in the description of each video (the donwload is for free, of course.) Or, you can download it directly from here:
