Czecho No Republic x SKY-HI – indie-pop meets hip-hop!
OK, this unexpected. One of the most charming indie-pop / indie-rock groups Czecho No Republic and SKY-HI, the rapper from co-ed JPop group AAA teamed up for a joint track. And…
AKLO & JAY’ED goes old-school!
The '80s retro wave's been raging for a while all around the world, including Japan, but it rarely gets as authentic as in the music video for Different Man, the…
Budamunk teams up with Yotaro for new free DL EP!
It seems that this year is all about collaborations for boom bap hip-hop maestro Budamunk: he started with a joint 7" with Eloh Kush, that was eventually followed by an…
DJ Krush returns with new, 25th anniversary album, Kiseki featuring local MCs!
DJ Krush dropped 2015's Butterfly Effect 11 years after his previous album, Jaku, but now, less than two years later he is back with another new album, released to celebrate…
Shing02 invites us to Kyoto in a spectacular promotional video
Rapper Shing02, who is quite well known worldwide, thanks to his involvement with the cult-favorite anime Samurai Champloo and his other works with late hip-hop producer supreme Nujabes, recently took…
Charisma.com goes old-school hip-hop in new video!
just released its fourth video for their recent album not not me (find the other three along with info about the album in the previous article) and it is yet…
Budamunk & Elon Kush: Bushido Poems – new 7″ release on Jazzy Sport!
As reported earlier, Japanese beatmaker Budamunk and US MC Elon Kush released a digital single that also served as a preview of their upcoming joint album, Fly Emperor. No update…
Crazyboy: NeoTokyo EP – hip-hop for the dance floors from JSB’s Elly!
Last year I wrote a double feature about LDH, that included a review about the excellent HiGH&LOW compilation and described the agency's role in changing the face of JPop during…
Tokyo 2016 #7: Unofficial with Budamunk, 16flip, Double Double, jjj and more @ Solfa, 2016.09.10
Tokyo 2016 is a 13 part series of photo & live reports from September, 2016, documenting a deep dive into the city's various underground music scenes. Hip-hop's history in Japan…
Tokyo 2016 #5: DJ Daruma, kiLLa and more @ Contact, 2016.09.06
Tokyo 2016 is a 13 part series of photo & live reports from September, 2016, documenting a deep dive into the city's various underground music scenes. The trip's first overnight…