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Meiso
is the third studio album by Japanese hip hop producer DJ Krush. It was released on July 21, 1995 in Japan by Sony Music Entertainment. ''Meiso'' was issued in the United Kingdom on October 30, 1995 by the label Mo' Wax, peaking at number 64 on the UK Albums Chart. It was released in the United States on April 9, 1996 by Mo' Wax and FFRR Records. The album produced the singles "Meiso" and "Only the Strong Survive", which reached numbers 52 and 71 respectively on the UK Singles Chart. Composition ''Fact'' described ''Meiso'' as an album of sample-based trip hop music. AllMusic critic Ned Raggett said that the music continued in the vein of DJ Krush's past work, incorporating "mid- to slow-tempo grooves and breaks" and exploring "everything from jazz and funk to experimental ambient production." The album features guest performances from several American rappers: CL Smooth on "Only the Strong Survive", Roots members Black Thought and Malik B. on "Meiso", Deflon Sallahr on "Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Krush
, better known by his stage name DJ Krush, is a Japanese record producer and DJ. He is known for his atmospheric instrumental production which incorporates sound elements from nature, and extensive use of jazz and soul samples. Early life Ishi was born in Tokyo in 1962. He dropped out of school at an early age and joined a local gang and, a few years later, the yakuza. Early in his career as a yakuza underling, Ishi discovered a severed finger wrapped in paper on his desk. Later, after discovering that it had belonged to a friend, he decided to leave the yakuza and cut ties with the criminal underworld. Ishi was inspired to start DJing after seeing the film '' Wild Style'' in 1983. "When I discovered the film Wild Style in 1983 I found what I really wanted to do, to express myself," he said in a 2015 interview. "Breaking, grafitti, rap, DJ… I always liked music so I chose DJ. My body wasn’t built for breaking, DJing was the thing for me." Career Aside from being considered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Thought
Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (born October 3, 1973), better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper, singer, actor and the lead Emcee (hip hop), MC of the hip hop group The Roots, which he co-founded with drummer Questlove in Philadelphia. Regarded as "one of the most skilled, incisive, and prolific rappers of his time",Black Thought – Biography AllMusic. Accessed on August 28, 2020.Interview of Jamal Greene, brother of Talib Kweli Conversation with Tyler. Accessed on June 2nd 2022. he is widely lauded for his live performance skills, continuous Multisyllabic rhymes, multisyllabic rhyme schemes, complex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mo' Wax
Mo' Wax was a British record label founded by James Lavelle in 1992. The label was not co-founded by Tim Goldsworthy, as is often reported. Steve Finan became co-owner shortly after. Mo' Wax came to recognition for being at the forefront of trip hop, turntablism and alternative hip hop during the mid-1990s. The label also released notable records covering techno, drum and bass and Electro (music), electro. Mo' Wax also helped the graffiti artist Futura 2000 regain popularity, by using his artwork on many of their releases in the 1990s. Lavelle signed partial ownership of Mo' Wax over to A&M Records (now part of the Universal Music Group) in 1996. When their deal expired he signed with Beggars Group, who still own some of the catalogue. The name derives from "Mo'Wax Please", the title of a column James Lavelle wrote in the magazine ''Straight No Chaser (magazine), Straight No Chaser'' and the Oxford club night he ran. This in turn was influenced by the Freddie Roach (organist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strictly Turntablized
''Strictly Turntablized'' is the second studio album by Japanese hip hop producer DJ Krush, released on November 21, 1994 by Mo' Wax. In Japan, the album was released by the Avex Trax subsidiary label Jazz Not Jazz Records on April 21, 1995, and was subsequently reissued by Sony Music Entertainment on September 9, 1998. Critical reception "The tubercular atmospheres and wheezing bass of the record's best tracks", wrote Peter Shapiro in '' Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide'' (1999), "showed that the Down Tempo beat crew was capable of evoking something other than their own ganja-soaked hipness." In 2015, writer Daisuke Kawasaki ranked ''Strictly Turntablized'' at number 38 on his list of the "100 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time". Track listing Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Musicians * DJ Krush – beats, scratching * Noah – vocals on "The Nightmare of Ungah (Sandro in Effect)" * Stash – vocals on "Intro" and "The Nightmare of Ungah (Sandro i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ki-Oku
is a collaborative studio album by Japanese jazz trumpeter Toshinori Kondo and Japanese hip hop producer DJ Krush. It was released on August 8, 1996 in Japan by Sony Music Entertainment. The album was issued in Europe by the R&S Records imprint Apollo on January 26, 1998, and in the United States by Instinct Records on March 23, 1999. Composition ''Ki-Oku'' consists of 10 proper tracks and three short interludes. It features a cover of " Sun Is Shining", which was originally written and performed by Bob Marley. Critical reception Rick Anderson of AllMusic said that ''Ki-Oku'' is primarily an album of "smooth-groove jazz" music, but "reveals more with repeated listens; if it sounds too easy at first, listen again – there's lots of interesting stuff going on beneath what sometimes sounds like a merely pleasant surface." In 2015, ''Fact'' placed ''Ki-Oku'' at number 25 on its list of the best trip hop albums of all time. Track listing Personnel Credits are adapted from the al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Shug
Cary Guy (born December 13, 1961), better known as Big Shug, is an American rapper from Boston, Massachusetts, a co-founder of Gang Starr and a member of the Gang Starr Foundation collective. Biography Born in Boston, Cary spent much of his early life in Boston's Mattapan area (known locally as "Murdapan").Cordor, Cyril Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2011-03-19 Growing up, he forged a friendship with rapper Guru, leading to them eventually founding the group Gang Starr in Morehouse College with Shug's younger brother DJ Suave D. The group disbanded when Shug was imprisoned and eventually Guru moved to New York, where he added DJ Premier to Gang Starr. On his release, Shug again hooked up with Guru, joined the Gang Starr Foundation, and contributed to each of Gang Starr's albums, beginning with '' Hard to Earn'' in 1994 (on "F.A.L.A."). He also appeared on DJ Krush's '' Meiso'' in 1995 as well as "The Militia" from 1998's '' Moment of Truth'', and contributed to Guru's Jazzmat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
, often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation and is operating independently from the United States–based Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment due to its strength in the Japanese music industry. Its subsidiaries include the anime, Japanese animation production enterprise, Aniplex, which was established in September 1995 as a joint-venture between Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, but which in 2001 became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It was prominent in the early to mid 1990s producing and licensing music for animated series such as ''Roujin Z'' from acclaimed Japanese comic artist Katsuhiro Otomo and Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' animated series. Until March 2007, Sony Music Japan also had its own North American sublabel, To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guru (rapper)
Keith Edward Elam (July 17, 1961April 19, 2010), better known by his stage name Guru (a backronym for Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal), was an American rapper, record producer and actor. He was a member of the hip hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2012, About.com placed him #49 on their list of Top 50 MCs of Our Time, and ''The Source (magazine), The Source'' ranked him #30 on their list of Top 50 Lyricists of All Time, saying "Guru dropped some of the most thoughtful rhymes on wax". Guru died on April 19, 2010, from myeloma at age 48. Early life Elam was born in the Roxbury, Boston, Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Harry Justin Elam served both as a judge and a lawyer as he subsequently also became the first African American judge appointed to the Boston Municipal Court of Massachusetts and he later also became Chief Justice of the same court and lastly he was appointed as an Associate Justice of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malik B
Malik Abdul-Basit Smart (November 14, 1972 – July 29, 2020) was an American rapper, singer, and founding member of the Philadelphia-based hip hop band the Roots.Davis, Kimberly (2003)The Roots Redefine Hip-Hop's Past, ''Ebony'', June 2003, p. 162Shapiro, Peter (2005) ''The Rough Guide to Hip-Hop'', Rough Guides, , p. 323 He appeared on the band's first four albums before his departure, but often returned for subsequent releases. As a solo act, he has released two studio albums, ''Street Assault'' (2005) and '' Unpredictable'' (2015) with Mr. Green. Career On the Roots' seventh studio album, ''Game Theory'', released in August 2006, Malik B returned to the group,Golianopoulos, Thomas (2006)The Roots ''Game Theory'', '' Vibe'', September 2006, p. 211-2 appearing on three tracks, including the title "Game Theory" (track 3; listed as 116 on North American releases), "In the Music" (track 5; listed as 118 on North American releases), and "Here I Come" (track 8; listed as 121 on Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Roots
The Roots are an American Hip-hop, hip hop band formed in 1987 by singer Black Thought, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and drummer Questlove, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'', having served in the same role on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' from 2009 to 2014. Current regular members of The Roots on ''The Tonight Show'' are Captain Kirk Douglas (guitar), Mark Kelley (bass), James Poyser (keyboards), Ian Hendrickson-Smith (saxophone), Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson (sousaphone), Stro Elliot (keyboards and drums), Dave Guy (trumpet), Kamal Gray (keyboards), and Raymond Angry (keyboards). The Roots are known for a jazz rap, jazzy and eclectic approach to hip hop featuring live musical instruments and the group's work has consistently been met with critical acclaim. ThoughtCo ranked the band #7 on its list of the 25 Best Hip-Hop Groups of All-Time, calling them "Hip-hop's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
