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MURO, is a Japanese

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recording artist, DJ, record producer and designer. In 1987

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, TWIGY and others formed the "KRUSH POSSE", a crew of rappers and DJs. During this time he excelled at DJing hip-hop and began producing hip-hop beats. His solo debut appeared 1993. In the late 1990s he worked extensively with

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, one of Japan's most successful hip-hop crews. In addition to producing he also was active as a designer.

Discography

Singles

*Street Life (1994/4/21) *THE VINYL ATHLETES (1999/12/22) *EL Carnaval (2000/7/5) *LYRICAL TYRANTS From Local To Global (2001/1/24) *SPACE FUNK 2001 feat. Nipps

Albums

*K.M.W.(King Most Wanted) (1999/4/21) *PAN RHYTHM:Flight No.11154 (2000/8/23) *INCREDIBLE!-BLUENOTE DJ MIX by MURO (remix) (2001/5/23) *KING OF DIGGIN' presents…Sweeeet Baaad A＊s Encounter (2002/6/12) *CHAIN REACTION (mini album) (2003/1/22) *BACK II BACK (best of album) (2004/3/10) (CCCD) *BACK II BACK 2 (best of album) (2004/8/25) (CCCD) *20 Street Years Instrumentals Non Stop Mixed by DJ MURO (remix) (2005/7/20) *20 Street Years (2005/7/20) *MURO MUROTIMATE BREAKS&BEATS VOL.1 (best of album) (2006/11/22) *MURO MUROTIMATE BREAKS&BEATS VOL.2 (best of album) (2006/11/22) *TOKYO TRIBE 2 (soundtrack) (2006/11/22) *DIGGERS DOZEN (12 nippon gems selected by DJ Muro) (2022-BBE Music)

Featured On

*MISIA「つつみ込むように…」 (1998/2/21) *つつみ込むように…(DJ WATARAI REMIX～Featuring MURO) *

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「BASED ON A TRUE STORY」 (2000/6/14) *THE UNTOUCHABLE III featuring MURO *RINO LATINA II「Carnival of Rino」 (2001/12/5) *病む街 PartII 第三章 feat.MURO,TWIGY *キングギドラ「最新兵器」 (2003/10/8) *リアルにやる(MURO Remix) *

「STRAIGHT FROM THE UNDERGROUND」 (2004/8/25) *10%無理 featuring MURO *マボロシ「ワルダクミ」 (2004/12/8) *SET IT OFF featuring MURO,DABO *MIKRIS「M.A.D.」 (2005/10/5) *OFF THE CHAIN feat.MURO,TAD'S A.C *DJ MASTERKEY「THE ADVENTURES OF DADDY'S HOUSE」 (2006/6/7) *RHYME LINE feat.MURO & BOO *KASHI DA HANDSOME「DIME PIECES」 (2007/3/7) *ALL★STAR feat.MURO,LUNCH TIME SPEAX *Patch Up The Pieces ft. Freddie Foxxx & DJ Muro (Album: DJ Babu Presents Duck Season) *DJ Cam - Honeymoon, Muro-Han-Tome

M2J

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" - Released under the alias M2J (a duo made up of DJ Muro and John Paul "JP" Lam)

References

External links

* – official site *
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muro Japanese hip-hop Musicians from Saitama Prefecture People from Kawaguchi, Saitama 1970 births Living people