Japanese Rap

okay j rap os cool lol. my friend bob-chan (cant speel his real name) was listeing to it at skool one day and it sounds cool, i love ther way japanese ounds, much better then englsih
 
I rock M-FLo, Dragon Ash and Kick The Can Crew...don't leave the house without them.
 
just saw the video of M-Flo and Crystal Kay song

for some reason I found it funny when I saw that M-Flo guy kept doing those hip-hop stuff and dressing in hip-hop....

but when i see black guys doing it,I feel just very normal
 
I thought Da Pump had some J-Hop (my term for Japanese Hip Hop) in them... *listens to "RAIN OF PAIN* :joyful:
 
I really don't like, but can tolerate, Japanese rap.

Although I agree with Golgo_13 about dissrespect for women and vulgar language, regarding Japanese imitating the Western world, uh yeah...True, I agree that Japan has taken ideas from the West like music, fashion and whatnot, but they're also the ones that improve upon Western technology.
 
Meh...

If it makes you move, it's good...

I don't know where the whole culture thing came from. Except people get caught up in trying to define something as fluid and changing as music with the best (and often narrow) terms they have.

IE: Somebody made a remark about US artists incorporating latin beats. Part of me wants to say J-Lo and Enrique are about as latin as a siberian husky (same goes for their music--sound-in random husky bark). I even find my stomach churning when I hear people talk about the "latinization" of music in America... you might even catch me arguing, "'Jenny from the block' is equivalent to the commercial prostitution of a deep and rich Cuban musical tradition"...

BUT, then I think to myself... what mate...?! Traditions change, as do cultures... why would I expect music to stay static? I'm not obliged to buy Jenny's album... and never will. Thank God for consumer sovereignty. Do I think she should be banned from mixing latin sounds with hip hop and R&B. Who cares?

I don't think anyone here was trying to argue that Japanese should be prohibitted from borrowing/acculturating/incorporating sounds from a tradition other than their own. I understood the question to be: do you like it? (which the original poster answered, clearly).

I love good "J-hop/rap"... DJ Krush, DJ Watarai, DJ Hasebe... they all do great work with a lot of great vocalists. One of my favorite Japanese rap songs is a Watarai remix of Misia's "Tsutsumi Komu You Ni", with freestyle-ish vocals by Muro; it is the best of two worlds... Misia, with her awesome range, and Muro supporting the heavy beats. Krush has done fabulous work with "Tha Blue Herb"... "Chie No Wa" comes to mind (among othere songs)... Hasebe has done work with M-Flo, Shakkazombie, Crystal Kay, YMO (for cryin' out loud), Bonnie Pink... and even Ayumi Hamasaki (what?).

Granted... 90% of J rap and J hop is like a party in your mouth, where everyone's passed out in their own vomit. But when J artists are good, they can be really good. It is just a matter of finding the right stuff.
 
Golgo_13 said:
I can't stand rap if it's in English.

When I hear that done in Japanese I just want to pull my hair out, oops can't do that . . . I don't have much left. I wanna Vomit!

:mad:

They were playing it in a Japanese book store in LA.

Don't these young'uns realize how pathetic they sound?

Mind you, they say "mother f__ker" and "b!tch" and such phrases in English.

Just another example of the Japanese trying to imitate something from a different country/culture.
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I agree with you in a way but like u said "the japanese trying to imitate something from a different country/culture" which i think is a good thing, what i mean is trying new things.
 
To add on we can't just single out Japan in "Taking" ideas from anyone really.
If that's the case we can take it back many years back.
From gov't to music does it really matter?
Yes, they take some things from western areas, but think about it why was this? Did we forget the United States bombed japan twice and then replaced the gov't?
I can guarantee that if this didn't happen they may have never wanted anything to do with the West let alone they would still be our enemy.
But, no one knows what could have happen, but my point is EVERYONE is ripping someone off of something.
EX: Govt=The romans=todays gov't.
Everything is ripped from something so why whine and complain?


And chiquiliquis is correct. J-Lo or as we love to call her J-h0 is as Latino as I am black, and i'm not a thing black.
And yes, just because I listen to rap, does that mean i'm trying to be black?No.
Because I listen to Japanese music and I trying to be Japanese?No(but I wish I was heh)
I mean I listen to anything that sounds good.
Rap, Rock, JPop and Rock(never really heard JRap, but would like too), Classical.
Really, I listen to many types of music for many reasons.
Classical and all Japanese music I listen to when I try to get to sleep(most music really) and when I wanna get into a good drawing mood.
So I have many times when I listen to certian music.


By the Way: Go Mets! We took out the Yankees yet again! *cough* heh.
 
Don't see anything wrong with the Japanese doing rap?

I was in S.Korea, China and the Philippines two months ago and watching TV inside my hotel room gave me insights of each country's present state.

Hell, they have more rappers than the Japanese, I think.
 
The only problem that I have with anybody doing rap is that most of the time it just sucks, and I'd rather be extracting teeth from a crocodile. Of course, that's not just rap; it extends to nearly all styles of music. But that's not to say that there isn't any good rap out there.
 
True there are some rap that sound like garbage, but some that I like.
And I can say also the same with every type of music.
There is some rock I hate, etcetc.
 
In my opinion, Japanese rappers aren't that good with lyrics but are great at the music and mixing etc... That's just my opinion. I think Dragon Ash makes good music but the song lyrics are terrible, same with Zeebra, Mic Banditz etc. Now, SOFFet, Halcali, Rip Slyme are pretty good all around especially their videos on MTV Japan.
 
There used to be a trio called "Schadaraper", I'm not sure if they are still performing, who I used to like; they had a chance to meet with "Jungle Brothers" who were real old school rappers in US, after "Schadaraper" performed w/ "Jungle Brothers" as an audience(honorably, and yet terrifyingly), "Jngle Brothers" told the trio that rapping is not something that came out of a pocket, it was about life and soul.
The trio looked extremely depressed but seemed happy at the same time.

Japan has a great technology to make really cool noises for hip-hop, I think they need to be more philosophical about what they rap to be recognized more.
 
I found some J-Rap lately like Guerilla, dj Tonk and it's not all THAT bad...it's different and thus ppl think it's BAD...well...Japan steals ideas from western ppl, we do from eastern...that's life !!!! Give and take :-) Just look at the influence there is from eastern countries, lately in Belgium Chinese kanji stuff is really cool, getting your name in kanji as a tattoo...even Japanese food is starting to sell in Belgium (FINALLY)...and most of all look at the technology ! 😌
 
Arekkusu said:
I mean I listen to anything that sounds good.
Rap, Rock, JPop and Rock(never really heard JRap, but would like too),
.
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He's a JRap/Rock band (Dragon ash) i really like them, you might to?

Buddha Smoker said:
In my opinion, Japanese rappers aren't that good with lyrics but are great at the music and mixing etc... That's just my opinion. I think Dragon Ash makes good music but the song lyrics are terrible, same with Zeebra, Mic Banditz etc. Now, SOFFet, Halcali, Rip Slyme are pretty good all around especially their videos on MTV Japan.
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I can only understand parts of their music and am studying more (japanese) to fully understand them.
I agree that they do good MIXS.
 
Actually, I think Hiphop in Japan is very different from HipHop in America. In my opinion, People in Japan tend to see HipHop as a package as opposed to having had a long history in America. When HipHop was young in America Vanilla Ice was platinum. In Japan, HipHop is all about image and alot about fashion. Japanese people don't really know who Afrikaa Bambataa or the Tribe Called Quest and they don't need to. They can start their own "history of Japanese HipHop". It's their culture.

Anyone is free to say how they like it. But we do have to keep it in perspective.
 
Blue 3 said:
Actually, I think Hiphop in Japan is very different from HipHop in America. In my opinion, People in Japan tend to see HipHop as a package as opposed to having had a long history in America. When HipHop was young in America Vanilla Ice was platinum. In Japan, HipHop is all about image and alot about fashion. Japanese people don't really know who Afrikaa Bambataa or the Tribe Called Quest and they don't need to. They can start their own "history of Japanese HipHop". It's their culture.

Anyone is free to say how they like it. But we do have to keep it in perspective.
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That is so true 👍
you got big respect from me for this post
 
If any of y'all haven't already, listen to the very first rap ever--"Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang (1979). That was what started it all. Even I had a tape of it, and I still know most of the lyrics.
 
I like Rip Slyme, J-Rap seems to be more "old school" rap, much more hip-hop as opposed to crappy gangster rap.
 
I love Rap.. It is my favorite kind of music.. pretty much the only kind I like actually (with the exception of a few rock songs/bands) .. and I wouldn't expect anyone on a Japan forum to really be into Rap anyway.. But if you really did know anything about Rap/Hip Hop you would know that it isn't all "vulgar" and "disrespectful to women" actually there is numerous rappers who are nothing like that.. Now I like North American Rap.. And before I listened to any J-Rap I questioned if it even existed.. and I found out it did.. So I decided to check out some songs.. I still haven't heard much.. but I'll say it is alright, it has nothing on North American Rap.. But it is pretty good with the beats and stuff.. I can't comment on lyrics because my japanese isn't good enough yet to understand it (being that it is rap doesn't make it go any slower or easier to understand lol) But I listen to some just for the beats, and I think J-Rap is kinda cool because they have a kind of Old-School Style about it.. like Run DMC.. I guess they are a bit behind in style I don't know.. but I do like that it has a bit of Old School Flavor :).. And I do think when in a Japanese Club I would like to go when it has rap because I would probably enjoy it a whole lot more then J-Pop or something.. (Rap has a style that is great for parties/clubs etc.) .. And about them copying culture, who cares ? Let them have more of a variety of music in Japan.. I for one am happy there is J-Rap so that when I go there I know that I wont have to listen to J-Pop Etc. (No offense to J-Pop fans, although in reality you insult J-Rap more than I do of J-Pop lol) So Yeh.. Let them do what they do I say.. I think J-Rap is pretty good.. I like Dragon Ash.. I Heard a song called "Deep Impact" By them and i thought it was pretty good lol.. So Anyway, J-Rap Guys, Keep doing your thing ;)
 

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