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forpush: Jan 6, 2006; We don't like it when the city light start fading
When the city lights fading then we can't get down

JAMOOOL posted:

In technopop news - supergroup METAFIVE, consisting of Yukihiro Takahashi, Cornelius, Towa Tei, Leo Imai, Yoshinori Sunahara, and Tomohiko Gondo is releasing their first album today, I've really loved the previews thus far but this song in particular is really nuts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LBUEYGfisQ

This is great, i need to track down the album, I've been obsessed with Love U Tokio http://youtu.be/6D4REZZtOOk and i mean obsessed.

# ¿ Jan 17, 2016 15:48

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 04:41

forpush: Jan 6, 2006; We don't like it when the city light start fading
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Stalins Moustache posted:

Charisma.com is legit awesome and more people should listen to them. They never fail to disappoint, although the more "proper" rap songs on their albums fall flat for me since I've no idea what she's rapping about

I'm a big fan of rap in languages i don't understand, no idea why, there's something pure about hearing the lyrics only as part of the composition that appeals to me.

Speaking of, I've always been a big Rip Slyme fan, mostly their first few albums:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYwN6riZJ3g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hFFzdD6ppQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-aQT9lsX7I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXVu-Wt1TQA

Masterpiece is one of my favourite albums of all time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z29HMZBw0Kw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLJV19emC2Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--EcXEnYm7o

Later stuff is a little iffy, but still some gems in there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asLRL5r2f-E

Then there's this which is basically just a Sony Vaio ad for some reason:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqxBYTOE7kU

# ¿ Feb 4, 2016 03:11

forpush: Jan 6, 2006; We don't like it when the city light start fading
When the city lights fading then we can't get down

I'll have to check those out, I wasn't the biggest fan of STAR.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 01:58

forpush: Jan 6, 2006; We don't like it when the city light start fading
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Gamma Nerd posted:

Yeah. I guess part of what makes Japanese appealing in this way is that the syllables are all very similar length and use pretty crisp consonants with lots of punchy bright plosives, which makes the vocal rhythms a lot clearer to me than most English hiphop.

I'm not much of a hiphop guy to begin with, mind, but I do like Moe and ghosts. Cool ethereal futuristic production. Some of Suiyobi no Campanella's work falls in this vein, and occasionally reminds me a teeny bit of M.I.A. (maybe it's the mix of electronic and tribal beats?)

Also, group_inou are neat.

Yeah, I really like German rap acts such as Fanta4 for similar reasons.

That second Suiyobi no Campanella track is phenomenal, gonna have to track more of her stuff down. She looks insanely prolific, what's a good starting point?

JAMOOOL posted:

I've listened to a lot of J-hiphop to find something that sounds like them but no avail.

How about Scha Dara Parr?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_EQrCNLzuI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDNLyxfUVb8

(there's nothing much else on youtube for these guys, sorry)

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 05:14

forpush: Jan 6, 2006; We don't like it when the city light start fading
When the city lights fading then we can't get down

Yeah it's definitely more traditionally-minded, much like early Rip Slyme, but it's the closest thing to Rip Slyme I've listened to in the genre. The music of Rip Slyme can't really be faulted, even when I don't like it, Fumiya is their secret weapon, the dude knows his way around a beat and a hook like very few others

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 15:25

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 04:41

forpush: Jan 6, 2006; We don't like it when the city light start fading
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I really loving like Kagrra,, Penicillin and Phantasmagoria and that is the extent of my VKei knowledge

# ¿ Apr 21, 2016 12:24

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