Hi Jay, just wanted to drop a line since you mentioned about my country...
I'ma huge fan of you, listening to your show every week and reading your site every day. I am native Japanese, born and raised, who's lived in Jersey for the last 7 years.

I've been writing this e-newsletter/magazine called "hip hop generation" in my native toungue to give more sense to Japanese hip hop fans of what is really goin' on among real people in U.S. who has created hip hop culture and beyond.

Yes, it's largely true that the majority of Japanese hip hop freaks are into nothing but fashion, style, music, but don't give a shit about lyrics, social, culutural background of hip hop itself, MAINLY BECAUSE they don't understand what rappers are rapping about in English. Even some of the CDs come with translated lyrics yet it's so hard for them to figure out what that all means without those background knowledge. English education are mandatory from the age of 13 to 18 or more in Japan yet their English edu is a piece of crap that its sole purpose is for them to pass the college entry exams, not for real communication skills.

That's the very reason why I started writing this "hip hop generation" to let them familiarize with this culture, people and history.

There are Mos Def, Kweli, Common, The Roots, Dead Prez fans in Japan, too. And I believe that understanding of this culture and consciouness are growing everyday.

Trust me, me as WBAI listeners for 5 years will do my part.

Peace and Justice

Jay (who knew this would set off my radar) and K:

It's become a cliche when writing about hip-hop catching on in Japan, or Korea, or any other country except England maybe. The article always starts out as a question, "do they really get it?" and then on it goes. There are always going to be people who love the fashion, the music, etc, of hip-hop culture, but don't get the "message," or even want to hear it, or who even care about "what's really going on" and a whole lot of them are going to be part of the group who are the so-called originators. There are way more young black teens who know more about Nelly than they know about Malcolm. And hip-hop here can be said to be "devoid of meaning."

Being pissed at the kid in the article because he didn't know Malcolm X is akin to me being pissed at my nephew for not knowing about Hotei-sama. So now I have to call his love of anime "not authentic" or something because he doesn't know what an Onsen is? I mean, what nonsense.

Also, that b******* about hip-hop being his ("my hip-hop") . . . well now I'm just repeating what I wrote to VIBE, so I'll chill out.

Well at least this article ended on an up note, Eric found someone to give him a different POV.

I gotta get my documentary going before this "hip-hop in Japan" topic gets done to death.

"i saw a kid in baggy clothes and so i asked if he knew about malcolm x" is a little... bizarro as a thing to happen.

what did you find pretty good?

the x-king-pe-arrested development was rather unhappily obvious. if he'd been conducting pop quizes about nge, it would have more dramatic potential!

I simply don't like the tone of the article. Talking about "your" culture when you're on the other side of the world. Are you surprised most people are only aware of the watered down MTV part of the hiphop culture when it's that same culture that "allows" poppy thugrap like DMX, Ja Rule and Puffy to become the ambassadors of hiphop worldwide, without commenting on it?

It's not the japanese who're at fault here. It's hiphop itself I'm afraid.

Yo, I'm native Japanese but I've lived in states for last 20 years. I went to Japan for several weeks couple years back. Anyway, I think author of this article does not realize that it's about "relativity". First Japanese, to me are very sensitive to current trends. And current trends says that "hip hop" is in, and that's one of the reason why "hip hop" is getting large in Japan. Second, most of the Japanese doesn't speak English fluently, specially not enough to understand lyrics from hip hop music. I learn English once I arrived in US and it took me years before comprehending lyrics, jokes, and such. So basically most of Japanese probably get hooked on hip hop based on looks, the way music feels, visual arts (grafs) and dancing. Those things does not necessary require understanding English language. Lastly, Japanese people in general will have hard time relating to some of the lyrics anyway, even if they understand English language because things that are said in many hip hop music are not necessary relative to Japanese and its culture. Just like many Americans love Japanese animation but I don't think many of them truly understand all aspect of Japanese animation and it's influence on japanese culture.
So no diss, but author of this article to me has far less understanding of culutral differences and how things are relative to each cultures and why...

on da 1st place, y da f*** do y'all have to give a damn to da jap that love hip hop w/out undastanding it ?? c'mon da world doesn't always go like u want ! i'm a native japanese n juz simply loooooove hip hop cuz it sounds damnnn goood... i dun give a f*** to the contents sorrrryyyy !! imma give ya credit 4 ur effort bringin this topic up to da surface, but pls get a life !!!

All of you just don't fucking get it. Japan, White America, or any part of the World had nothing to do with the developement of hip hop. I hear some dumb motherfuckers saying that break dancing sweats of kung fu, BULLSHIT! Breakdancing came from ceoperia and other Black sources. As for the dumbass that said more black teens know about Nelly than Malcolm X, go suck a dick! As a black teen in America I am personally offended by that. Malcolm X is thaught through out America, Nelly just came out. Me and my boys learned about Malcolm X before we even knew who the fuck nelly was. You piece of shit. I don't care if you are a fan or not, hip hop with its elements was created by Black America, and no one but Black America has a right to possess it, others can only participate. I will bet my life that A LOT of people in Japan don't know shit about under ground hip hop, hell not even White America and some Blacks know about it. So how can the people in japn know about it when all they are getting is the commercial shit like Nelly, and very few real artitst like Mos Def. So for the asshole that said that hip hop is to blame, shut the fuck up. It is the White owned American media that still discriminates against blacks giving you hip hop, and if you trust that then damn you are a fool. y'all don't know shit. I don't give a fuck if you lived here, you never experienced it, Hip hop is hip hop when spoken with the same soul, feeling, and skill that the original Black creators did it with. There are Asian artists in America that are real good, they understand, they speak there emotion while keeping it real. You guys probably get the wrong image of America as a whole, if you are in Japan. Whether you like it or not Hip Hop is BLACK, not white, and sure as hell not Japanese!! If you don't care about the message, then take of your damn head phone and find a better thing to do. For those who do care about the message stick with artists like Lauren Hill, Common, Tupac Shakur, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli and others like them. If you care about the talent and the artistic side of hip hop check out artitst like, Eminem (his underground stuff, movie "8 mile" highly recommended, awesome freestyle battles), Juice, Craig G, Supernatural, and jin (chinese American with some great freestyling shit), also Ludacris (not his commercial stuff, his freestyling tracks are the shit though). Hip hop is Black, but that doesn't mean others can't participate, they just have to show respect and keep it real. People just listen to the commercial shit and they want to talk about being real. You want proof, count the number of people who immitate the "gangsta" look over the people who actually understand the emotion and soul behind Hip Hop. It is sad to say that real hip hop is going under ground amd ignored while the commercial shit prospers. Artists like Dead Prez are banned from many clubs becuase of there message, how many of you in Japan and outside America knew that? As my hero Tupac Shakur said, Fuck the world. Fuck all the ignorant Bitches world wide, motherfuckers.

I found this website by accident, but it's cool. I have an opinion about this topic.

I heard Colin Quinn (from SNL) interviewed in the Radio yesterday and he had a good point: America loves to celebrate diversity, but not if it points out the differences between people. We have alot of bullshit here that some people just can't let go of (like racism), and we ignore some great opportunities to have real conversations. The result is that Blacks get stuck on being oppressed, and Whites get stuck on why they're not allowed to say the N-word and blacks are, and nobody actually makes any moves to communicate. Cut the crap...be yourself and make your mark on the world.

When it comes to HipHop, to say that it's all a Black thing is just silly. I think it's generally understood that Blacks have made the largest and most important contributions to HipHop and music in general, but let's not put the blinders on. In the early 80s, two of the most popular breakdancing songs were by White artists: Buffalo Gals and Beat Box. Of course there was also Planet Rock, Rockit, Jam On It, Rock Box, etc. For every embarassing attempt like 3rd bass and Vanilla Ice, there's the Beastie Boys and House of Pain. For every Rico Suave there's a Cypress Hill and Funkdoobiest. And in case you missed the Shapeshifters, check them out.

As far as Japanese people, so what if they like HipHop? So what if there are Japanese HipHop artists? If you don't want your music to be appreciated and emulated by the public then don't sell it to the public. Plain and simp.

I think this is an American problem. You guys have your head too far up your own ass and fail to keep up with the outside world. Of course Hip Hop was founded and developed by black people. Agreed. But does that mean that blacks have ownership of Hip Hop? Not a fucking chance.

"White America", as someone called it, invented pro football. Does that mean that they should retain the ownership and others are merely "participating"? No way. If something is born in you, do what you do.

Hip Hop is about expression. Black vs White vs Japanese vs Mexican...that's not it. That is the reason why Hip Hop was developed; to combat that kind of narrow-minded thinking.

I'm from Australia and I love Hip Hop. Should I feel less Hip Hop because my skin is not black and I'm not American? Hell fucking no.

I travel a lot for work. Nothing pleases me more than stumbling into a bar in the Czech Republic (which I've done) and finsing 3 guys freestyling up the back of the bar in their native language. For those guys its all about expressing themselves in a positive and creative way.

I have the utmost respect for the pioneers of Hip Hop but I don't feel less involved because my skin colour isnt the same as theirs or that I was born in a different country.

Would an african american classical musician have to learn all the revolutionaries of the Classical, Romantic, and Baroque periods to appreciate the music?

Listen, Football is one thing, making music is one thing, A culture is another thing. Hell yes Hip Hop is a Black culture, and hell yes Blacks have full ownership of Black culture. If someone came into your culture and tried to claim equal ownership of it you would be offended. I don't care if you are in Austrialia, Japan, or anywhere else on the fucking globe. HIP HOP IS BLACK MOTHERFUCKER, ACCEPT IT. You can participate with the culture, but the theory is simple, WHAT YOU CREATE IS YOURS. M.Fusion, the reason we can't let go of racism is becuase it still goes on TODAY, right here in America, fool. PAY ATTENTION TO THE LYRICS OF "WHITE AMERICA" BY EMINEM MOTHERFUCKER. If you think Blacks aren't discriminated against and racially profiled, go find a dick to choke on, ignorant bitch. See y'all look at the music, I look at the culture and my Black people who created it. If you don't know, now you know, BITCH. GET IT THROUGH YOUR FUCKING HEADS, HIP HOP IS A MOTHERFUCKING CULTURE, NOT JUST MUSIC AND DANCING. Shit, it aint that fucking complicated to understand. Nineways, the answer to your question is simple, do you look at hip hop as a respectable Black culture, or just another fucking trend to be dropped. The answer isn't for anyone to answer but you for your own self. If you are about the culture and keeping it real, then no you are as much of hip hop as me or any other Black person in America, but if it is just a fashion trend for you, then the answer is simply HELL NO, Man. NO way in hell does that give you the right to change Black hip hop culture though, Fuck no. Peace out!!!!

Wow. You seem mad. You're shouting through caps lock at no one... settle down and come in peace, for real.

I had a mature board discussion on this once and ultimately decided that hip-hop is one of the greatest gifts blacks have ever given society.

Jon, I love you man. I am pissed of because I hear people either insult hip hop, or act like it is just a hype. You are so right hip hop is a gift to society, a cultural gift that adds dimension to society. Peace man.

SOmetimes, It becomes more about a market and making alot of money, than it does about producing a clear message. Consumers are the ones that make the choice, regardless of the message that is intended. If people like it, they will buy it.

have you guys ever wondered why some underground artists gets more publicity in Japan rather than in America. Some artist which I know like Five Deez, Lone Catalysts, Diverse, Dilated Peoples(finally getting props) would never be as recognized in America. Actually...some artist make a living and actually make more currency in Japan than in America. I do like the Japanese hip hop vibe because it makes me reminense on how fun hip hop was and still is.

Michael, I think you misinterpreted what I meant. I'm not denying the fact that racism still goes on today. My point is that no one wants to communicate. And your reaction is typical: someone tries to initiate a conversation and you immediately flip out. No wonder things haven't changed, because they're not allowed to.

The struggle does continue, and oppression still exists, but you can't tell me that it's impossible for Blacks to be happy and successful in today's America. Take a look around the world. Those diamonds you see on MTV come from countries where babies are hacked in half with machetes, by 12 year old war orphans, thanks to power struggles over the diamond trade. Don't even get me started on the insanity that people have to live through in Chechnya, Croatia, etc. Compared to most of the world we're completely spoiled here in the US, and still have the nerve to complain about it.

If you want Hip Hop to stay black then I don't know what to tell you. No one seems to mind when Non-Blacks pay for a Hip Hop record. Maybe someday they'll have signs in the Hip Hop section of record stores that read "Blacks Only".

Oh and I don't listen to top 40 crap like eminem, much less pay attention to his lyrics. I prefer artists like Busdriver and MF Doom.

Well I got in my car and figured out that I did the same flipping out I accused Micheal of. I apologize for that.

Mallymal is right about US bands getting props overseas. I'm from Los Angeles and out here, in the underground, people seem more interested in who's involved in the project than what the project sounds like or what the artists have to say. People here in the US tend to stay within their own insulated circles. Then there's top 40: people get overexposed to Eminem and Nelly while J5 barely gets a crumb. But I think this will soon all change...I hope...

k all i gotta say is that i'm not black. i don't know very many white people who actualy have ANYTHING bad to say about blacks. they're HUMAN FUCKIN BEINGS and isn't that good enough. black people are too busy waiting for some white person to be racist... they're always actin defensive... that they don't realize we dont' give a fuck who they are. and shit... they make fun of white people 100 times more than we do and could ever get away with talkin shit to them. so fuck it lets all just blaze and be cool why do we gotta fight

Peace,
I'm an American MC whose going to be in
Japan from the 25th of July to the 5th of August. I'm trying to find shows to rock while I'm
there. Can anyone help me?

Hey everone. I just wanted to a few things about The United States today... IT'S THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY!!!! Ya know, there no rule that says:
"Just because people look different, other people,
that I'm not drawing contrast to, should look at them and say hey! Look at them! There just tad bit different than us, so let's all draw attention to them!" You know this is America, and all people are different. But we should just get along about it! And stop trying to defeat one another with our own diferences.

For example, I am learning Japanese. And I could write Japanese Rap. There is no rule against that.
Except for that I would still be different, and I will always be that way.

Another example is how I sort of like Japanese Hip Hop. But do you think I would ever chose listening to something else like that, instead listening to music from America? I don't think so! I would much listen to something that I can understand, not something such a Japanese artist like Soul Scream, or Dragon Ash. The kind of Hip Hop I like listening to is Old School Rap. Way back when Hip Hop was fist getting started.

There was no such thing as Japanese Rap, nor French Rap, way back then.

I just try to find out more about it.

Peace out.

9/11...

NEVER AGAIN...

Yes, Blacks may have been the creators of the Hip Hop Culture but once you put it out there it's for the world to embrace. In which the world did. Making Hip Hop music one of the biggest sellers. You know with the politics of White America with the Good they will always bring Bad. And guess what? on a lot of levels there not the only ones. So I say we must in the Hip Hop culture do our job as artist, managers, producers. Do what we can to keep shinning the positivity. As far as Japanese rappers are concerned. I have been in Japan and have met people from one end to the other who loves the culture and nose the culture and it's history more then some of us hip hop Americans. We should appreciate that and embrace there admiration. Theirs a Japanese group named Ying Yang who is hot and really gets it. some of Hip Hops grates have given them there props and supports there music. They where quoted as the next generation of Japanese Hip Hop. If you want more information on this group and or get a copy of there music you can email there company at IMRELATIONS@AOL.COM

The Japanese Hip Hop culture is the definition of HIP HOP. The essence is still there. I seriously don't know what some of you people are talkin' about. The culture is expressed and pushed with all the elements in full force over there. If you're talkin' about the mainstream scene, it's the same WORLDWIDE. it's trendy, get over it. Their culture has what's been dyin' out, LOVE.

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This is pathetic. What does hip hop have to do with Malcolm X and whether somebody knows him or not doesn't mean that they are any more hip hop than anyone else. Also, hip hop was created by both Blacks and Latinos, and yes, there were Whites involved very early on. I do not understand why people, in particular blacks, get so defensive when they see others listening to or dressing "hip hop". I think black artist are doing more wrong to hip hop than any white artist. I think Nelly, Master P and Cash Money, Puff Daddy, and now Damon Dash and Russell Simmons are far worse than Emeniem and El-P. And if you want to call others ignorant, why are you going to sound ignorant and stupid yourself? All your doing is perpetuating racism and all the negative stereotypes that "black people" have. Hip Hop hasn't been black for a very long time, and that is something you guys need to accept. The world is a far smaller place thanks to things like the internet, so nobody can lay claim to anything nowadays. Black America needs to wake up and relize that they are getting left behind because they are not willing to accept anything other than what they see as "their own". Blacks, among others, need to wake up and learn how to play the game, otherwise you'll be old and bitter before you know it. Getting pissed off at people because they listen to hip hop and dress a certain way isn't going to get you anywhere. Also, you need to learn to look in the mirror and realize that it is black artist that made hip hop shit. They want to be rich and famous and live the "pimp lifestyle", nobody forced them to. If they really had love for the music, they wouldn't do the bullshit they do. If they really had the love, they would be just as content making fly demos in their bed room, instead of being on MTV and BET and in all the magazines. Point is, Black America spawned the shit you hate, nobody else. And, I have been listening to hip hop since 1985, I never sold out when gangsta rap took over like everybody else did, and I never claimed to be anyboby or anything that I am not. Can you say the same about yourself or your fellow black "brothers"? Am I any less hip hop because I don't know or follow Malcolm X, which has nothing to do with Hip Hop culture. And if you want to go back to the source, b-boying was inspired by Kung Fu flicks, just ask the Rock Steady Crew. But instead of dwelling on what black or white or latin or japanese people do to the culture, we should all learn to love and accept everything we have to offer. Only then can we build, and that was the intent of Hip Hop when it started. So in the immortal words of Afrika Bambatta, "Peace, Love, and Unity", not the hypocritical words of Tupac's "Fuck the world. Fuck all the ignorant Bitches world wide, motherfuckers". Ignorance breeds ignorance. The sad fact if that the only people making valid points and speaking intelligently on here are non blacks. Which just ads to the stereotype, and that is something you did without the help of others.

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Peace

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IS SET TO TAKE ON THE WORLD. THE NYC NATIVE WILL BE ON THE MTV EUROPE TOUR AUGUST 2003 IN WHICH HIS FIRST STOP WILL BE IN RUSSIA,GERMANY THEN FINALLY JAPAN.

DJ MARVLS WILL BE BRINGING THE WORLD CLOSER THRU HIP HOP. MORE INFO WILL BE AVAILABLE @ DJMARVLS.COM,EXTREMEVISION.BIZ OR BIG PATNYC@AOL.COM

ATTN: JAPANESE HIP HOP HEADS

Help us put together an independent Japanese hip hop network. Visit this page and drop us a line... tell us what's going on in your scene or give someone a shout-out.

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I've heard enough talk about "us and them"... let's make it happen: global hip hop culture. peace and respect due...

THE UNDERGROUND PROFESSIONALS TOUR 2003 TOKYO
-TOUR LINE UP
Spontaneous / The Breakdown Boys /
Aloe Blacc - DJ Exile / Tony Tha Skitzo

Tentative Tour Dates
11- November Tokyo, Japan

* With guest performer at every stop
We are looking to add mover stops tour in Japan.

The Underground Professionals tour is destined to go down as a "must see" concert of 2003. The tour was fueled by the same principles and reason that other ground breaking tours such as "Wood Stock," "Fresh Fest," "License To Ill," "Lalapalooza," & "Lyricist Lounge" were all created in the past, lack of and the demand for a fresh new ground breaking artist performing live without the bullshit.
The Underground Professional Tour 2003 features some of the nations hottest MC�s, DJ�s & B-Boys. The purpose and mission of the organizers of the Underground Professionals tour is to showcase the real professionals in the hip hop world.

We are still looking for serious, experienced professional promoters in Tokyo.
Please contact threw www.emanonhiphop.com or The Professionals Artist Management: e-mail: theprofessionals_mgt@yahoo.com for booking information.

Peace
DonnieBo Sibley
Ipo Wax / The Professionals Management
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The Underground Professional Tour 2003
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Japan November 11, 2003
Europe winter 2004
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i was once ignorant about hip hop, thinking about that it was a black thing. Now i have woken up. Hip Hop, Soul are not black, they are not colors. Blacks, discovered them, but they are experiences. You must understand that my people have seen a lot of destruction. Only those who lived in ghettos and comprhend the horros there. Imagine going to school possing the same threat as a battle field, drug dealers there don't take no for an answer. I think from all the people here keiko said the most intellegent things. What ever dj space said don't pay any attention to, it is biased stupid and just inaccurate. Tupac and russel simons were at the for front of bring pure hip hop to the world. when you talk about tupac you are talking about a man who was shot five times, birthed in jail, jailed, criticized, hated, and finally killed. Yet people act all surpirsed and mad when he says, "fuck the world," you must understand the man in order to understand his music. As a black person i will like to extended my deepest love and respect for all the japanese and other peoples in the world who have felt the experience of hip hop and held on to it with respect and love. For all those bitches who criticize or try to to be part of hip hop with out understanding it, whether black, white, asian, i don't give a damn just fuck off motherfuckers. in my final words i will like to say i love japan, i love all the people in the world who want to develope and live peace, I love hip hop and its true participants. fight ignorance, racism, discrimination, miscommuncation, hatred, violence, and all that is evil, that is what hip hop is all about. much love and keep the experience that is hip hop alive. PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL THE TRUE HIP HOP PEOPLES IN JAPAN AND WORLDWIDE. if you have any disagreement or comment please e-mail me, just click on unknown at the bottom, or just write to truehiphop4ever@aol.com

Is there anyone on this site who is Japanese living there now, I am a producer and am looking to communicate with someone who has new information on Japan and hip hop.

Just Wondering, is the Nation of Gods and Earths in Japan ?

The music, dress, lifestyle, speech, and lifestyles of hip hop fans were created by creative minds with time on their hands and a sense of style to be different, unique, and cool from other popular cultures. Hip Hop included those with the same feeling, tastes, and experience for the most part. Music being universal has reached out to others of different experiences and cultures changing their sense of coolness. However what once was cool and stylish became mainstream and it changes and loses its coolness and appeal as culture, fashion, and appeal especially if it is presented in a uncool and boring way. Once that happens, new styles of coolness, fashion, styles and tastes have to be invented as simply as making up new words (drumbassitiscs sound). Many young Africian americans of hip hop culture are not ready to give up hip hip like per se rock and roll music back in the day because times are different now and they have more stock in the culture`s survival. But if the playing field becomes too crowded with fakers and MTV wannabes it will be time to flip the script and make some new cool shit that the others can`t feel yet because they lack the same experiences . How can you love the culture without loving the people? Culture comes from within not the outside of someone`s skin. Culture is the way that you listen, speak, think, and express yourself through art, science, love, and family. Hip Hop is the culture of young African Americans. Young African Americans makeup some cool shit guareenteed to be accepted by the masses in 5 to 10 years tops. Love the culture, love the people. All love ,no hating. Preserve,Improve and innovate the culture of hip hop by knowing the past , present, and future of Hip Hop peoples . If you don`t know the past it may be difficult to makeup cool shit if you don`t have a role model of coolness to study. Which is why Malcom X was mentioned because of his attitude and boldness to say what he felt from his heart aka his soul hence soulllllllllll music some cool shit. Enjoy Hip Hop, learn hip hop, embrace hip hop people and you too can be a cool ass mutha. Peace out. One love.

george

The music, dress, lifestyle, speech, and lifestyles of hip hop fans were created by creative minds with time on their hands and a sense of style to be different, unique, and cool from other popular cultures. Hip Hop included those with the same feeling, tastes, and experience for the most part. Music being universal has reached out to others of different experiences and cultures changing their sense of coolness. However what once was cool and stylish became mainstream and it changes and loses its coolness and appeal as culture, fashion, and appeal especially if it is presented in a uncool and boring way. Once that happens, new styles of coolness, fashion, styles and tastes have to be invented as simply as making up new words (drumbassitiscs sound). Many young Africian americans of hip hop culture are not ready to give up hip hip like per se rock and roll music back in the day because times are different now and they have more stock in the culture`s survival. But if the playing field becomes too crowded with fakers and MTV wannabes it will be time to flip the script and make some new cool shit that the others can`t feel yet because they lack the same experiences . How can you love the culture without loving the people? Culture comes from within not the outside of someone`s skin. Culture is the way that you listen, speak, think, and express yourself through art, science, love, and family. Hip Hop is the culture of young African Americans. Young African Americans makeup some cool shit guareenteed to be accepted by the masses in 5 to 10 years tops. Love the culture, love the people. All love ,no hating. Preserve,Improve and innovate the culture of hip hop by knowing the past , present, and future of Hip Hop peoples . If you don`t know the past it may be difficult to makeup cool shit if you don`t have a role model of coolness to study. Which is why Malcom X was mentioned because of his attitude and boldness to say what he felt from his heart aka his soul hence soulllllllllll music some cool shit. Enjoy Hip Hop, learn hip hop, embrace hip hop people and you too can be a cool ass mutha. Peace out. One love.

george

I think that all of you ae doing good stuff speaking about that CULTURE UNIVERSAL!! HIP HOP!! I think tha hip hop finds tis roots in black people, when man speaks dances, and tags like my people did it before sure it's HP HOP!!But gettin' worldwild HIP HOP can gets news aspects and picture THAT! Keep it real and share it's tha key!!FUCK THA ANGER BITCHES!!
If somone wants to talk about HIP HOP in Japan,please mail me!!I am about to show my country its skills with a big big site man!!
Peace!!...

This IS THA NEW WIND, THA VIBE FOR THE CULTURE UNIVERSAL'S LOVERS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN MAN WORLDWILD HIP HOP SOLDIERS!!

I have been living in Japan for a bit now linking with some local kids on rapping and djing. But since I first came to Japan I haven`t met an universal hip hop producer or rapper. What I mean is that a cool mutha could make a beat or song that goes beyond your surrondings, cities, country, nations into the world arena. That is what I called universal hip hop!!!! I was listening to Punjab MC joint on TV and the rap was in Indian language, but the beat was hot!!!! I remember a French rapper Solarr or some shit spitting in French also, the beat was hot! Even though I didn`t know a word he said. I was told by my local cats that Jay-Z this or Ja Rule that was hot because of the kakoiiii sounds but only a few knew what they were saying. It was the image, attitude, and style but most important the music. I pretty sure a hip hop artist from Japan can do the same in the future just work on the music. And maybe infuse some of that traditional Japan flavor in the mix. However make sure it will move some butts in the clubs. P.S. I don`t know who was the producer of the song, but that beat that Dabo had on the Fast and Furious Soundtrack Lexusss was nice. That Tonako X has that Miami sound going too.

Peace out One love

P.S. Reggae is cool, but I feel that the Japanese reggae hip hop scene is getting crowded.

george

For the person that said hip hop was not solely created by blacks, well guess again. If you look down the line, you will see that hip hop obviously originated in Africa, and who lives there? BLACK PEOPLE! The base sounds and drum sounds trace back to Africa. The soulful singing traces back to the slaves singing negro spirituals during slavery. So as a black person from the motherland, don't tell me my people, both Africans and Black Americans, did not create Hip Hop. And for djspace, one of the main reasons why hip hop artists try to live what you so ignorantly portrayed as the "pimp lifestyle" is because of economic reasons. When have you heard of a rich black person becoming a rapper? The reason why hip hop is (was) so soulful is because they rhyme about their troubles, the main one being lack of money. And yeah if I were to come by some money overnight I would be happy as hell! Of course I would go out and buy a house, a car, jewelry and like P. Diddy and Dame Dash, businesses. And the reason why hip hop got so big is because number 1, its fun, and good. You can sing along or think about it. Money is not what made it so popular. Do you think the pioneers of hip hop ever dreamed it would be this big? I mean damn, it's in Japan, on the other side of the US. Back then, money was a result, not a catalyst. Nowadays, black people realize it got watered down, but you cant blame us for it. White people control the money in the US, they control the music industry as well. And not to forget, white suburban kids are the ones buyind the damn albums, so how can you blame blacks for hip hop being so big. And yes black people should claim hip hop, we made it, so shit, why not!

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Thank you Mag for putting hip hop into perspective for DJ Space, because apparently he got the name from being way out there. Hip Hop was not a joint venture it was created by Africans/African Americans and if there were whites involved name a few. I'm really not one to go back and forth with the race thing, because it really doesn't matter to me one way or another. Shit, I stumbled on this web site looking for some pics of the Kano sisters. But my point is certain people say things that they have no clue about and when someone argues the point he's stereotyped "the angry black man". Unless you have been there you're merely speculating so you should put "In my opinion" at the beginning of each sentence. Micheal, I feel you but you ain't got to kirk out (go crazy) like that. There is some value to what some people have posted. *****Except DJ Space - Skip that shit******. My true hip hop heads, remember Krush Groove? When Russell Simmons was trying to get Def Jam started, he didn't do it by himself and him and his partner were really the ones who got hip hop in the mainstream. As far as it going international, I don't know about yall but as a hip hop junkie it's exciting as hell to me. Not only does that mean that this hip hop creation is recreating itself in another part of the world, but I can go to Japan to chill, and at least semi relate to those dudes on some type of level. Hell if I'm lucky the asian chicks might dig a black dude from D.C. But the most important thing is that it's reinventing itself. What difference does it make if you grow up in the projects than if you grow up in the slums of Japan. Hip Hop is about telling your story, Whatever it might be. Everyone has something to offer that can elevate this thing to heights no one person can even imagine even if you don't know about Reds(Malcolm X).Surprisingly enough there are a lot of black kids in the U.S that don't know how much Malcolm X did. So from D.C. to the world, let's keep this shit poppin. Yall keep doin what yall doin. Holla atch ya boy!

I actually stumbled across this forum by mistake and I just couldn't leave until I left my message. For those who say that blacks own hip hop, you're wrong. No one owns hip hop. NO one group can own a movement, which is exactly what hip hop is, or atleast used to be. You can't judge someone's knowledge of hip hop just by how they're dressed. When I go out I dress in jeans or khakis, a sweater or blouse. My hair is streaked with green and purple and I wear alot of gothic jewelry. But if you were to stop me and ask me to open my cd case, you would find Dead Prez, Canibus, Last emperor, Naz, Spooks, GZA, Jedi Mind Tricks and more underground hip hop artists than most blacks in america have probably ever heard of. And yes I am black, infact I am African, born and partially raised. I wear high, spiked platforms but at the same time I probably know more about the meaning of hip hop than a lot of damn people. Hip hop isn't about clothes, money and women. It's spoken word put to beats. It's a form of expression, an expression which is not black owned. The Last Emperor said : "This is hardcore music, God's war music, the heart of hip hop the blood that flows through it, made for the choosen people that have been deprived, though they sentence us to death we still keep it live, who brings the heat to these streets when we're dropping these lines, with a power thats refined and them cowards can't find, who reveals God's design cuz it's finally time to speak out for those who live below the poverty line, See, underground is the defiant thing, well protected from the tyrant thing, there is a message that we try and bring, underground is where we cry and sing...." I could go on and on and list hundreds of lyrists that trully deserve world recognition. Never once do any of them claim blacks own hip hop. They may dominate hip hop but they don't own it. Hip hop is universal, it was meant to be heard and passed on, cultivated. Nothing annoys me more than ignorant people who try to claim ownership to something everyone owns. America does it to other countries and now some blacks are doing it to other races. Grow up. If you want to have a worthy discussion, talk about the difference between underground hip hop and mainstream hip hop, not about who owns it. To say that blacks own hip hop would be like saying that blacks own the alphabet. Like Canibus said: " My eponym is apparent, those who hear my efforts gotta give me the merit, off lyrics alone I'm a legend, but I can't take credit, the English language was not my invention, It's the way I put it together, the incorrect English editor, can't nobody ever do it better, people forget but the history will remember..."
Peace

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I think that in a way people are right, but in a way, their wrong. Your correct, no one owns Hip Hop, and think about it, should they?? Hip Hip has not only influenced the Japanese to start groups and Labels and Rap, but 0ver 200 countries
now have have Hip Hop.

All over Africa, France, Arab Countries, Turkey,
Japan, England, and much, much more, just because of what the American Culture had. I can't say that I was there, and that I can recollect anything from when Hip Hop got started, but I can say that I am fan of all kinds of world music, through, and through!!

Groups such as "Soul Scream, Rappagaria, ZEEBRA, Ozrosaurs, DJ PMX, and a lot of others from diferent countries like 113, FDD, Mafia K-1 Fry.

I think it's great that Hip Hop has made such a huge impact on the entre world, but some just don't see it that way.

I hope to be here again!!
Peace out, and think about.

Note: The firt group of artists I named were Japanese, the last three were... I think think French, If want to check it out. For the Japanese,
go to: www.futureshock.co.jp/index2.html. Or for a little French Hip Hop check out: www.113online.com/113.htm

Another Note: "Rappagaria" is not with Future Shock, so if want info on the group, I suggest looking them up on a search engine.

if there is anyone who is killing hip hop, its the american consumers themselves, the majority of nelly's sales are made in america.as much as it hurts to know that most japanese and pretty much everybody around the world prefer the wack commercial shit, it is their choice not even the so-called owners can stop them. for anyone who wants to keep it real, let's all work together to promote the underground scene which is easily accessible in all 4 corners of the world.

my name is robert airoll, i manage a hip hop band from london called NEXUS.
I am trying to bring the group over to japan for promotional work and would be most gratefull if you could advise me of any promotors or club owners who might be interested in NEXUS. we have several demo disks along with video files for anyone interested to lokk at.
R A

my name is robert airoll, i manage a hip hop band from london called NEXUS.
I am trying to bring the group over to japan for promotional work and would be most gratefull if you could advise me of any promotors or club owners who might be interested in NEXUS. we have several demo disks along with video files for anyone interested to lokk at.
R A

group..not band...and whats with this "Yo" and B'S slang???...nobody mentioned any underground jazz..like atmosphere"Aesop Rock"...or Spoken Word...what about the Gods of Hip Hop

A Tribe Called Quest
Eric B. and Rakim
Grandmaster Flash and the furious Five
Japanese Hip hop?..excuse me, but what the fuck is that????

Hey y'all...
I am an avid rhythm fanatic and am doing an article on Japanese hip hop for a magazine. I digitally tripped over this post and liked the tone...
I live in Vancouver and am having a bit of trouble finding an emcee who raps in japanese/someone who can rap with me about the culture, its' progression, the impact of this on the generation, etc. - and most importantly...
T H E M U S I C....
Any 411 would be much appreciated. Feel free to email as well::::elemione@hotmail.com...

- - - geneva

i don dey hearooooooooooooooooooooooo

what are the best hip hop clubs and venues for live hip hop gigs.
i manage a group from london trying to break into the japanese market

what are the best hip hop clubs and venues for live hip hop gigs.
i manage a group from london trying to break into the japanese market

i manage a hip hop band from east london, we are looking to break into japan, any help would be appreciated,
what are the best hip hop clubs in japan. know any promoters club owners?

i manage a hip hop band from east london, we are looking to break into japan, any help would be appreciated,
what are the best hip hop clubs in japan. know any promoters club owners?

I AM FROM QUEENS NY,MOSTLY BLACK BUT MIXED INDIAN ORIGIN...I THINK THE COMMENT WAS FOOLISH...I HATE IT WHEN IGNORANCE IS IN DISGUISE AS AN EMBASSADOR OF HIP HOP...YOU DO NOT REP ME AND DONT CLAIM TO REP ANYONE YOU DO NOT KNOW PERSONALLY...I AM PERSONNALY OFFENDED BY YOUR VIEW...THIS SEEMS TO BE APRORIATION OF BLACK CULTURE BUT IT IS NOT!...
MALCOLM X IS NOT A RAPPER!!!NOR DID HE LISTEN TO HIP HOP BECAUSE IT DIDNT EXIST THEN...HIP HOP IS NOT ALWAYS POLITICAL. BACK IN THE DAY IT WAS JUST FOR PARTIES...FIND THE POLITICAL RELEVANCE OF CLASSICS LIKE "BOOGIE BOWN BRONX" "RAPPERS DELIGHT" "PUSH IT"....LOOK AT THE MUSIC THAT HIP HOP SAMPLES, IT IS FROM EVERYWHERE...DONT BLAIM JAPAN FOR YOUR INSECURITIES ABOUT BLACK CULTURE...BLACK CULTURE IS MY CULTURE TOO, SHARE WHAT YOU CAN OF IT WITH THE WORLD IF THEY ONLY UNDERSTAND HALF TODAY BE PATIENT THE REST WILL FOLLOW...STOP BEIN A HATER!!!!!

Rap is dead
it died along with tupac and biggie
tried to resurrect it
with eminem and 50
but it's gone
The whole point is is that we can't get mad about who listens to hip hop. what we can get mad about is the form that it has taken. I have been listening to hip hop most of my life. I was born with it and I have seen it slip away. Yes we still have artist that tries to keep it alive but look at what the world wants. They want bullshit. They want to hear that shit. They DON'T want to hear the real shit. The real shit that represents the cycle of life. They want something with a tight as beat....so forget the lyrics. Who's fault is it to blame? All of us. We listen to the shit ( I am a suspect too), we all go and buy it. We have changed the game... so it is only our faults to blame. Peace.

yeah its weird, but i think that japanese hiphop fans enjoy it in a japanese way. like, people here like to learn things like YO! and such, but whatever message american artists were trying to convey dont get across for a lot of reasons. like if we think about all of that compulsory crap they have to go through, then some crazy exams, it makes sense that they don:t want to face reality for once. also all of the melting pot problems that the US has don:t exist here. so what do japanese people sing about? good times. is that so bad?

Just want to indroduce myself. I am a Puerto-rican black guy who listens to new and old school. I would listen to international hip-hop, but I have yet to find some.I want to tell y'all that I feel relieved to hear the unification of the world wide hip-hop nation. I feel that Tupac was a great influence on my life and now that Tupac and BIG died, I feel that American rap has been down-spiraling in slow mo.

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Brief on me: I am 23yrs old. Male. From England, UK.

I have been into the Hip-Hop since I can remember. I love all the elements; MCing, Breakin', DJing and Graffiti. I run my own monthly Hip-Hop nite and put so much money into it I usually either break even or make a small loss - I do it for the love of it. I'm not trying to be anything I'm not, it comes naturally. I am a very genuine person. I hope you know what I'm getting at... the whole "You're just trying to be black" thing is annoying, small minded and rediculous. Now Hip-Hop as become world wide. I think It's a positive step. And if the Japanese want to Rap, So what!? If a white artist wants to Rap, So what!?... I think you get the picture. In the beinning it was all about fun... we need to bring that back, it is around in some places but others need to catch up... and I hate to say it but especially America. I've seen the Hip-Hop scene in a lot of the world and so far the Japanese scene seems to be the most positive. Though I have to admit I find it hard to relate to and also get in to when they are rapping in Japanese but the soul is still there.

SOME need to catch up. OTHERS are already there. See you WHEN tou get there, IF you ever do.

Peace. Ruste-T.

im a white american, and i love hip hop. you dont have to be from a certin country, race, color what the hell if you understand it and you feelin it thats what the hell its all about! ive been freestylin fo some years now and i say i kno good rappers of some many different races. one of my best friends is black and she dont like hip hop! to her she thinks its all violence and sex. hip hop sees no color, we give credit to the creators but why be fuckin selfish and say other people cant rap it? if you got the understandin and you gots the love fo it, its all good so peace everyone, and hatas should stop hatin so damn much!!! much luv, one

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hey yo cuz all this shit about that rap is just a black thing is right but at the same time it's wrong.I a black rapper myself so i know what the hold deal is. and I going 2 tell yall that rap is a culture and it's not just some damn fad or just bling bling,cars and girls. rap is not for the kind of people who look at the TV and she a man with a bunch of guls on him.The rap game is not a nice place 2 be in take 50 cent for example the dude got shot. if u really listen 2 the song and not the beat he will say"I got shot but I dont walk with a limp" this is is real.thte rap game is not no damn "POP" culture u think u going 2 see the n'sync talk about how many times they got shot. oh hell naw dog i hope 4 any japanese cats out there that they listen 2 some the shit they be saying cuz that some real stuff like DMX and tupac. them some real niggas 4 your ass cuz.but i dont what 2 let u think that the rap game is nothing but a dark place where people get shot but like a coin it got 2 sides.the other side of rap is the fun,hang out, chill side of the rap game.where u ca play the music and u have a party on your hands. but 2 leave on a good note it cool 2 hear that there are people all over the world that like the music. but i hope yall know what we trying 2 say. cuz if it was not 4 black people music would be dull. we made hip hop,R/B,soul,blues,jazz and also rock so i'm done.

hey yo cuz all this shit about that rap is just a black thing is right but at the same time it's wrong.I a black rapper myself so i know what the hold deal is. and I going 2 tell yall that rap is a culture and it's not just some damn fad or just bling bling,cars and girls. rap is not for the kind of people who look at the TV and she a man with a bunch of guls on him.The rap game is not a nice place 2 be in take 50 cent for example the dude got shot. if u really listen 2 the song and not the beat he will say"I got shot but I dont walk with a limp" this is is real.thte rap game is not no damn "POP" culture u think u going 2 see the n'sync talk about how many times they got shot. oh hell naw dog i hope 4 any japanese cats out there that they listen 2 some the shit they be saying cuz that some real stuff like DMX and tupac. them some real niggas 4 your ass cuz.but i dont what 2 let u think that the rap game is nothing but a dark place where people get shot but like a coin it got 2 sides.the other side of rap is the fun,hang out, chill side of the rap game.where u ca play the music and u have a party on your hands. but 2 leave on a good note it cool 2 hear that there are people all over the world that like the music. but i hope yall know what we trying 2 say. cuz if it was not 4 black people music would be dull. we made hip hop,R/B,soul,blues,jazz and also rock so i'm done.

No cause is so right that one cannot find a fool following it.

OK, IM FROM WASHINGTON HEIGHTS NY "UPTOWN" WERE IT ALL STARTED.IM A HIP HOP DJ "A VET". SO THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WEARING THE SAME CLOTHS YOU LIKE. SO WHAT! IT HAPPENS SPECIALY WHEN EVERY RAPPER IS TRYING TO COME OUT WITH A CLOTHING LINE.THAT SHIT IS PLAYED OUT, FOOLS WERE DOING THAT SHIT IN 79. WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE MORE ON THE RECORDS SO WE CAN TEACH THIS CULTURE TO THE YOUTH, LIKE YALL! 4 ELEMENTS OF HIP HOP I'LL JUST NAME TWO AND THAT WILL GET MY POINT ACCROSS. GRAFF ARTIST THAT STARTED THIS SHIT WERE LATIN "SEEN". BREAK DANCEING WERE LATIN "CRAZY LEGS" ANYWAY THE ARTIST THAT STARTED THIS WANTED PEOPLE TO GET ALONG AND HAVE FUN IT WAS A WORLD MUSIC , DONT BE SCARED OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR YEARS BE PROUD OF IT.NOW LOOK WHAT YOUR TRYING TO DO MALCOM X HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIP HOP HE'S A GOOD MAN BUT I NEVER SEEN HIM AT THE JAMS IN THE CO-OPS WERE HIP HOP WAS BECOMEING STRONGER. BASICLY LATIN PEOPLE HAD ALOT TO DO WITH THE CREATION OF HIP HOP AND IM HERE TO LET YOU KNOW."TRUE FACT". BECAUSE WE LIVED AND BREATHED HIP HOP. NEW YORK CITY IS WERE THIS STARTED AND ONLY SOME LIVED IT AND IF YOU WERE NOT THERE TO LIVE IT YOU CANT TALK ABOUT IT HOW BOUT THAT. "IF YOUR NOT BLACK". MAN GET OFF THAT HIGH HORSE SHIT COME BACK TO REALITY.

Cool... a nice blog. I'm going to start my own one.

M.Fusion and all others who can't grasp something a bit obvious.

1. Hip Hop is culture, for it contains specific values, norms, and mores which the people, who made it understand, and developed.

2. Hip Hop you see today is not the true form, the bling bling you joke about is but a commercial act to make popculture America happy.

3. Shit, I'm a Black guy, whos sister sings along with her boyfrined in R&B/Hip Hop. They even have a friend named Stye who has his song running around the web where he "disses" a few of the high ranking artist. Yet this is not for show, its to be noticed in a an enviornment that is run by show. Real artist in the states are ALSO underground, and the come from the streets.

4. The streets, the place that may or may not take your life or take you down. Seeing acts in Japan talk about the ghetto, and using "nigga" as the word of the day does not make them about Hip Hop. Nor do, I remember racism vanishing in the states, for if you can claim Black people have it easy now, you're simply watching us on TV. You have no idea what its like growing up knowing you have issues with a STATE (visa the USA), that does not like you. You can't simple make assumptions that Black people enjoy living as they do when the majority of people really never try to understnad us. Its flatery, its a form of gratitude for all the things we have delt with for the past 400-500 years.

5. Hopefully the people who dare change its name to fit where they are from can grasp the fact Hip Hop is not an image baby, its a lifestyle you have to have been born into or had the ability to sleep with, for it is your lover. At least learn how to love for what it really is Black culture.

6. Whoever made that comment about Nelly being more well known the Mr.X, you would never get away with that one in public, for some people would hurt you.

7. Oh yeah. Take it as you will, but please if you don't live a "gangsta" lifestyle or if you haven't had the pleasure of being pulled over for no reason but what you wear, and the lovible color of your skin you get no respect for being a "thug".

I don't have any disagreement.

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Yo wat up!

Check this guy out from the Netherlands. He has real strong beats and lyrics. www.kjumi-records.com. Let me know what you think abouth this MC.

INFINIT P'TENCHUL IS A COOL GROUP...

now all y'all be nice to each other!

Lions of the Desert who hail from Middletown, NY have shunned trendy hip-hop topics like fashion, fancy cars, foxy females and violence, and instead opt to weave their narratives around more positive and educational pursuits. If our school and parents aren't going to open our children's eyes to the danger of the world, L.O.T.D. will. Al-Amin & longtime partner in rhyme Righteous Nova have come together and done the inevitable. Lions Of The Desert is the name of the group and their self-titled debut LP makes a statement about the attitude, politics and the mind state of today�s hip-hop scene & culture. Al-Amin & Righteous Nova met while both were serving bids in an upstate New York penitentiary and formed a bond through their common ideologies adopted from the Nation of Islam. "...How could a man fly into a building?/how could a man strap a bomb to himself and kill innocent children?/Callin' himself a Muslim/That's not my religion/Yo it's forbidden in my way of life/I pack a gun and a knife/cause I'm prescribed to fight/I enjoy the right/the wrong is forbidden/a presence worse than slaughter/martyrdom is better than living." It is not so much hard-line, militant preaching that L.O.T.D. do. It's more like creating social awareness and dialogue in a publicly accessible medium. They don't pretend to be saviors or prophets; they don't claim to have any answers. They use their platform of music to attempt to reconcile the concepts of peace and struggle, and, in doing so, create an interesting and sometimes compelling document of human conflict. At the same time, they personalize their experiences and insights by presenting the listener with first-person accounts of what they know and see. Al-Amin is no stranger to the game, with over 20 appearances on the mixtape circuit, which makes him one of the games most sought after underground artists. The chemistry between these two factions is remarkable and gives them an invaluable �one-two� punch that very few duos possess. So if you�re looking for a solid album without the clutter of guest appearances and over priced producers pick up Lions Of The Desert�s Debut LP. Just 14 tracks of straight fire!!!

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Middleton, Massachusetts based CommonWealth steps back in the game in 2004 with new records and new distribution after having an incredible year in 2002 with stellar, near-classic, releases from Clokworx and Clokworx frontman Ams Uno. So while we have trusted CommonWealth for quality releases only, they are now back presenting new music from Lions Of The Desert and Effect on this split 12". Al-Amin & Righteous Nova equal the Middletown, NY based duo L.O.T.D., who recently released their self-titled debut LP, and here present three DOPE tracks off it. The opener, the back-beat teister "Top Of My Dome" is a sure-shot! Guesting emcee & producer Messiah gets all props for the swell beat, and in the team-up with Al-Amin it's a success within their elegant syllables and well constructed wordplay. Messiah, who we apparently need to keep an extra eye out for, also delivers the grim and gritty soundwaves of the incredible "I'm Contemporary". Crazy tongue-twisting flavors from Al-Amin are combined with this early-90's-sounding production; it's no doubt that Lions Of The Desert steals the show here. At least for a split single. Still, the Effect side of this record is definitely worth mentioning. Boston based beatsmith D-Tension (Akrobatik, Encore, Mr. Lif) laced all three beats for Effect here - with "Young + Restless" (featuring local heroes Mic Stylz, E Rock & Termology) standing out the most. Lions Of The Desert wins the internal CommonWealth battle though, if there ever was one, for their down-to-earth, back-to-basics style - and tons of charisma. Let there be no doubt, L.O.T.D. does not only deliver the most juttin' chorus we've heard in a LONG time ("I�m not livin' a double life, I'm just contemporary, You don't wanna be my adversary, 'cause I'm very well trained"), but also one of the freshest debuts we've heard in a long time. MASSIVE appeal!

�In these days, where politics and religion mingle to the point that their distinctive boundaries are blurred, there are few voices strong enough to speak out authoritatively on both sides. Lions of the Desert bring it with passion and deliberate energy, and, hope that there's more to come in the future.� - Fat Tony � rapreviews.com

"LOTD is bringing back the essence of true hip hop while at the same time moving forward into new ground...these kids are nice!!!" � Papa D! (Traffic Ent/Brick Records)

i want it in 2weeks time.
thanks

I actually stumbled across this forum while working on a research project for my college, and to be honest I found what alot of you said was rather, um immature you see what my school is doing is opening the doors to other cultures, I am taking cross cultural psych. We don't open our mouths and communicate so what if a 15 year old in Japan doesn't know what lil' kim is saying who cares???? All that should matter is the music and that they like it! Hell right now I have pizzacato five in and I have no idea as to what they are saying and yet I love the beat and the all around feeling of the song. does that mean something is wrong? NO! It means that as humans we enjoy things that feel and sound good. Yes blacks may have invented hip hop but they didn't start it to have people write about Malcom X, they started it to express how they feel. Music today has lost alot of the value that was put into it years ago and well prehaps instead of worrying about the kid who doesn't know Malcom X and start looking about where the good stuff fell of the wagon and how it can get back on. Now there is one other thing I would really like to comment on because well it really did piss me off, Micheal if you still read and write here, and well everyone else look at society today. Honestly look around the next time you are at the store, what do you see? Well there's probably the elderly lady and some stupid kids but then there are the the loud and rather obnoxious black kids who will bitch the moment you tell them to quit leering at you before you rip thier balls off. And NO I am not racist but there are 2 very distinctive groups of black people just as there are white people you have the trash (or n*****s) and then there are the "whites" and "blacks" The peoblem is that with each type of music you are going to get both and if don't want this well to bad. like it, love it or give it the fuck up! Oh and yeah one persoon's view doesn't count for the whole america's view. Segragation is so over with, and yet because us white folks held you as slaves for what 200 years your gunna make thier ancestors pay, think about this do you really want to be in a AIDS ridden Africa right now or better yet, are you currently a slave, was your mom? dad? NO well guess what my great grandfather came from Ireland about 20 years AFTER slavery ended so we never even touched "black America" and yet I'm being punished why? oh because some black kid thinks by me wearing a cookie monster t-shirt I'm opressing him. I think monty Python said it best "Did you see him he was opressing me!" get a grip! only you can decide your fate and what you do with your life, if the ghetto sucks get out of it and off state support! people do it everyday, get off your ass quit blaming "white america" for everything and change! flip burgers, pass out flyers I don't give a fuck, but it's people like you who say "black" and "white" America, I used it to make a point that the only ones segregating us is ourselves and guess what? I don't hate you cause your black I hate EVERYONE equally.

yo, i came across this forum on accident and *gasp* found more shit about hip hop being BLACK. if u think hip hop is black, and any white or japanese rappers for instance, are "biting" offa blacks, then i can tell you that the only way anything in this fuckin world go's down is if it spreads. blacks took the language of WHITE people, ENGLISH and used it to make hip hop. they took the clothing of whites and made the hip hop clothing style. everything from japanese hip hop that originated from american (american hip hop is NOT black hip hop) originated)hip hop that originated from whites that originated from whoever spread. after japan, who knows where hip hop is goin. its dying in america however, as shown by the popularity of such shit as JayZ, Nelly, or almost any artist out now. hip hop is alive in america through tha underground and thats how its gonna stay until theres a real revival. in japan, the music is what america's used to be: about the streets and about reality. not to say that in japan they do all the retarded ass shit that the americans do like shoot each other and all that gangsta shit or w/e, but they tell the story of THEIR reality. thats where american hip hop is fallin off. sure people get shot sometimes, but its not fuckin reality. hip hop started off as music about reality, and has slowly moved into the BLING BLING stage its in now, talking bout killin someone...for no real reason, just to kill them i guess, and about how much ur watch cost. if u cant wake up and see that hip hop COULD in fact be interpreted as WHITE OWNED, cuz of the use of WHITE language and WHITE CLOTHING... but whites dont see it that way. blacks shouldnt see it as theirs, everyone should see it as the japanese do...a true hip hop culture, a culture of music and dance that is NO ONE's to own.

hip hop no matter where ya at, expression of reality brings ya life back.... CULTURE UNIVERSAL

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I believe Hip Hop is totally a black culture, it's full of racist lyrics against whites so why should we fund it by making it popular?
Everyone should gravitate towards a new kind of music that accepts everyone.
We are living in a new century in which a lot of "whites" in the new generation should not have to be pressured by narrow minded individuals who labour the point "we are not accepted cause we're black"
when in reality they are full of low self-esteem.
I will be glad when Hip Hop dies and stays underground where it belongs because it certainly doesnt mend racial relations or promote racial equality. Hip Hop and Heavy Metal are pretty similar as they both promote death and destruction. Hip hop is going where heavy metal left off - down into the abyss.

Yo,
I live in Japan now, and am getting used to living in central tokyo. I'm make beats and am currently seeking ill mcee's to work with with.
lzacks@operamail.com is my email

peace.

L

Yo, I did some Djing over in Japan and that was some hot shows. I think Japan is 10 steps ahead of London.

Yo. I'm FRENCH black young guy and still search Hip Hop where it' at! I'd like to speak with people who speak a bit english and know a lot about JApanese Hip Hop stuff!!
DOn't be shy and mail me back please :-D!
Peace to tha brothers qho keep it real: communicate with rythme!

KEMO THE BLAXICAN’S
“SIMPLE PLAN” SET FOR RELEASE
ON JUNE 29TH

After 12 Years and More Than One Million Albums Sold With Latin Hip-Hop Pioneers Delinquent Habits, the Bilingual MC Steps Into the Spotlight For Solo Debut

With the Creation of His New Label Dead Silence Records, the Entrepreneurial Rapper Expands His Endeavors, Which Already
Includes a Successful Clothing Line and Nightclub

The hard-hitting beat is what grabs you first. Then you hear the smooth-yet- powerful baritone vocals attack with a distinctive tone. You recognize the voice as it commands attention with provocative lyrics over the flavorful track. The MC shifts the rhyme from English to Spanish and then back to English again, with such a seamless transition that you barely even notice the language switch. Your head was bobbing the whole way through - it didn't even matter that some of you couldn't understand the Spanish parts. Then it hits you, you're sure of it. The voice and trademark rhyme flow belong to none other than “The Blaxican” - Kemo, former member of Latin hip-hop pioneers Delinquent Habits.

As Delinquent Habits’ only Spanish-fluent MC, Kemo spent twelve years with the group, releasing four albums and taking the Delinquent sound beyond borders and around the world. In 1996 the group struck gold with their very first single "Tres Delinquentes", a song that masterfully fused a traditional mariachi sound (courtesy of Herb Alpert's "Lonely Bull") with the raw hip-hop backdrop of the streets. The sound was a breath of fresh air in a stale rap scene, and opened a new creative doorway into which many other hip hop groups would follow.

"Tres Delinquentes" blew up almost overnight, receiving airplay not only on hip-hop radio but rock and Top 40 stations as well. The track even landed Delinquent Habits an appearance on NBC's ‘Late Night with Conan O'Brien’ and tours with heavyweights like Korn and Ice T. In no time, "Tres Delinquentes" became a worldwide hit, selling over 1 million copies around the globe and pushing the group’s self-titled album to nearly the same figure. It was then that
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the masses first caught wind of Kemo's lyrical skills and flawless bilingual transitions. He stepped into the hip-hop game, introduced himself as “The Blaxican,” and never looked back.

Four Delinquent Habits albums later - after countless tours around the globe including the UK, Europe, Japan, South America, Mexico and Taiwan - Kemo has decided to leave the group and embark upon a solo career. The move will allow him to record the solo album that many DH fans have been asking of Kemo for several years. Risky but necessary, Kemo walks away having played a major role in solidifying Delinquent Habits as one of the most influential Latin hip-hop groups of all time and establishing himself as one of today’s top Latino MC's.

Kemo has always strived to keep himself on the move. In 2001, the multilingual LA rapper (of Mexican and African-American descent) recorded a song with Grammy-winning merengue queen Olga Tanon and Egyptian singer Hakim. The track fused hip-hop, merengue, and modern Middle Eastern sounds and was a mainstay on the charts from the Middle East to the Wild Wild West. In the summer of 2003, Kemo and longtime business partner Albert Hernandez launched Club Vibe, a no-dress code club that attracted MC's from throughout the Los Angeles area to snatch up the mic and rock the hip hop-fiending fans that came to bear witness.

The self-proclaimed Blaxican even loaned his voice to a recent Budweiser commercial in which he raps in Spanish to a heavy guitar-laced beat. Already in 2004, Kemo has teamed up with Sick Jacken of the Psycho Realm on a collaborative effort to appear on the Spanish hip-hop compilation “Imperial Latino” due out on Profeta Records in the coming months. The compilation will also feature a solo track of Kemo's called “No Que No.” On top of it all, Kemo still finds time to nurture new artists, cultivate his record label Dead Silence Records, and sell his own streetwear line Joint Clothing to hip hop and streetwear stores worldwide.

June 29th will mark the release of Simple Plan, Kemo's first album as a solo artist. This disc finds the Blaxican taking his talent for wordplay and ability to draw a vivid picture through rhyme and attitude to new heights. With songs that are in English, Spanish and bilingual as well, Kemo touches on several topics that have a lot more to do
with real life than the superficial images saturating hip hop today.

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"La Receta," a rapid-fire bilingual joint on which Kemo shines like never before, blends a Sonora-style horn riff with all the right lyrical ingredients for what should be a summertime anthem. The title track "Simple Plan" puts Kemo together with up and coming artist Jehuniko, rapper Most, and the vocal siren Monica Ortiz on a track filled with unique flows scripted to a theme of mischief and madness. The infectious 50's radio-sounding hook on "Simple Plan," which is sung by Monica, brings the song home, making it a crowd pleaser. "Ruido" is a bilingual onslaught over a funky Latin piano featuring another rising star, Sicko of the group Dos Rivales.

When asked about his musical goal, Kemo states, "I wanted to make a hard-hitting bilingual album for the local hip-hop community and for people worldwide. Latinos have been a cornerstone of hip-hop from day one, and I’m proud to be a part of that lineage.” Having recently performed live on the bilingual TV networks LATV and SITV's "The Drop", as well as completing interviews on top-rated LA hip-hop radio station Power 106 and the nationally syndicated program "Urban Latino,” Kemo is wasting no time making his presence felt with a simple plan toward success.

The future looks bright for an MC who hasn't yet even premiered his solo venture, but already has global tour offers, TV programs asking for live performances, and radio stations asking for visits to grace their airwaves. The buzz is growing for an MC with the heart of a lion, who repeatedly keeps his ear to the street and his work ethic to the grindstone.

www.KemoTheBlaxican.com

yo im black and im going to japan this august. im only 16 but im a hot rapper but people dont need to really understand what rap comes from to enjoy or participate in rap. i plan to rap in japan and meet some japanese rappers. as far as the malcom x goes i dont know about famous people in japan so im not mad at the kid who did not know him because rap is not all about black history its about a people history, present and about the future. im a big fan of anime and i dont really know what it means and i know japanese people wont be mad at me for that. all i have to say is rap and hip hop is for all races black, japanese,white ect.but im a up coming rapper here in the states and i will be in japan for this coming year 2004 and 2005 i want to keep on rappin while im there and learn about there culture.if some body could help me get some exposure there i will thank u much.

by the way if u got info for me here is my address. marvolous1@hotmail.com any thing about rap or hip hop write me please

We at Lo-Down Entertainment agree with Marvin in the last post. Hip-Hop was a means to unite people and express the scene around their hoods. In New York, it was more about the living condition the lower class grew up in at the time rap and hip-hop blew up. In Los Angeles, it became gangsta due to the constant clashes with law enforcement. Unfortunately, corporate America, out to make a quick buck, took it all to a new level. Now everything that's on MTV, VH1 and BET is just window dressing and that is what other countries' youths sees when they are watching these programs. We appreciate the Japanese market alot because we gain more support from them than our own folks here in the U.S. within a month period and we hope to visit Japan as well this summer to show them how much we do appreciate their support. Hip-Hop is not about money, power and bling-bling, but building relationships with people, no matter what race or culture they are from. THANKS JAPAN. Continue to support us at Tower Records: http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2967879 and we will see you up in da' club soon.

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Its Japan!!! Rap has nothing to do with living in freaking Hiroshima! Unless you remember that they had a "Bomb Dropped" on them. thats about as hip hop as Japan can get.

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I remember going to Japan a couple years ago and coming across a couple Japanese hip hop groups existing in their mainstream. I was, unfortunately, extremely dissapointed. It turned out to be nothing more than a cheap imitation of American mainstream hip hop with "bling" this and "thug" that. To make it even worse, considering the distribution of economic wealth in Japan which makes it a rather egalitarian society, it was obvious that this imitation had absolutely no basis in reality whatsoever. No socio-economic struggle. No power struggle between the races. No street violence. The credibility of American mainstream hip hop has become more and more questionable as the music industry has created a prepackaged hip hop formula, and it was rather disheartening to see that this formula had now been copied, pasted, and imposed internationally on mc's from around the world despite it complete and utter lack of revelance.

When I first understood this, I thought that there was simply no hope for Japanese hip hop. I, much like Matt, understood real hip hop as being based on social issues akin to those found in the US, issues of race, class, economics, and ethnicity. This was the only hip hop that I knew, and seeing an absence of these issues in Japan, I came to the premature conclusion that any hip hop native to Japan was doomed to be nothing more than an insincere imitation.

I realize now that I was wrong. It's ludicrous to think that hip hop must be confined to such narrow parameters. I have to agree that hip hop is ultimately a mentality, a way of life that focuses on genuine, unrepressed, uncensored, unmitigated, and unaffected expression. Here in the US that expression naturally gravitated to the social issues at hand and remained focused upon them to the point that these issues have come to be viewed by many as inherent and synonomous to hip hop culture. This is only natural seeing that these issues, in effect, gave birth to this form of expression. But hip hop has grown beyond this. To not admit to this is to believe that if something isn't street than it isn't hip hop, and, furthermore, that is is unworthy of this form of expression. The last time I checked, Mr. Lif ain't talking street, Visionaries ain't talking street, Kool Keith (or Dr Octagon or Dr Doooom or Black Elvis or whatever the fuck you want to call him) ain't talkin' street, but each one of these people had something worthwhile to say. For Mr. Lif its the plight of the middle class, for the Visionaries (for LMNO at the very least) its about spiritual struggles in context of a modern society, for Kool Keith its about being strange and unconventional and his fuckin self in spite of what anybody else thinks. It ain't street, but it's fuckin hip hop.

Real hip hop does not have to be about the struggles that have become familiar here in the States. As long as someone has something genuine and worthwhile to say, let them do it, let them make it hot, and we'll see what the contribution is worth. I guess it's not surprising that all you need to participate in a culture of expression is something to say and the balls to say it without pulling any punches. And I can assure anyone out there with any doubts, there's shit going on in Japan that merits talkin' about. Hip hop, if the real heads stay up and keep the underground far east alive, will help get the ball rolling.

were going to Japan to make that bread. We sell more CD's online in Japan than we do in the states. I'm happy they love Hip Hop. It is my job to give the people what they want.
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i have a little hiphop crew .we make music with all kinds off artist
we make lyrics in Dutch,English,German,French etc
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To keep it simple, rap is is only popular in other parts of the world cause of its image. And its disapointing. i have always loved japanese culture. but like many anime lovers theres alot i dont understand. just like when japanese people listen to rap. insted of complaning u do something about it. for example i read that in an some english courses in japan they watch american movies. so for anybody that gos to japan and takes that course introduce movies about the ghetto it might work it might not

"I was curious about whether this young man represented some growing awareness of black America among Japanese youth..."

Fuck me... If you honestly believe Hip-Hop only represents that, you are pretty much in the dark about what Hip-Hop has been for the past 30-odd years.

Hip-Hop in Japan blatantly sucks. Pure Yankee wannabees who can't even believe or rely on their own language by injecting English into their lyrics when actually they most often can't speak English at all & only do it 'cause it's 'cool'. Nothing REAL, lyrics of nothingness about what they did in Shibuya today. You ask if they have knowledge of Black Americans, yeah they do, in movies.

I could go on for hours, but it's pointless when this article started off with ignorance.

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I think that hip-hop culture may be developed only in the country where it has originated from.I mean, it can't get a deep understanding and a status of "creation" in the other countries. I will only be an imitation.
I have a small crew, however we are creating all related to d'n'b.

If people could only put as much effort into educating other cultures about the true roots of any given subject, then the less we would have to put up with the likes of the majority of the visitors to this forum who complain about how inferior other countries are because all they can do is imitate?

The basis of the integrated human learning system evolves in that way through nature. First we listen, then we imitate and only then can we develop our own input based on educated involvment.

This also applies to other cultures that catch wind of such cultural developments as hip hop. Take Japan as an example; there must be the first pioneering imitators to initially generate a kind of 'Japanised' version of what hip-hop is for it to make it in to circulation. From there through simple things like commercial hip hop music, the interest and curiosity will start to emerge through the culture - then, the natural progression will follow. From the initial stage of imitating American hip hop music, then on to those who want to know what is being said, to those who want to know for what reason it is being said because certain values don't translate (oppression for example has never been an issue in Japan) which will lead to others studying and so on and so on - until you have a fully developed group that know, where hip hop as a culture came from and why - the only thing that will then seperate them from the originators of hip hop is the colour of thier skin. And I think the world as a whole has (alomost) matured beyond judging people by that...

Furthermore -

I am currently in New Zealand and there is a deep hip hop culture here. It has emerged through similar (but definitely not the same) ways that the original hip hop scene has. Over the past 40 - 50 years NZ has had a steady flow of Pacific Island (Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Hawaii) immigrants as well as it's on native (Maori) inhabitants.

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Shnukums, what the F*** r u talkin about? Maybe u watch too much MTV Japan. U been to Shibuya? What? Sightseeing, shopping, and judging by your own blind standards. U been to an underground battle? U speak Japanese? Oh, u bought a couple Def Jam Japan artists and now u know the whole scene. U should know that the mainstream doesn't represent the whole scene. The underground is deep, and so is my crew. And about representing Black Americans,look how mainstream America represents them. Most katz here represent hip hop. Race is a non-issue.

holla,
i think hiphop as really become global,the culture,the idea and all in it.
i am from nigeria,i believe i'm the greatest fan of rap songs,my words to you all japanese B-BOYS and GAL'S is to keep it real.

Back in the day there were djs which were only getting paid chump-change, and now we have

the producer who is getting paid millions for one track, but these days you get what you pay

for. Like paying for a hit record. Let's take rap artist Stoski.. You get 50cent to write a

song, and lil jon as the producer, and you do the ultimate to confuse the bootleggers and

add Britney Spears to the album, but hide the tracks, and there you have it. A platinum

album. Even though "Stoski" One Man Gang album is not in stores yet. You can get a

copy of it at
http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=2863958. The album was being marketed and sold

in Japan, and should hit the streets sometime near December 2004.. All I can say is more

power to the labels. They are having a good time mixing the old with the new, and bring us

the best music in the world.. HIP HOP DON'T STOP

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I think the fact that people are really getting pissed off that Japanese people are listening to hip hop is the most ridiculous, asinine, thing I've ever heard in my life. To think that racism still exists in the world today is downright pathetic and defines the whole original meaning of hip hop originated by Afrika Bambatta. For people that have nothing better to do than bash Japanese people for listening to hip hop don't get it twisted- Malcolm X is Black culture, not hip hop. Hip Hop is a cultural movement based on a music genre that trancends race, sex, color, or creed. People need to just start accepting the music for what is. If a hip hop mc has talent it shouldn't matter if they are black, white, oriental, male, female, etc. Also for people that are upset that the Japanese don't understand the lyrics- face the facts. All the hip hop on MTV that they are seeing is the most non lyrical, commercialized, watered down interpretation of what hip hop really is. To translate a Nelly or JaRule CD to Japanese is a joke and a complete waste of time and money. If you are going to translate lyrics make sure its something intelligent and worthwile like the Roots.

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