Modal Soul Classics
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Modal Soul Classics is a compilation album
from Japanese hip hop
producer Nujabes
. Though the music on the this album is commonly attributed to Nujabes, none of it is composed by him; the songs on this album were only compiled and mastered by him. All of it is by other artists who have inspired Nujabes.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
from Japanese hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
producer Nujabes
Nujabes
was a Japanese hip hop producer and DJ who recorded under the name , the reverse spelling of his name in Japanese order. Nujabes was also owner of the Shibuya record stores, T Records and Guinness Records and founder of the independent label Hydeout Productions....
. Though the music on the this album is commonly attributed to Nujabes, none of it is composed by him; the songs on this album were only compiled and mastered by him. All of it is by other artists who have inspired Nujabes.
Track listing
- Scott Matelic - "To Impress The Empress"
- Sleep Walker - "AI-NO-KAWA"
- Goldlix - "atoll moao"
- Specifics - "Under the Hood"
- DSK - "Winter Lane"
- Blue Asia - "Mourn, Sob & Cry"
- Haki R. Madhubuti - "Children"
- Unison - "Sound Network"
- Takero Ogata - "Omnipresence"
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- "A Dream Goes On Forever" - Heprcam - "Dionna"
- ClammbonClammbonis a Japanese musical trio, consisting of vocalist/keyboardist Ikuko Harada, bassist Mito and drummer Itou Daisuke. The group, originally formed in 1996 when the three were students at Tokyo Music and Media Arts Shogi, made their major label debut on Warner Music Japan three years later...
- "Folklore" - Lava - "Vem Para Ficar" (from Ristorante Mixtape)
- Omar SosaOmar SosaOmar Sosa is a composer, bandleader, and jazz pianist.-Biography:Sosa began studying marimba at age eight, then switched to piano at the Escuela Nacional de Musica in Havana, where he studied jazz. Sosa moved to Quito, Ecuador, in 1993, then San Francisco, California, in 1995...
- "Iyawo"