Bop or Not Session #14 For Radio RAPTZ

The Be Hard Bop's show #14 for Parisian webradio RAPTZ, including Hip-Hop, Reggae & Electronic music from Japan to US featuring A Tribe Called Quest, Uyama Hiroto, Lauryn Hill, Talib Kweli, Roots Manuva, DJ Tonk, Dan The Automator and many more... Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop for Radio Raptz

TRACKLiST : A Tribe Called Quest - The Infamous Date Rape - Funky DL - Falling Up - Uyama Hiroto - Imagination - Mo' Horizons - Southern Fried Funky Lovesong - Tim 'Love' Lee Feat. Chantilly Peach - Twitchin' - Lauryn Hill - Lost Ones - One Self - Unfamiliar Places - Talib Kweli - Right About Now - Force Of Nature - A Cell - The Dynamics - Music - Roots Manuva - Man Fi Cool - ShinSight Trio - I Don't Understand (Why You Ain't Moving) - DJ Tonk Feat. Mili & K-ON - Move On (Island Mix) - Nathaniel Merriweather aka Dan The Automator Feat. Jennifer Charles - To Catch A Thief

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Bop or Not Session #12 For Radio RAPTZ ~ Super Afro Soul

The Be Hard Bop's show #12 for Parisian webradio RAPTZ, including Afro to Soul expressions by Hip-Hop & Reggae Rocker featuring Eagles Lupopo 77, Noriel Vilela, Edson Frederico, John Holt, The Meditations, Alice Clark, Soul Square, War Featuring Eric Burdon, DJ Muro, Nitro Microphone Underground and many more... Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop for Radio Raptz

TRACKLiST : Eagles Lupopo 77 - Mrembo Pesa - Edson Frederico E A Transa - O Gas - Noriel Vilela - Se O Ome - Gyedu Blay Ambolley And Zantoda Mark III - Mercy Kae Dabi - Ambolley - Cut Your Coat - Junior Ross & The Spear - Judgement Time - Michigan - Eye Of Danger - The Meditations - Tricked - John Holt - Oh What A Day - Shin-Ski - Asteroid's Belt - Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine - Eleanor Rigby - Queen Of Losers - Billy Garner - Brand New Girl - Alice Clark - Never Did I Stop Loving You - Specifics - Intro - DJ Mitsu The Beats Feat. ELZHI - Get'em Up - Soul Square Feat. Blezz - Take It Back - DJ Muro Feat. JBM, KGE, Mikris, B.D. - Rock Baby Rock - Nitro Microphone Underground - Coming Soon

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Bop or Not Session #10 For Radio RAPTZ ~ Jazz Samples in Hip-Hop

The Be Hard Bop's show #10 for Parisian webradio Radio RAPTZ , a selection of the finest and most popular jazz funk samples used in Hip-Hop including Bob James by Pat D, Toshiyuki Miyama by Cut Chemist, Ronnie Foster by Madlib, Manfredo Fest & A Tribe Called Quest by Shin-Ski, Gil Scott-Heron by Mos Def & Talib Kweli, The Blackbyrds by Insight, and Deodato by The Procussions

TRACKLiST : Pat D Feat. Melodiq - Relax Your Mind - Bob James - Pure Imagination - Jurassic 5 Feat. Cut Chemist - React - Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd - Sniper's Snooze - Madlib - Mystic Bounce - Ronnie Foster - Mystic Brew - Shin-Ski Of Martiangang Feat. Dagha - Elements - A Tribe Called Quest Feat. Busta Rhymes, Charlie Brown & Dinco D -  Scenario - Gil Scott-Heron - Legend In His Own Mind - Mos Def Feat. Q-Tip - Mr. Nigga - Gil Scott-Heron - We Almost Lost Detroit - Black Star - Brown Skin Lady - The Blackbyrds - April Showers - Insight Feat. A.G. & Edo G - Strategy - Deodato - Moonlight Serenade - The Procussions - Introducing... (What's Your Name?) (My Name Is Shin-Ski Remix)

 

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Bop or Not Session #6 for Radio RAPTZ ~ Hip-Hop Tribe

The Be Hard Bop's show for Parisian webradio Radio RapTz. Session #6, "special hip-hop" mixtape includes alternative rap & jazzy hip-hop songs from U.S. to Japan by Europe, featuring RZA, Jurassic 5, Dagha, Insight, Specifics, Apani B, The Beanuts and many more...

TRACKLiST : Shin-Ski - Fomalhaut - Dagha - Devil's Work - Insight - Lots of Facts About Control - DJ Mitsu The Beats Feat. Big Pooh & Phonte Coleman - Feelin' Alright (We've Got Have It) - Soul Square Feat. DJ Atom & DJ Pfel - Live & Uncut - Specifics - Backroads Part. 2 - Jurassic Five - Monkey Bars - Apani B. Fly - Niggas - The Beatnuts Feat. Willie Stubz & Swinger - Muchachacha - L-Fudge Feat. Mike Zoot, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Skam & Talib Kweli - What If? - RZA as Bobby Digital - Don't Be Afraid - The Procussions Feat. DJ Vajra - Simple Song - Substantial - Chain Reaction ~ It's You (I Think), Go Wait (Interlude) ~  Fluid - Shing 02 - Ultra H - Insight Feat. Count Bass D - Which One Remix - Theory Hazit Feat. K-Drama - Dumb Dunces

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Chlorine Free - Le Fish

Year : 2016
Label : Dunose Production
Genre : Jazz, Broken Beat
Style : Jazz Funk, Jazzy Hip-Hop 

Chlorine Free is a french jazz funk collective based in Paris who explores electronic worlds and programming in Jazz. The music of Chlorine Free can be defined as the meeting between their various influences from A Tribe Called Quest passing by The Headhunters, mixing broken beat, experimental music, funk/soul, conscious hip-hop & electronic avant-garde. From 2011 to 2017, the band collaborated with various talented artists such as MCs Rashaan Ahmad, Mike Ladd from The Infesticons & Racecar or british saxophonist Soweto Kinch. "Le Fish" is their second album after "Star Fresh" released in 2011 and before "Free Speech" in 2017, including instrumental titles and featurings with Soweto Kinch (Natural Blend), Nya (Thankful) & Yan Cléry (One Shot).

We've Got The Jazz Vol. 6 ~ Various Verses Of Hip-Hop & Jazz

Back to basics through various "verses" of Hip-Hop & Jazz recorded during the last decade, featuring Nu-Jazz artists Soil & Pimp Sessions, United Future Organization, Grand Pianoramax, Yoko Kanno, Mo' Horizons, Gerardo Frisina, Sleep Walker, Uyama Hiroto & many more... All tracks released between 2000-2010, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

We've Got The JAZZ Vol. 5 ~ Jazz (We've Got)

The great meeting between Jazz & Hip-Hop by oldschool rappers & various artists from the independent Hip-Hop scene from US to Europe by Japan. It features Jurassic 5, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Insight, Substantial, DJ CAM Quartet, A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Philly & Perquisite, De La Soul, Glue, Blackalicious & many more. All tracks released between 1991- 2009, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

We've Got The JAZZ Vol. 4 ~ One More Time

One more time, the great meeting between Jazz, Hip-Hop & Soul, performed by Jazz Funk bands & worldwide DJs coming from US to Europe by Japan. This volume highlights funky organ, jazzy samples & groovy beats, featuring The Poets of Rhythm, Chris Joss, 6ix Toys, Soil & Pimp Sessions, The Roots, 45 A.K.A. SWING-O, The RH Factor, Soulive, Talib Kweli & more... All tracks complied & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

WEGOTSOUL ~ The Sound From A Revolutionary Era

Special edition of the "We've Got The Jazz" Hip-Hop serie, bringing together various songs & instrumentals in the pure abstract Hip-Hop style including conscious, protest lyrics, Funk, Jazz & Soul samples, coming from independent Rap scene featuring Jurassic 5, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Glue, Emanon, The Procussions, Black Star, DJ Muro & Substantial. All tracks compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Samurai Champloo Music Record by Be Hard Bop ~ The Sons Of A Battlecry

"Samurai Champloo" is one of the best japanese animated serie broadcast in the 2000s on TV screens, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (also director of famous "Cowboy Bebop" serie), produced by the Studio Manglobe for FUJI TV in 2004. In order to create the perfect soundscape, the studio recruited some of the finest japanese producers & beatmakers featuring Nujabes, the electronic duo "FORCE OF NATURE" (KZA & DJ Kent), Tsutchie (former member of Shakkazombie) and Fat Jon from the american Hip-Hop band "Five Deez" including japanese rappers Shing02 (in charge of the opening), Suiken & S-Word from Nitro Microphone Underground and Azuma Riki from Small Circle Of Friends. Four volumes have been released to date plus one compilation especially produced for US. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Beck - Odelay

Year : 1996
Label : Bong Load Records
Genre : Rock, Pop
Style : Alternative, Hip6Hop, Electronic

"Odelay" is the fifth studio album by american alternative rock artist, the multi-skilled Beck Hansen. The album operates a new musical twist by recruiting the american producers and DJs, the Dust Brothers. It results an iconic masterpiece often compared to the Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique" album released in 1989 and also produced by the Dust Brothers. The duo uses various samples from Soul to Rock including Pretty Purdie, James Brown, MC5, Lee Dorsey, Sly & The Family Stone or Rory Gallagher, contributing to create a musical patchwork. Titles includes eclectic styles as well as Soul (Hotwax), Folk Rock ("Ramshake" featuring Jazz bassist Charlie Haden), Punk Rock (Minus) and Hip-Hop [High 5 (Rock The Catskills)].

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Brand Nubian - Everything Is Everything

Year : 1994
Label : Elektra
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Conscious, Funk/Soul, Jazzy Hip-Hop

Big classic from Old School Hip-Hop by one of the most greatest american rap trio, Brand Nubian, featuring Sadat X, Lord Jamar and DJ Sincere. "Everything is Everything" is their third album including a backing band and a wide samples selection from Rock to Funk/Soul by Jazz as evidenced "Sweatin Bullits" extracted from "Abdullah & Abraham" by Chico Hamilton, "Gang Bang" from "Freddie's Dead" by Curtis Mayfield. Titles include "Word Is Bond", "Alladat" featuring Busta Rhymes, "Nubian Jam" feat. Laura Alfored, "Hold On" feat. Starr, "Step Into Da Cypher" feat. Maestro Manny, Serge & Snagglepuss. All tracks produced by Lord Jamar & Sadat X.

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Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

Year : 2000
Label : Interscope
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Conscious

Second act of the Los Angles native Hip-Hop band influenced by Old School Hip Hop including A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul or The Roots. By signing on Interscope records, Jurassic 5 reach more wide audience on the US Hip-Hop scene, after their debut album released two years earlier and before their peak with "Power In Numbers" in 2002. Titles include "World Of Entertainment (W.O.E. Is Me)" & "Quality Control" originally released on Rawkus records, "The Influence" and the ode to jazz "Swing Set" by Cut Chemist & DJ Nu-Mark. Produced & mixed by DJ Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist.

We've Got The JAZZ Vol. 3 ~ The 3rd

Still more of Instrumentals & Jazz samples performed by DJs and Hip-Hop Bands from US to Europe by Japan featuring DJ Mitsu The Beats, DJ Kentaro, Jazz Liberatorz, Fat Lip & T.Love, Dagha, Shinsight Trio, Soulution & Project Move and many more... All tracks released between 1994-2010, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

We've Got The JAZZ Vol. 2

More Instrumentals & Jazz samples by DJs and Hip-Hop bands from US to Europe by Japan featuring Kid Koala, Shinsight Trio, Time Machine, Aloe Blacc & DJ Day Are Daily Bread, Nujabes with Apani B and many more. All tracks released between 1994-2010, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

We've Got The JAZZ ~ The Great Meeting Between Jazz & Hip-Hop

The fusion of Hip-Hop with Jazz including instrumentals and Jazz samples performed by DJs & Hip-Hop bands from US to Europe by Japan featuring Shin-Ski (Of Martiangang), The Roots, Shin-Ski with Dagha, Jazz Liberatorz with Declaime, A Tribe Called Quest and many more. All tracks released between 1991-2010, compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Nujabes by Be Hard Bop ~ Jun Seba Is Nujabes

Nujabes (1974-2010), one of Jazzy Hip-Hop representatives, was a japanese beatmaker, producer & owner of independant record label Hyde Out Recordings. Best known for his collaboration to the "Samurai Champloo" soundscape in 2004 (alongside Fat Jon, FORCE OF NATURE & TSUTCHIE), he frequently worked for various worldwide artists, as Apani B, Funky DL, CL Smooth, Substantial, Cise Starr from CYNE, Terry Callier or Pase Rock from Five Deez. This compilation brings together some of his finest productions released between 1998-2011, demonstrating his various musical abilities including Jazz & Soul samples, Downtempo, Cool & Nu-Jazz. All tracks compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Nujabes - Spiritual State

Year : 2011

Label : Hyde Out Recordings

Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop, Jazz

Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

Third, last and posthume album released by Nujabes after "Metaphorical Music" in 2003 and "Modal Soul" in 2005. "Spiritual State" mixes Cool Jazz & Downtempo including instrumentals and various featurings performed with Pase Rock from Five Deez (City Light & Yes) Cise Star from CYNE (Sky Is Tumbling), Substantial (City Light & Waiting For The Clouds), DJ Segawa Tatsuya (cuts & scratches on "Fellows"), the multi-instrumentalist, Uyama Hiroto (Island, Gone Are The Day & Spiritual State) and guitarist Haruka Nakamura on "Island". Recorded, produced & mixed by Nujabes and Uyama Hiroto. 

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The Procussions - Up All Night

Year : 2004

Label : Miclife Recordings

Genre : Hip Hop, Jazz

Style : Hip Hop Jazz, Conscious

Mr. J. Medeiros (rap),  Resonant (rap) and Stro The 89th Key (keyboards, drums, rap) form the american Hip-Hop group, The Procussions. "Up All Night" was recorded in a night jam session that combines jazz fusion including Fender Rhodes & spoken words, mixed by Jason Skills (from The Sound Providers). After they were signed to Rawkus Records, they released their second album "5 Sparows For 2 Cents" including featurings such as Talib Kweli on "Miss January" (2006) and recorded "It's All Real" on "Shattered Soul On A Pastel Sky", first album of Shin-Ski (2007). An enhanced limited edition was released the same year in japan with five bonus tracks whose the unreleased Life Of Brian and the fantastic Shin-Ski's remix of "Introducing... (What's Your Name?)" feat. DJ Ryow on turntables and one video clip directed by Brandon Kraines.

Dagha - The Divorce

Year : 2008
Label : Lewis Recordings
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Abstract

Second album by former member of Boston MCs crew Electric Company including jazzy cuts & Funk/Soul breaks featuring DJ Real on turntables. Produced by Mike Lewis, owner of Lewis Recordings, "The Divorce" bears the signature of the Martiangang duo formed by japanese beatmaker Shin-Ski and DJ Real who produce six tracks including "Cliché" by Shin-Ski. Others titles consists of "Devil's Work" produced by his longtime fellow, Insight from Electric Company, "Whatever It May Be" & "What I'mma Do?" feat. the MC Cloke, "Ashy Knees Outro" produced by L In Japanese. All scratches by DJ Real.