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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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).

Sound President Odion Iruoje - Down To Earth

Year : 1983
Label : Odion Limited
Genre : Funk, Electronic
Style : Afrobeat, Boogie Funk, Afro Funk, Rap

An insane self-produced album by a renowned nigerian producer, Odion Iruoje, originally released on his own label Odion Ltd and featuring, among other, Akin Yuba (music direction) and Tunde Williams (horns) from the Africa '70. The man behinds some sound materials of Fela Kuti albums, recorded during the 1970-1973 period, produced a musical U.F.O., mixing Boogie (Love Care), Zulu rap (Identify With Your Root), Afro-funk (Ikebe) & Juju music, adding digital sound effects and drum machines, all creating an hypnotic music which drives us, not so far of a transe state.  Odion was an influential actor of the Nigerian Afro Funk scene active during the seventies and the eighties, working for EMI, he signed Fela and brings back into his fold, many nigerian funk band including Ofege. Titles includes also the catchy song "Anogo / Giri" & the electronic disco tune "Aro Affair (Crazy Scene)". All songs arranged, composed and produced by Odion Iruoje

La Musica E Un Messaggio

The lovely days of the electronic beats featuring main actors of Trip Hop scene including famous British Ninja Tune label. It features Mr Scruff, Blockhead, DJ Shadow, Dan The Automator, Madlib, Fat Jon & the japanese beatmakers Fantastic Plastic Machine, U.F.O. (United Future Organization) & DJ Ryow from ShinSight Trio. All tracks released between 1996-2009, 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.

Chris Joss - Sticks

Year : 2009
Label : Eighteenth Street Lounge Music
Genre : Electronic, Pop
Style : Acid Jazz, Soul Jazz, Psychedelic

Fifth album from french multi-instrumentalist & DJ, Chris Joss (organ, bass, sitar) featuring german saxophonist Praful, norwegian pianist Alexander Von Mehren (vibraphone) & Cosmika (voices). "Sticks" is an instrumental album inspired by the swinging London sixties era including Psychedelic Rock, Soul Jazz and Indian Folk influences. An oriental atmosphere hovers on the album emphasized by the regular use of sitar which take us in a psychedelic journey. Titles include pure dancing tracks (Danger Buds, Zingy Twangs feat. Cosmika), Afrobeat (Root Juice, Tea Age Sea Feat. Alexander Von Mehren), psychedelic pop grooves (Charmer, Melisma Mercury Feat. Praful, A Soft Reprise) & cinematic atmosphere with "Night Scare" feat. Cosmika . All tracks composed, performed & produced by Chris Joss.

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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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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Wax Tailor - HOPE & SORROW

Year : 2007
Label : Atmosphériques
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop
Style : Downtempo, Trip-Hop

Second album by french Trip-Hop and Hip-Hop producer featuring Sharon Jones, A.S.M., The Others, Voice, Charlotte Savary & Ursula Rucker. As on "Tales Of The Forgotten Melodies" Wax Tailor is supported by session musicians Hélène Cervero on flute, Marina Quaisse on cello and Mr Gib from La Fine Equipe on turntables. Titles include single "Positively Inclined" feat. A.S.M.,"The Way We Lived" feat. Sharon Jones, three songs performed by Charlotte Savary (The Man With No Soul, To Dry Up & Alien In My Belly) and killer tune "House Of Wax" feat. The Others.

Wax Tailor - Tales Of The Forgotten Melodies

Year : 2005
Label : Lab'oratoire/Under Cover
Genre : Electronic, Hip Hop
Style : Trip-Hop, Downtempo, Jazzy Hip-Hop

Debut album by French independant Hip-Hop producer and cinema soundtrack lover J.C. Le Saoût released on his own label "Lab'oratoire". "Tales Of The Forgotten Melodies" mixes Downtempo and Trip-Hop including jazz & cinematographic samples. It features special guests, cello player Marina Quaisse on "Hypnosis Theme" & "Behind The Disguise", the american Hip-Hop band "The Others" on "Where My Heart's At" & "Walk The Line", and songstress Charlotte Savary on "Our Dance". Voices samples on "Hypnosis Theme" were extracted from "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" and "Alice" movies directed by Woody Allen. All cuts & beats by Wax Tailor.

Madlib - Shades Of Blue

Year : 2003
Label : Blue Note
Genre : Hip-Hop, Jazz
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

The Hip-Hop producer, multi-instrumentalist & DJ, Otis Jackson Jr., revisits for Blue Note records various of its Soul Jazz and Post-Bop recordings including Donald Byrd, Ronnie Foster, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter,  Andrew Hill and Bobby Hutcherson. "Shades Of Blue" includes remixes and instrumentals performed with session musicians and special guests, rapper MED and jazz drummer Joe Chambers. Madlib performs also under various pseudonyms for each instruments than he uses, and fictional bands as Yesterdays New Quintet on "Footprints", Morgan Adams Quartet on "Stormy" & "Funky Blue Note" or Sound Direction on "Song For My Father". All cuts & beats by Madlib.

MUSICIANS : Madlib - drums, keyboards, vibraphone, bass, percussion, turntables - Jeff Jank - bass - Dan Ubick - guitar - James King - flute - Derek Holman - syntheziser, drums, percussion - Malcom Catto - percussion, drums - Joe Chambers & Lefty Houston - drums

DJ Mitsu The Beats - The Excellence II : Selected Works

Year : 2010
Label : Jazzy Sport/P-Vine

Genre : Electronic, Funk / Soul, Hip Hop
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo, Breakbeat

Another compilation of remixes by DJ Mitsu The Beats including various productions recorded for several labels among Jazzy Sport. Titles include only remixes except "Seven Bucks" by Elizabeth Shepherd (DJ Mitsu The Beats production) &  "Beats Of Luv" (exclusive track). Compiled, mixed & directed by DJ Mitsu The Beats, Taro Kessen & Masaya Kobayashi. 

TRACKLIST : Elizabeth Shepherd - Seven Bucks / Grooveman Spot feat. Count Bass D - Benzaiten Love / Steppah Huntah - I Don't Know / Frankie Valentine - Marinheiro So / The Louie Gee Ensemble - Scrabble / The Politik - Moonlight feat. Blu / Made In Japan - Babyspace / Mamas Gun - Let's Find A Way / DJ Mitsu the Beats - Beats Of Luv / TettoryBad - Ruff & Tuff feat. Randolph / Cro-Magnon - Eclipse / Sleep Walker - Brotherhood / Jazztronik - Listen To Your Love / Julien Dyne - Falling’ Down feat. Parks

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Uyama Hiroto - A Son Of The Sun

Year : 2008
Label : Hyde Out Recordings
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop, Jazz
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

Debut album from japanese saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist & producer, Uyama Hiroto, who has regularly collaborated on various Nujabes productions. Uyama Hiroto performs mostly Hip-Hop music ranked as well as in Downtempo and Nu-Jazz styles including smooth/cool jazz influences. Titles include singles "81Summer/Color Of Jade", "One Dream/Carbon Rose", "Waltz For Life Will Reborn" (previously released on "Hydeout Productions - 2nd Collection" compilation), and featurings with Nujabes on "Ribbon In The Sea", Pase Rock from Five Deez on "Fly Love Song", Golden Boy from Specifics on "Vision Eyes". All tracks produced, mixed by Nujabes & Uyama Hiroto.

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Shin-Ski - Planetarium

Year : 2009
Label : Octave
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop
Style : Downtempo, Future Jazz

Second album from the prolific japanese beatmaker, DJ & producer Shin-Ski, member of ShinSight Trio featuring Insight and DJ RYOW, in groups Martiangang with DJ Real, Designed People with Koji Taninaka and the production team "Levitatorz" alongside DJ RYOW and Mista Donut. "Planetarium" is an instrumental album to the interstellar theme including Future Jazz, Bossa Breakbeat, Downtempo with Cool and Mellow atmosphere. Titles includes tracks bearing a star name among "Fomalhaut", "Southern Cross", "Procyon", "Aldebaran", "Rigel", "Mirfak", "Spica" featuring DJ Fula, "Sirius" feat. Mattan on guitar. All beats & cuts by Shin-Ski.

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Various - Modal Soul Classics By Nujabes

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Year : 2008
Label : Hyde Out Recordings
Genre : Electronic, Hip Hop, Latin Jazz
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo, Future Jazz

"Modal Soul Classics" is a concept compilation planned by japanese beatmaker and Hip-Hop producer Nujabes, including his favorites songs recorded from 1974 to 2005 by various US, European & Japanese artists who influenced and inspired him. The compilation brings together various music genres as well as Pop (Todd Rundgren, DSK), Latin Jazz (Omar Sosa, Haki R Madhubuti), Hip-Hop (Unison, Specifics), Electro-Lounge (Goldfix), Future Jazz (Sleep Walker) and Downtempo (Heprcam) featuring also Scoot Matelic, Clammbon, LAVA, Takero Ogata and Blue Asia. Compiled & mastered by Nujabes for his own label "Hyde Out Recordings".

TRACKLIST : Scoot Matelic - To Impress The Empress (Primitive Pessimist, 2004) / Sleepwalker - Ai-No-Kawa - (same, 2004) / Goldfix - Atoll Moao (Atoll Moao 12", 2005) / Specifics - Under The Hood (Lonely City, 2004) / DSK - Winter Lane (CRUE-L, 2006) / Blue Asia - Mourn, Sob & Cry (Hotel Ibah, 2001) / Haki R Madhubuti - Children - (Medasi, 1984) / Unison - Sound Network (same EP, 2005) / Takero Ogata - Omnipresence (Quiet Will, 2003) / Todd Rundgren - A Dream Goes On Forever (Todd, 1974) / Heprcam - Dionna (Cohcox, 2004) / Clammbon - Folklore (Imagination, 2003) / LAVA - Vem Para Ficar (Aile Alegria, 2001) / Omar Sosa - Iyawo (Mulatos, 2004)

Chris Joss - You've Been Spiked

Year : 2004
Label : Eighteenth Street Lounge Music ‎
Genre : Electronic
Style : Acid Jazz, Downtempo, Future Jazz, Funk/Soul

Chris Joss is a french self-taught multi-instrumentalist and studio producer. In 1999, Chris Joss released his first album "The Man With A Suitcase", an imaginary soundtrack of fictional 60's TV series, whose the title-track was used in the movie trailer of Ocean's 13. "You've Been Spiked" recreates the typical sound of the seventies, served by Wah-Wah guitars and groovy sound from Hammond Organ & Fender Rhodes. This is translates by an Acid Jazz style including Soul Jazz (Drink Me Hot), Disco beats (A Part In That Show), Heavy Funk (Wrong Alley Street Part 3), mixed with Breakbeat (Early Morning Wanderings) & cinematic atmosphere (Riviera 69, Waves Of Love). All tracks composed, performed & produced by Chris Joss, all vocals by Cosmika.

Nujabes, Various - Hyde Out Productions (2nd Collection)

Year : 2007
Label : Hyde Out Recordings
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop, Jazz
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

The second and last volume of "Hyde Out Productions" compilation series, following the First Collection released four years ago, including jazzy hip-hop/downtempo recordings directed by Nujabes, and released for his own label "Hyde Out Recordings". The 2nd Collection compilation brings together various original compositions recorded by Nujabes, including featurings with rappers CL Smooth, Substantial, Five Deez, instrumental tracks composed by Uyama Hiroto, DSK, and some remixes by Nujabes, based on songs performed by Pase Rock, Emancipator & Shing02. All tracks produced & mixed by Nujabes for Hyde Out Recordings.

TRACKLIST : Nujabes - Voice Of Autumn / Nujabes Feat. CL Smooth - Sky Is Falling  / Uyama Hiroto - Walz For Life Will Born / Clammbon By Nujabes - Imaginary Folklore / Nujabes Feat. Substantial - Hikari / Nujabes - Counting Stars - Another Reflection / Nujabes Feat. Five Deez - Fly By Night / Pase Rock - Old Light (Voices From 93 Million Miles Away Remix) / Emancipator - With Rainy Eyes / Shing02 Feat. DJ Top Bill - Luv (Sic.) Modal Soul Remix / Uyama Hiroto - Windspeaks / DSK - Winter Lane (Nujabes Remix) / Nujabes - After Hanabi (Listen To My Beats)

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DJ RYOW a.k.a Smooth Current - Optical Axis

Year : 2009
Label : Octave
Genre : Electronic, Hip-Hop, Mixtape
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

Ryo Yoshihara is a japanese Hip-Hop DJ, trackmaker, turnabilist & producer from Nagoya, member with Shin-Ski of the producers trio "Levitatorz" & ShinSight Trio featuring Boston rapper Insight. DJ RYOW collaborated with various U.S. rappers and DJs such as DJ Green Lantern, DJ Whoo Kid, DJ Enuff or The Alchemist. "Optical Axis" is a mixtape brings together worldwide Hip-Hop and Electronic artists featuring Daily Bread (Aloe Blacc), Quantic, Drum Brothers, Jazz Liberatorz, DJ Alibi or DJ Cam. Titles include three compositions by DJ RYOW released as Smooth Current (Re: Strain Of Stairs (Unmixed Demo version), Intro & Outro) and original remix [What U Need (Smooth Current Remix)]. Compiled & mixed by DJ RYOW.

TRACKLIST : Smooth Current - Introduction - Dinner At The Thompson's - Vegas - Daily Bread - That's That - Y Society - Setting The Example - Dadamnphreaknoizphunk - Lunchcorner - Andrew J & Kaltenecker - Inch - Quantic - We Got Soul (Rob Life Remix)- Jazz Liberatorz - Music In My Mind Part 2 - The Dining Rooms - Existentialism (Milano Bossa Mix) - Thievery Corporation - Supreme Illusion (Nickodemus Remix) - Zeb - Toe To Toe (Original Version) - Drum Brothers Feat. Pfel & Atom - Live & Uncut - Smooth Current - Re: Strain Of Stairs (Unmixed Demo version) - Mo' Horizons - Green Day - DJ Alibi - One Day - DJ Cam Quartet - Rebirth Of Cool - E Reece & Core Elements - What U Need (Smooth Current Remix) - Liquid Spirits Feat. Phonte - If You Don't Love Me / Stepney - Smooth Current - Outro

Nujabes - Modal Soul

Year : 2005
Label : Hyde Out Recordings
Genre : Hip Hop, Electronic, Jazz
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Downtempo

The second solo album originally released on Lybus Music, by the japanese beatmaker and Hip-Hop producer, Nujabes featuring his musical partner, the multi-instrumentist Uyama Hiroto (keys, sax). As his predecessor "Methaporical Music" released in 2003, "Modal Soul" keeps the same combination of Hip-Hop, Jazz & Downtempo, including several instrumental tracks and various american featurings, in order of appearance, Cise Starr & Akin from CYNE (Feather), Terry Callier (Ordinary Joe), Shing02 (Luv (Sic.) Pt3), Substantial (Eclipse), Pase Rock from Five Deez (The Sign), Apani B (Thank You). Produced, composed & arranged by Nujabes.

TRACKLIST : Nujabes Feat. CYNE - Feather / Nujabes Feat. Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe / Nujabes - Reflection Eternal / Nujabes Feat. Shing 02 - Luv (Sic.) Pt3 / Nujabes - Music Is Mine / Nujabes Feat. Substantial - Eclipse / Nujabes Feat. Pase Rock - The Sign / Nujabes Feat. Apani B. - Thank You / Nujabes - World's End Rhapsody / Nujabes Feat. Uyama Hiroto - Modal Soul / Nujabes - Flowers / Sea Of Cloud / Light On The land / Horizon

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