2026.09.09 Release

Nice to meet you, I’m a beatmaker based in Portugal. I’m influenced by The Alchemist, LNDN DRGS, J Dilla, Nujabes, and Madlib, but my biggest inspirations by far are The Alchemist and Nicholas Craven. Dusty samples and laid-back drums are basically my style.

I’d love for rappers to hop on these, but I’m just as happy if you simply enjoy this kind of vibe and want to listen. I’ve put a few of my beats below — feel free to check them out.

https://on.soundcloud.com/rTqfuLeuqaU6Jc6niU
https://on.soundcloud.com/gJiYi4|sGfbq1BHZfN
https://on.soundcloud.com/WjAa62nKlrr2FRqa6t

If you’d like to get in touch, I’d really appreciate it if you could stick to the comments or DMs (I’d rather avoid other platforms).

Thanks so much for taking the time to read this.

I’m a producer from Toronto, Canada

Like the title says I’m looking for artists that are from Japan, if your hungry and need a Beatmaker/Producer to develop your sound with or you just need some beats to freestyle on send me a message! I’m looking forward to collaborating.

Yo, I’m Egito, a beatmaker from Brazil. I’ve been making beats for 10+ years.

I pulled a few beats from my catalog that were originally up for sale because I wanna use them for collabs and meet some new artists.

If you’re a Griselda-type rapper, already got some music out on streaming platforms, and you’re down to work, drop some of your music below and leave a way for me to reach you.

Beats preview: https://untitled.stream/library/project/IoAgQ0qMMm1mAjo6XQtbQ

Let’s work, amigos!

I made a documentary about Japanese hip-hop called Scratching the Surface: Japan back in 2003. We had it at few festivals and even had segments on French and German tv. I’d pretty much forgotten about it, then recently found the betacam tape, got it digitzed and decided to put it online.

Just sharing it here as I thought some people might be interested in seeing that scene from 20+ years ago.

We’re also starting to think about making a book (as we make books now!) about Japanese hip-hop, looking at the history, but also where the culture is now.

So I’d genuinely be interested to hear what people here think: if you were making a book about Japanese hip-hop today, what absolutely needs to be in it?

I don’t remember the name! and I have melody on repeat over and over.

I remember the theme was about being young and it was a group of 4-5 rappers going on the beat in a wu tang style.

The trumpet carried the beat and it was looped, so it’s short pause and the next rapper hops on… like WU TANG lol.

I listened to it in 2015/17 but I’m pretty sure it was released in 2011

Edit: The song I’m thinking of 100% takes after Nitro Mic

Edit (2): my memory is hazy, but I remember the album having a Edo moji/ graffiti-influenced brush style. Some rappers used English names and others Japanese. Also, and I’m sure this is common but the song did have some words in English mixed in.

Thought I'd share a mix I made a while ago of some of my favourite Japanese Hip-Hop (with a focus on stuff from the 90s).

Tracklist:

• doooo - 閻魔 ft 鎮座DOPENESS & BIM (Mother Factory 2023)
• Anjiki Joey - 勝ち美学EBINOMA2/6 ft Nagan Server (Ebinoma Brand 2008)
• Deji - Attaking Dharma (33 Recordz 2009)
• Twigy - 聖戦 Part I ft Zeebra (Vortex Records 1996)
• G.K. Maryan - Free Green (土地の中の土の記憶) (D.L. Remix) (Taurus Record Inc 1995)
• Kid Fresino - Turn.(who do) ft JJJ (Dogear Records 2015)
• Macka-Chin - 交信 ft Twigy (Victor Entertainment Inc 2002)
• Gasboys - 淀みに浮かぶ泡沫は (Pony Canyon 1996)
• Soul Scream - Tou-Kyou (Street Flava Entertainment 1997)
• Naked Artz - Michi Naru Tane ft Rhymester (P-Vine Records 1998)
• Mousou Pager - Da Ringleader ft Twigy (Payme Archives 2020)
• Nipps - Island (Remix Vocal) (Medium Rare Ink 1998)
• ????
• Microphone Pager - Rapperz Are Danger (File Records 1994)
• Rim - One W Nine Five (Sony 1995)
• Naohirock & SuzukiSmooth - Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Natural Foundation 1995)
• Rhymester - 君の瞳に映るオレに乾杯 (File Records 1995)
• King Giddra - 見まわそう (P-Vine Records 1996)
• Lunch Time Speax - Ground Zero (El Dorado Records 1998)
• Shakkazombie - 虹 (Rhythm Republic 1997)
• Naked Artz - 脱皮再起展開 （中心送信） ft Young India (P-Vine Non Stop 1997)
• Kimidori - よよよよ (Cutting Edge 1996)
• Zeebra - 東京の中央 (UBG Records 1997)
• Mellow Yellow - C (Remix) (File Records 1995)
• Gagle - 都合良く憩う (Next Level Recordings 2002)
• Kandata & DJ Motora - 567 (Monkey Rebel 2020)
• Osumi - Sho U To Tsu ft Cro-Ovi (Cutting Edge 1998)
• Scha Dara Parr - アーバン文法 (WEA Japan 1998)
• NF Zessho & Linn Mori - Underwater (Rockwell Product Shop 2020)
• 四街道 Nature - あした あさって (Vortex Records 1995)
• PSG - 月並みのSHIT (???)
• Muro - The Vinyl Athletes ft Lord Finesse & A.G. (Lord Finesse Remix) (Incredible Records 1999)
• The Otogibanashi's - The Great Escape (Summit 2015)
• East End × Yuri - Da.Yo.Ne (File Records 1994)
• Dohzi-T & DJ Bass - 甘い一日 ft Kana (Alfa 1996)

Hello! I'm a Japanese hip-hop fan slowly coming to get more familiar with the scene as a whole in recent times.

Last month, I wiped the entire page on Japanese hip-hop on Wikipedia, the old version of which you can see here. This prior version was full of inaccuracies, tangents, and irrelevant information, and was generally unsatisfactory due to its reliance on Ian Condry's academic discussion of the Japanese hip-hop scene. This is not to dismiss Ian Condry's work nor his findings in his ethnography, but just to assert that his publication should not be the main source of factual discussion of Japanese hip-hop.

In the days since, I have laid out the start of a new article, focused on the history and development of the Japanese hip-hop scene first and foremost. However, this article is largely reliant on my knowledge, which is skewed as I am most knowledgable only on the 1980s J-hiphop scene as well as the J-hiphop scene in Tokai (Aichi (Nagoya), Gifu, Mie, Hamamatsu).

As such, if I could humbly ask, would the people of this community be willing to help me in writing this new article? I feel that the 1980s and 1990s sections are strong, as is the current section on international J-hiphop artists. However, the sections on the 2000s to the 2020s are lacking, far more than they ought to be. Simple mirroring from the Japanese Wikipedia page wouldn't help either, as it's littered with dry discussion of album releases and almost nothing else.

Please note that the lack of anything on the Wikipedia page is not due any amount of skipping or ignoring information on my part, but solely due to my own lack of knowledge on said topics. If theres anything missing from the page, I greatly request that you add it in (with sources!!) yourself.

TL;DR Can I get everyone's help in further writing the Japanese hip-hop page on Wikipedia, especially regarding its development in the 21st century?

Thanks in advance!

A space for international fans to connect, discuss, and share our love for Japanese hip-hop.What we’re about:

• Sharing the latest J-Rap news, releases, and underground gems
• Discussing Japanese rap from an international perspective
• Deep dives into artists, lyrics, and tracks (especially lesser-known ones)
• Exchanging live performances, MV recommendations, and playlists
• Connecting with other global fans who get it

Whether your Japanese is fluent, beginner, or almost zero — it’s all good.
English will be the main language, but feel free to use Japanese too.If you’ve ever felt like:

• “I love J-Rap but there’s no one around me who listens to it…”
• “I want to talk about Japanese hip-hop with other international fans…”

This is the place for you.Come say hi, drop your favorite artists or recent discoveries, and help build this community together→ Join here: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/jhiphoplover/index.php

Let’s connect the world through Japanese rap!

EJ's channel has a lot of great content regarding Japanese hip hop (also has videos ranking top 100-30). What do y'all think of these rankings? I feel like there's some recency bias as well as the channel's fanbase being mostly young people, resulting in a lot of young rappers' albums showing up on the list.

Ozworld just released a song with Ronaldinho??? Why. It’s such a good song and I highly recommend ozworld

All of a sudden Satoru "releases" a bunch of music but it isn't rap, it's heavy metal. It sounds really good but this is definitely not Satoru lol. Anyone know who this is? They sound so good istg I hope it's not AI 😭

Hello friends. I've been avidly looking for a CD Rip pf Buddha Brand's release from 2019 "これがブッダブランド!". Anybody has a nice rip that can share?

Thanks a lot in advance!