History Music / Nujabes

His personal website can be found [[http://e22.com/nujabes/ here]]. A [[http://vimeo.com/26760579 documentary]] on his music is set to be released some time in the near future.

* ''Lady Brown'' (single from ''Metaphorical Music'') (September 2003)

* CallForward: The instrumental to the "Latitude" remix on ''Metaphorical Music'' would later be expanded and refined with the end result being "Mystline" on ''Samurai Champloo: Departure''.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly [=/=] GenreBusting: While his music is usually categorized as hip hop/instrumental hip hop, his style is actually pretty unique, combining the genre with jazz, ambient, chill, and even the occasional tint of electronica.

* RearrangeTheSong: "Shiki no Uta" borrows its beat from "Beat Laments the World", but it gets sort of diminished behind MINMI's vocals.

'''Nujabes''' (real name: Jun Seba, or 瀬葉淳) (1974 - 2010) was a Japanese HipHop producer/DJ and still stands to this day as one of the most highly respected, renowned, and celebrated hip hop producers of his time, as well as one of the forerunners of the instrumental hip hop genre. He is famous for his mellow and atmospheric approach to his music, highly influenced by jazz which more often than not appeared via sampling. Nujabes has tackled everything from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDpZCMTmzO4 Chicago jazz]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6z1Bm3iINQ the aesthetic sounds of nature]] and made it sound blissful. If there's any one artist who has an entire discography of {{Most Wonderful Sound}}s, it's Nujabes. Additionally, his unique view of the extents that hip-hop can go have forever changed the perspective of the genre and turned even the most bitter haters of the genre into enthusiasts.

If you're new to Nujabes, don't fret: two Nujabes fans on Youtube have made wonderful fanmade playlists that are great for starters to his discography: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r16ndBiHC-0 Lovely Vibes]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTH7XefE85A Soul Searching]]''.

* ''Spiritual State'' (December 2011)

'''Nujabes''' (real name: Jun Seba, or 瀬葉淳) (1974 - 2010) was a Japanese HipHop producer/DJ and still stands to this day as one of the most highly respected, renowned, and celebrated hip hop producers of his time. He is famous for his mellow and atmospheric approach to his music, highly influenced by jazz which more often than not appeared via sampling. Nujabes has tackled everything from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDpZCMTmzO4 Chicago jazz]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6z1Bm3iINQ the aesthetic sounds of nature]] and made it sound blissful. If there's any one artist who has an entire discography of {{Most Wonderful Sound}}s, it's Nujabes. Additionally, his unique view of the extents that hip-hop can go have forever changed the perspective of the genre and turned even the most bitter haters of the genre into enthusiasts.

'''Nujabes''' (real name: Jun Seba, or 瀬葉淳) (1974 - 2010) was a Japanese HipHop producer/DJ and still stands to this day as one of the most highly respected, renowned, and celebrated hip hop producers of his time. He is famous for his mellow and atmospheric approach to his music, highly influenced by jazz which more often than not appeared via sampling. Nujabes has tackled everything from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDpZCMTmzO4 Chicago jazz]] to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6z1Bm3iINQ the aesthetic sounds of nature]] and made it sound blissful. If there's any one artist who has an entire discography of {{Most Wonderful Sound}}s, it's Nujabes.

Being a very private person, not much is known about his personal life. Sadly, his career was abruptly cut short in February 26, 2010 when he was involved in a late-night traffic accident exiting the Shuto Expressway. About three weeks later on March 17, he was pronounced dead at a Shibuya Ward hospital after several failed revival attempts. To make matters worse, he was working on his fifth studio work, ''Spiritual State'', at the time of his passing. Understandably, those close to him didn't want to let the album fail to see the light of day, so the album was eventually finished and released posthumously at the end of 2011. At the time of Nujabes' passing, the "Luv(sic)" hexalogy with [=Shing02=] was half-finished, and it was eventually completed.

One of his main claims to fame is his extensive work on the soundtrack music of ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', creating its opening theme [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobUV9q0aDA "Battlecry"]], its ending theme [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlThHFYclgw "Shiki no Uta"]], as well as many more songs on the two official soundtracks of the show (''Departure'' and ''Impression'').

Being a very private person, not much is known about his personal life. Sadly, his career was abruptly cut short in February 26, 2010 when he was involved in a late-night traffic accident exiting the Shuto Expressway. About three weeks later on March 17, he was pronounced dead at a Shibuya Ward hospital after several failed revival attempts. To make matters worse, he was working on his fifth studio work, ''Spiritual State'', at the time of his passing. Understandably, those close to him didn't want to let the album fail to see the light of day, so the album was eventually finished and released posthumously at the end of 2011.

'''Nujabes''' (An extremely talented HipHop musician/producer, perhaps best known for ''SamuraiChamploo''[='=]s opening [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobUV9q0aDA "battlecry"]] (performed along with Shing02).

Here's a list of some of his more famous tracks:
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobUV9q0aDA "battlecry"]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAxgpHWtLC0 "luv(sic)"]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtB39-9ZwkE "FILO"]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5-2-jD-42Q "Feather"]]

Being a very private person, not much is known about his personal life. In February 26, 2010, Nujabes was involved in a late night traffic accident. He was confirmed dead by March 17, 2010 in a hospital at Shibuya, Tokyo.

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Real name: Jun Seba. An extremely talented HipHop musician/producer, perhaps best known for ''SamuraiChamploo''[='=]s opening [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobUV9q0aDA "battlecry"]] (performed along with Shing02).

Rest In Beats.

* EpicRocking: "Peaceland", "Yes", "Horizon", "Kujaku", "Spiritual State", "World Without Words", "Gone Are the Days", and "World's End Rhapsody" are all over or close to six minutes long.

* EpicRocking: "Peaceland" is over 8 minutes long.
** "Horizon"'s runtime of 7:16 fits here as well.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The "Luv(sic)" series, which was merely called "Luv(sic), Part 1", "Luv(sic), Part 2", and so on up until part 6, which concluded the series.
** A case of idiosyncratic album naming; The first and second Hydeout Productions collections.

* PosthumousCollaboration: The second half of the "Luv(sic)" series (parts 4-6) were all completed and released by Shing02 (with the blessings of Nujabes' label, Hydeout Productions) from unfinished beats found on Nujabes' computer and phone after his death.

* DeadArtistsAreBetter: Averted. He was already acclaimed as an artist long before the accident, and his death didn't really gain him more publicity.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: While his music is usually categorized as Hip Hop, his style is actually pretty unique, combining Jazz, Hip Hop, Ambient, Chill and even some Electronica.
* PosthumousCollaboration: The second half of the "Luv (sic)" series (parts 4-6) were all completed and released by Shing02 (with the blessings of Nujabes' label, Hydeout Productions) from unfinished beats found on Nujabes' computer and phone after his death.

* PosthumousCollaboration: "luv (sic)" parts 4, 5, and 6 were all completed and released by Shing02(with the blessings of Nujabes' label, hydeout productions) from unfinished beats found on Nujabes' computer and phone after his death.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: delivered by Substantial in "Think Different"

Real name: Jun Seba. An extremely talented Hiphop musician, perhaps best known for ''SamuraiChamploo''[='=]s opening [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobUV9q0aDA "battlecry"]] (performed along with Shing02).

Being a very private person, not much is known about his personal life.

In Febuary 26, 2010, Nujabes was involved in a late night traffic accident, he was confirmed dead by March 17, 2010 in a hospital at Shibuya, Tokyo.

His personal [[http://e22.com/nujabes/ website]].

A [[http://vimeo.com/26760579 documentary]] on his music is set to be released some time in the near future.

!! Associated Tropes:

* SdrawkcabName: Seba, Jun to Nujabes.

* AuthorExistenceFailure

* SampledUp: Nujabes' work in general makes heavy use of this trope, usually creating beats that are built around soul, jazz, and blues samples. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O0kuoiAm2A Counting Stars]]", one of Nujabes' best-known songs, exemplifies this. The song uses two different samples, of various versions of the same song("Affirmation" by Jose Feliciano).

Here's a list of some his famous tracks:

Being a private person, not much is known about his personal life.

* MisattributedSong: A lot of people are under the impression that Nujabes did the entire ''SamuraiChamploo'' soundtrack on his own. While he did do most of it, it would be unfair to ignore the contributions that Fat Jon, Tsutchie, and Force of Nature made.
** The compilation album ''Modal Soul Classics'' also gets hit with this a lot(none of it is by him, actually), but given that it's an album of music that [[WordOfGod inspired his sound]], mastered by him, and released on his label, the confusion is a little bit more understandable.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The video for "luv(sic)".
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming[=/=]TearJerker: After his death, fans around the world grieved over him. There is also Shing02's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKW4EA3wluI&fmt=18 tribute]].
** Five Deez, a Cincinnati, Ohio based hip-hop outfit and frequent collaborators with Nujabes re-recorded the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5vNZuoW0bo remix]] Jun did for them on "Metaphorical Music" with a new [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeZVZHuW9DE tribute]] that commemorates his life and legacy.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Battlecry" wasn't put in Number 2 in [[ThatGuyWithTheGlasses Suede's]] Top Openings for nothing.
** Pretty much his own style will probably count as this.

* MisattributedSong: A lot of people are under the impression that Nujabes did the entire ''SamuraiChamploo'' soundtrack on his own. While he did do most of it, it would be unfair to ignore the contributions that Fat Jon, Tsutchie, and Force of Nature made. **The compilation album ''Modal Soul Classics'' also gets hit with this a lot(none of it is by him, actually), but given that it's an album of music that [[WordOfGod inspired his sound]], mastered by him, and released on his label, the confusion is a little bit more understandable.

!! Tropeexamples by Nujabes