Real name: Jun Seba. An extremely talented Hiphop musician, perhaps best known for
Samurai Champloo's opening
"battlecry"
(performed along with Shing02).
Here's a list of some his famous tracks:
Being a 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
website.
A
documentary on his music is set to be released some time in the near future.
Associated Tropes:
- Author Existence Failure
- Crowning Moment of Funny: The video for "luv(sic)".
- Crowning Moment of Heartwarming/Tear Jerker: After his death, fans around the world grieved over him. There is also Shing02's tribute.
- Five Deez, a Cincinnati, Ohio based hip-hop outfit and frequent collaborators with Nujabes re-recorded the remix Jun did for them on "Metaphorical Music" with a new tribute that commemorates his life and legacy.
- Crowning Music of Awesome: "Battlecry" wasn't put in Number 2 in Suede's Top Openings for nothing.
- Pretty much his own style will probably count as this.
- Dead Artists Are Better: Averted. He was already acclaimed as an artist long before the accident, and his death didn't really gain him more publicity.
- Epic Rocking: "Peaceland" is over 8 minutes long.
- Loads and Loads of Characters: Nujabes collaborated with numerous performers on his albums: Substantial, Pase Rock, Shing02, Cise Starr, Fat Jon and many, many others.
- Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly: 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.
- Sdrawkcab Name: Seba, Jun to Nujabes.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: delivered by Substantial in "Think Different"
Rest In Beats.
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