Along with J Dilla’s birthday being yesterday (Feb 7), it was also Jun Sebas (Nujabes) birthday as well. Nujabes was a japanese hip hop producer who helped to influence artists like Uyama Hiroto and Shing02. He has worked with CYNE, Cise Starr, Five Deez, Substantial, and CL Smooth. He also was a founder of the independent label Hydeout Productions. Nujabes has a very distinct sound that incorporates many different jazz samples into his tracks. This, combined with beautiful piano keys interspersed with some sampled vocals are what makes his beat to Another Reflection so mesmerizing.
Nujabes also has multiple rappers who grace his tracks with some bars. Namely Substantial and Cise Starr, who are on the most of his tracks. This next track is off of his phenomenal Modal Soul album which you must check out! This is Feather feat. Cise Starr and Akin from Cyne.
Another one of my favorite tracks is Blessing it featuring Substantial and Pase Rock.
One last soothing beat from the great Nujabes featuring Uyama Hiroto called Spiritual State. This song is off his Spiritual State album which was actually just released last year and was his last album that he worked on.
RIP Nujabes
The Astral Plane 