Modal Soul
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Customer Review
Hip-hop on a different level
I first got exposed to Nujabes through his work on Samurai Champloo. I bought all four of the soundtrack CD's for the show, and for about four months they were in constant rotation in my car and at home. Nujabes' work really stood on those four CDs, enough for me to try and find some of his outside work. I came across his first album, Metaphorical Music, and thoroughly enjoyed it, so naturally I bought this CD, Modal Soul, the follow-up.Nujabes has a very unique style. His melodies are jazz-based, using the piano, saxophone, flute, guitar, bass, and various electronic sounds (He does a lot of soloing on his piano, so if you enjoy that, you're in luck!). He puts combinations of these elements on top of smooth, modern hip-hop beats. The result is an organic, lush sound that carries a lot of depth and emotion. Nujabes expands on this depth by teaming with MC's Cyne, Substantial, Shing02, Apani B, Pase Rock and singer Terry Callier, all of whom are performers who strive to...
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Nujabes, "Modal Soul"
Nujabes is the Beast from the East. I know Beast probably wouldn't be the best word to describe this producer, but it's the only thing I can think of using besides "AZN SENSATION", and how whack is that?Many people I know associate music made in Japan with the defecation widely known as J-Pop. I can't really make an accurate decision on how nice J-Pop is or not. I rarely listen to anything I can't understand in my favorite musical genre, Hip Hop, so there's no reason for me to check anything out in a genre I don't like in a language I CAN understand. Anyway, I first discovered the work of Nujabes on the cartoon "Samurai Champloo", like many Americans have. As a Hip Hop instrumental aficionado, I've listened to hundreds of producers and their products. From Pete Rock to Just Blaze to RjD2 to Prefuse 73 and so on... I'm a sucker for a sick sample. So it's safe to say that when I heard "Battlecry" (Samurai Champloo's introductory theme), I had to find out more about this...
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Brilliant
I was able to obtain a copy of this CD through a friend so I was not unfortunate (or fortunate) enough to dish out $45 to get this.However something this good deserves my appologies and recognition. Simply put, its great from beginning to end. Samples, jazzy beats, ambient, solid hip hop, poety, etc. It's all there.It rivals all the classics of the cross genre arena. Entroducing, Deadringer, Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives, Milight, Mad Blunted Jazz are all great in their own respect. Modal Soul holds its own against those great albums. It's more subtle but infinately brilliant. People who hear this always ask of the artist. It's like having a great cologne and women asking what's the fragrance. It's that good.Word of advice, Worlds End Rhapsody is genius. It's almost too good. It's whats great about music today. Pure emotion yet minimal.
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Product Description
14 Tracks CD:
1. Feather - Feat.Cise Starr & Akin (Cyne)
2. Ordinary Joe - Feat.Terry Callier
3. Reflection Eternal
4. Luv(Sic.) Pt.3 - Feat.Shing02
5. Music Is Mine
6. Eclipse
7. Sign - Feat.Pase Rock
8. Thank You - Feat.Apani
9. World's End Rhapsody
10. Modal Soul - Feat.Uyama Hiroto
11. Flowers
12. Sea Of Cloud
13. Light On The Land
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Very Good
Enjoyed the Amazon Samples, not the CD.