Coincidentally, they both share the same birthday, February 7, 1974. Due to a blood disease, J-Dilla passed away on February 10, 2006. Sadly, he died in a fatal car crash on February 26, 2010. Globally, Nujabes was recognized for his original sound that expanded hip-hop’s musical palette. Nujabes also scored Adult Swim’s acclaimed anime show, Samurai Champloo. With Japanese rapper Shingo2, they produced the popular series, Luv (sic) Parts 1-6. Smooth, Five Deez and other international acts. Nujabes worked with numerous American rappers like Apani B, C.L. Adding to that, with fellow collaborator Uyama Hiroto, he was incorporating live instrumentation and fusing it with Japan’s long affinity for jazz. While J-Dilla was stretching sampled bits of records and programming off-kilter drum patterns, Nujabes was doing something very similar.
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