nujabes spiritual state full album download mp3 Nujabes. Jun Seba (. ) (February 7, 1974-February 26, 2010) was a Japanese hip-hop music producer who recorded under the name Nujabes (new-jah- behz; which is simply his real name spelled backwards). His music is known for a strong cool jazz influence, frequently using samples from artists like Miles Davis and Yusef Lateef. He was also an owner of "tribe", a record store in Shibuya, Tokyo, and led indie record label Hyde-Out Productions. He was also an owner of "tribe", a record store in Shibuya, Tokyo, and led indie record label Hyde-Out Productions. He released two albums in Japan, Metaphorical Music in 2003 and Modal Soul in 2005. He was also a member of the production duo Urbanforest, an experimental collaboration with Nao Tokui (appearing on the Lady Brown 12"). In addition to Japanese artists like Shing02 and MINMI, he has collaborated with underground American hip-hop acts Cyne, Apani B-Fly, Five Deez, Substantial, Fat Jon and British rapper Funky DL. He has also contributed music to the soundtrack of Samurai Champloo, an anime which blends a setting in feudal Japan with modern anachronisms, especially hip-hop music. On March 17, 2010, it was announced on the Hyde-Out Productions website that Jun passed away on February 26, 2010 at the age of 36 after being involved in a serious car accident on the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway. He was promptly transported to the hospital, where attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. An English announcement was made on March 18 by friend and collaborator Shing02 on the Empire22 website: Today, I have very somber news for the international hip hop community, especially fans of the independent hip hop scene, and those who have followed my career. It has been announced that Jun Seba, aka Nujabes, Japanese hip hop producer extraordinaire, passed away late February. Official statement from the label (in Japanese) here: http://hydeout.net/hydeout/2010/03/_hydeoutproductions.html. We deeply regret the loss of a unique talent and a close friend. Through his soulful music, Nujabes has touched so many people around the world, even beyond his dreams. He was a mysterious character to most as he avoided the public limelight, rarely conducted interviews, so only a few got to know the man behind the signature production. Yet it continued to amaze me how young listeners of all backgrounds learned of his enigmatic name, and expressed support for his music. As I write now from Japan, I had been leaving him messages the past couple of weeks, trying to get in the studio together, so the news could not have come any more unexpected. Even last week, I passed by his house and called him thinking he was still home. I met Nujabes around 2000 and as an upcoming MC, I was fortunate to work on tracks such as Battlecry, F.I.L.O, Luv(sic) parts 1, 2 and 3. We had been working on the next trilogy of Luv(sic) over the past year (which we're determined to see through). The last time we talked in January, Nujabes emailed me to wish Jeff Resurreccion, a 19-year old beatboxer who had just passed way from cancer, his heartfelt condolences. While we continue to respect the privacy of his family, we will work to preserve his legacy, and pay tribute to the body of work, some unreleased, that he has left for us to enjoy. Jun Seba will be dearly missed by his family, friends, colleagues, and fans worldwide. Nujabes spiritual state full album download mp3. Artist: Nujabes Album: Spiritual State Released: 2011 Style: Trip Hop. Format: MP3 320Kbps / FLAC. Tracklist: 01 – Spiritual State (featuring Uyama Hiroto) 02 – Sky is Tumbling (featuring Cise Star) 03 – Gone Are The Days (featuring Uyama Hiroto) 04 – Spiral 05 – City Lights (featuring Pase Rock & Substantial) 06 – Color of Autumn 07 – Dawn on the Side 08 – Yes (featuring Pase Rock) 09 – Rainyway Back Home 10 – Far Fowls 11 – Fellows 12 – Waiting For The Clouds (featuring Substantial) 13 – Prayer 14 – Island (featuring Uyama Hiroto & haruka nakamura) DOWNLOAD LINKS: RAPIDGATOR: DOWNLOAD. 4 Responses. Thom Said, RIP MAN. Will be listening to this to discover. RIP Nujabes. Thank you for the tunes. You made your style your own and no one’s come close to matching your brilliance. muy buenas canciones la de nujabest nadie podra igualar esta hermosa tonada te hace sentir en paz y despeja la mente muchas gracias nujabest eres el mejor nadie te va a igualar. Nujabe’s Spiritual State. In 2005 classic, Wedding Crashers , Will Ferrell as the charming Chazz Reinhold, utters a classic line to protegé John Beckwith (played by Owen Wilson). “Grief is nature’s most powerful aphrodisiac,” he says to a wide-eyed Wilson, before shuffling out a newly widowed stunner and screaming at his mother for “ meatloaf, fuck!” While its role in the real life funeral crashing success rate is unclear, death can be a record label’s Cialis. What better way to revive a career ended too soon than by exploiting a delicate time of remembrance, packaging “intimate, never-before-heard” (correction: unfinished) demos and slapping it together with some tear-jerking album art? Sure, it can be successful (Tupac, who currently resides somewhere in Cuba, can attest to that). More often than not, it’s disappointing. And usually, the record company’s scheming album for revenue recovery is shit (one shudders at remembering the King of Pop, for the posthumous Michael , or John Lennon for Milk And Honey) . When the Japanese hip-hop producer Seba Jun more commonly known as Nujabes died in February 2009, there wasn’t the same outpouring of grief usually inspired by an artist’s premature demise. In fact, it wasn’t until a month later that the world seemed to notice the death of the mysterious DJ, when Hydeout Productions released a statement that its 36-year-old founder had been killed in a car accident. After a short Twitter outburst a month later, the world returned to steady state. There were no city-wide funeral processions. There was no media outburst or examination into cause of death. And there were certainly no quick-handed attempts to throw a shoddy posthumous album together. Nujabes, who hadn’t released a studio album since 2005, had already been working on something before he died, Hydeout announced. It would be released when it was ready. Two years later, Hydeout is ready–not to collect a hefty profit on its fallen founder–but to pay tribute to one the most influential producers from the Land of the Rising Sun. On Saturday, the label released Nujabe’s final work, tying up loose ends for a legend who seemed to already be weaving his final tale. Spiritual State is about as complete as an epilogue could be, an album hauntingly named for an artist deeply interested in the metaphysical. As much as 2005’s Modal Soul was about corporeal existence, its successor is fittingly transcendent, focusing on the being that comes after death. At only 38, it was impossible for Jun to know he was nearing his end. But, opener “Spiritual State” sounds as if something composed by a man in the winter of his life. Featuring ever-present collaborator, Uyama Hiroto, the self-titled track isn’t something readily classified as hip hop, building off sleigh bell-mimicking handclap sample that’s balanced with delicate piano. At this time of year, with Christmas trees lit up in living rooms and snow about to fall, the opener begs yuletide memories, before closing with a saxophone jam that puts Mr. Saxobeat to shame. Two flute-based instrumentals “Spiral” and “Dawn of the Side,” driven by the steady pulses of an upright base and the injection of Spanish guitar, maintain the somber atmosphere throughout the album, as Nujabes remains brooding, but with more traditional hip-hop rhythms. Whereas past Nujabes efforts, namely Modal Soul , acted as mediums for vocal contributors to shine through over beautifully crafted rhythms, Spiritual State is much more instrumental. Rap-infused tracks serve as breaks to the jazz ensemble melodies. When they do appear, however, the collaborations contain the usual suspects that have worked with Jun in the past. welcomed with open arms. The cameos of undergrounders Pase Rock, Substantial and Cise Star, are welcome interjections, adding a bit of pace and verve to Nujabes’ coolhanded approach. On “Yes,” with a beat that would seem best fit on an Ibiza beach, Pase Rock dovetails with a piano sample for the most upbeat collaboration on the album. The Five Deez emcee also appears on “City Lights” with Substantial, providing a chorus that reminisces on the death of the album’s creator. “Fade to black the soundtrack to another night/ It’s the music to the rain and the city lights/ Feel no pain, it makes the whole city bright/ Without the sparkle of hype it’s just another night,” Pase Rock raps, perhaps in a subtle reference to Jun, who died driving at night along a Tokyo expressway. In understanding the album post-Jun’s passing, song titles alone seem to have a greater meaning. “The Sky Is Tumbling,” a cacophonous mix featuring Cise Star demands speaks of touching the face of God, while “Waiting For The Clouds,” has Substantial contemplating the path to posthumous existence. “If our future is bright, then the present is overcast/ And we want it to be over fast,” he sings. Yet for an artists who said few words, it seems fitting that Spiritual State is best defined by songs with little to any. “Far Fowls” is playful, driving off Native American themes by building from a melody that’s passed from guitar to pan flute to other wind instruments. Follow-up “Fellows” feeds off the same energy, mixing in some precocious scratching that gives way to off-kilter trumpet solo. The mood’s ascent is brief, however, as the album closes out on more pensive themes. “Prayer” features more of the ever-present flute on the album, but remains subdued before abruptly cutting out. Hiroto returns on closer “Island” with Haruka Nakamura for a fitting end, a lazy, drifting track that recalls musical paradise and comes to rest with 30 seconds of silence. On an album that clocks in at just over an hour, those 30 seconds are Jun’s last words. There’s no showmanship, no glory-seeking. It’s a subtle, humble goodbye, the mark of an artist already two-years gone, bowing out gracefully. Nujabes Spiritual State. Why Spiritual State took so long to be made is something that we’ll probably never know. With only two years separating debut Metaphorical Music and sophomore album Modal Soul , Japanese hip-hop producer Jun Seba from then on seemed content with simply riding in the background; releasing some assorted mix sessions being one of the highlights. So as shocking as his death was, it’s not like he was a fountain of material that was suddenly and abruptly halted. Yet when news of a posthumous album was announced by his self-made label Hydeout Productions, the clamor for the final recordings of a near mythical hip-hop artist was mixed with both anticipation and dread: those anticipating a culmination of everything that Jun Seba had put out, and the dread of being dished out with a haphazardly slapped together piece of work that was kept under wraps by Jun for a reason. Regardless of any way you would’ve spun it, Spiritual State was destined to be a success. Had the album just been a simple continuation of the jazz-influence, horn arrangements that Nujabes’ prior material had been, it would’ve been swallowed whole and thanked profusely, regardless of the fact that this approach was the same he had doing for his entire career. No, Spiritual State is a success because of its casual departure from that very same sound, while still paying homage to the style that made Jun Seba such a beloved international music figure. Starting the album off with some of the most stripped down pieces of work in his discography, tracks “Spiritual State” and “Sky is Tumbling” are as ethereal as they are relaxed; “Spiritual State” with its lone piano and its casual clarinet solo with Uyama Hiroto, before a rolling Miles Davis-esque drum beat, flourishing piano work and an unsurprisingly stellar performance from emcee Cise Star of Cyne fame on “Sky Is Tumbling”. While rooted firmly in the smooth jazz-hop anchor, Spiritual State shows many aspects of Nujabes' music that were never touched upon prior. Showing a love for world music (“Gone Are The Days”), eastern string arrangements (“Far Fowls”), and even delving into straight electronica (“Yes”), Spiritual State tries to break its predecessors molds at nearly every angle. Now whether or not this is the genuine direction that Jun Seba wanted to go in, or a redirected hand by Hydeout associate and Nujabes’ right-hand man Uyama Hiroto (whose horn arrangements and influence is starkly recognizable on many tracks), well… it’s pretty much impossible to know for certain. But neither is it relevant. At its heart, Spiritual State flows naturally with what Nujabes has always sounded like: while outside influences are apparent, its soul is pure. But like any Nujabes album, a question is always raised about the performance, or necessity for that matter, of the emcees present on the album. In its fourteen tracks, Spiritual State boasts only four with very recognizable rappers of Jun’s past. Featuring performances by Cise Star, Substantial, and Pase Rock, anyone familiar with Nujabes back catalog will be able to acknowledge the hand that these men had put forth in their contribution to Juns’ work. And while the past performance of their lyrical abilities have been generally between acceptable to subpar, there is an odd sense of nostalgia on every track with an emcee; as if the song is given an extra boost of depth by the performance. Cise Star’s track, on both Spiritual State and in Nujabe’s past work, are stellar, and Pase Rock and Substantial both do admirable jobs at pouring their heart and soul into each track they are given to perform in. Even if their rhymes may seem corny or unnecessary to some, once again, the main emphasis on each song is given to the production of the beats, essentially placing the emcees in the backseat. Spiritual State makes the pain of Jun Seba’s death both compounded upon and accepted. Compounded by the sole fact that this will probably be the last of the truly original recordings of one very enigmatic artist, and accepted by the timelessness of his work. Spiritual State sees Nujabes come full circle, a celebration of everything that he has accomplished in his life as a producer, as a friend, and as a genuine human being. A fully realized piece of work, nearly half a decade in the making, proving that some of the best things in life truly can’t last forever; rest in peace, Jun Seba… the body is gone, but the soul is eternal. Nujabes Spiritual State. It didn't take long after Jun Seba's sudden death early last year for the remaining affiliates of Hydeout Productions to announce that there was more Nujabes material in the vaults ready to be released. Great news, we all thought; but then we were made to wait almost two years for it. The problem with the waiting is that it made you wonder why you were waiting, and soon as you did, all sorts of concerns came to mind. What if this was incomplete material? What if it simply wasn't very good? What if they were waiting for a host of guest rappers to turn up and rap over the tracks left behind? What if it was going to end up - gulp - a collaboration album packed with other people 'paying tribute' to Nujabes by pissing all over his legacy? Unfounded concerns, sure, but hip-hop lovers have been around long enough to know that the genre's moneymakers are very good, and very shameless, at milking the legacies of those who died young. Remember some classless f u cknut releasing a 2Pac album called Ready 2 Die ? Remember throwing up in your mouth a little bit when you first heard about it? A lot of us do. Happily, Spiritual State allays all fears almost instantly. The guests are, Haruka Nakamura aside, all people that have worked with Nujabes before - Pase Rock, Substantial, and Uyama Hiroto all appeared on both Modal Soul and Metaphorical Music , and the first two also had their own albums produced by Nujabes - and the sound is still exactly what it always has been, blissed-out hip-hop with strong jazz influences and the occasional touch of world music. The instant standouts are "Gone Are the Days", which ties a hip-house beat to a sample that sounds suspiciously like John Coltrane's "Naima", and "Far Fowls", which blends a sample of what sounds like a hocchiku with delicate acoustic guitar arpeggios, while the Pase Rock tracks, "City Light" and "Yes", are as solid as ever - I don't rate him that highly as an MC, but it's hard to deny that his laid-back style suits Nujabes' music perfectly. Yet for all the lovely touches throughout (the soft organ entering on "Prayer" is a particularly special one) it's disappointing to note that it's low on standouts compared to Modal Soul in particular - nothing hits quite the same heights as "Thank You" and "World's End Rhapsody". That makes it tough to react to; if Nujabes was still alive, we'd call this a placeholder album while we waited for his next big move. But of course, he's dead. There won't be any move. There won't be anything else at all. So where does that leave this album, still magnificent at points but undeniably weaker that the two before it? Here's where - it leaves Nujabes alongside the likes of Ian Curtis, Robert Johnson, Nick Drake, Yonlu, Jimi Hendrix, and Jeff Buckley; all artists that left behind bodies of works that were depressingly small, but incredible in their crystalline decidation to one idea and one mood. Spiritual State might not move forward the ideas from his first two albums at all, but in a lot of ways, it's better that it doesn't. Let's remember Nujabes the way we would have remembered him if this album hadn't been released, and treat this as a gentle, welcome augmentation to a legacy that probably didn't need it. This does add one crucial string to his bow, though; the acknowledgement that his C-grade material sounds like most people's A- grade best.