Nujabes

Japan, 1995–2010

Japanese producer Jun Seba (1974-2010), who cut warm jazz samples into unhurried, melancholy loops, most widely heard on the Samurai Champloo soundtrack. His approach became the template for later lo-fi hip-hop.

MusicRoots documents 4 artists who influenced Nujabes and 0 artists Nujabes influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Nujabes?

• A Tribe Called Quest — A Tribe Called Quest's laid-back jazz-sampled hip-hop is the direct ancestor of the unhurried, warm sound Nujabes built chillhop from.
• DJ Premier — DJ Premier was among the producers Nujabes favoured - the boom-bap craft of chopping records into hard, precise loops.
• Pete Rock — Pete Rock's soul and jazz sampling is the closest precedent for Nujabes's melodic, horn-and-piano loops.
• Miles Davis — Nujabes built his tracks from vinyl jazz - Miles Davis among the sources - making modal jazz the raw material of a hip-hop sound.