He can perform and make money anywhere in the world.
To be honest, I'm getting lost interests for DJ mix skills like DJ battle. I used to naturally surprised when I watched battle DJ's. It was surprising because they made incredible routines with the same vinyls what I have. DJ Jazzy Jeff, Mixmaster Mike, DJ Q-bert and D-styles...they are still my desires and craftsmen. Not just jugglers. However, after appearing DJ controller system and being easy to copy digital media, I can't distinguish whether they perform by their hand or just press a play button to listen to a track of DJ performance. I'm not sure they use "cue button" for beat juggling. DJ is a performance between the digital and the physical. That hybrid creation made amazing entertainment. On the other hand, the digital possibility grown more than physical possibility, and the digital makes specialize to generalize. Then, how human being win the digital? See the video above video. It's no necessary for electric power supply!! Drum performance is not special, but he plays brand new beat like techno music. We created techno music with programmable drum machines The machine can compose techno trucks but it can't create new beat, because creating culture at the same time if we create something. We shouldn't forget human potentiality is always physical activities in social.
DJ Jazzy Jeff's classic routine.
DJ Cheese's performance in 1986. He didn't put a DJ mixer among turntables.
On September 9 2016, Roland published they will release their revival classic analog synthesizers...TR-909 is back!!
THREE NEW ROLAND BOUTIQUE SERIES MODELS ANNOUNCED
Amazing sound!! Can't help but wait...
In addition, they announced to release the first analog turntable and the DJ controller. Don't get worry if you let go your Technics SP-1200 and replace it with TT-99 because Roland's new turntable is almost the same.
2002年に潮目が変わった。日本語のフリースタイルにもようやくフローという概念が持ち込まれより話し言葉や音源に近いラップが聴けるようになった。3連覇を成し遂げたクレバの後B-boy park 2002で優勝したのはMSC (当時MS Cru)の漢。新宿アンダーグラウンドを代表するポップスターでもあるクレバの真逆の存在が当時は珍しかったたたみかける倍速のフロウと圧倒的な言葉の存在感で優勝した。彼はUSのヒップホップのようにアンダーグラウンドの日本のヒップホップを上手く商業化しようと独自で奮闘中だ。
A turning point in Freestyle battle was in 2002. It means "Style Wars" have started. Many rappers had their own style and we could listen to freestyle rap as if they are just chatting.
KREVA left the freestyle battle field after winning his three consecutive title.The next winner of B-boy Park 2002 was MC Kan of MSC (MS Cru). This underground rapper represents slum town in Tokyo and It's opposite position of KREVA. He has been struggling to make a living or business with underground HipHop like in the US.
KREVA is also a good Track Maker. He remixed "Pass That Dutch" by Missy Elliott
Freestyle rap battle in Japan has several phases of development.
Late 90's is the earliest era. Freestyle rappers struggled to kick their punchlines at the end of four bars. A number of rhymes are not so many. It's like a joke rally rather than rap battle.They rapped on a beat but nobody "rides the beat" and change the flow according to tracks.
The first full-scale freestyle battle tournament "B-Boy Park" started in 1999. KREVA is the most successful rapper in Japan won the championship three years in a row. He beat his poor fame as "Sell-out" and got props from the street.
Eminem is famous in Japan as well as other countries. However, only rap lovers know Kendrick Lamar. We listen to just tracks, flowing, and sometimes rhyming. Understanding English, we'd hardly recognize their lyrics in a good sense of humor. It's a privilege for the people who speak the same language and living the same place.
The Native Tongues were big hopes for Japanese people as an agricultural tribe. De La Soul, ATCQ and Jungle brothers are still popular. Being only Gangsta rap like N.W.A. and Just Ice, it would not be imported until today. In addition, there are a lot of slums in Japan but they pretended long time as if it is "nowhere". Recently, there are many rappers like MSC, Shingo Nishinari, ANARCHY and KOHH represent and they rap their hood from various viewpoints.
I've started English blog without any pressure. Not for business, I just wanna enjoy to write.
This blog title is from Kant's "What Is Enlightenment" I read today. It doesn't care if my English is wrong. I'm foolish but "Sapere Aude!!"
