Timm – yeah, that’s a take I hear a lot. Your opinion on “genuineness” might change a bit with the quick breakdown of this episode I posted here, but yeah. There is also definitely a “purist” current to at least the Tokyo scene – Jay-Z’s D.O.A, for example, went over very well out here.

Benton – fam, at parties?? I’m honored, but slightly worried – hopefully your friends aren’t getting too upset about that. I’ll have to start making better episodes so that you don’t get embarrassed out there.

The cut you’re talking about is the second to last one, ‘Butaiura’ by Primal and them. There’s more info here, and this is the mix CD it came out on (unfortunately Japanese-only): here.

I’ve been pushing mixtapeshow like a mad man and throwing you on at parties all over Brooklyn. I have been searching around for who does the track that starts around 16:50 into the podcast with the female vocals…you gotta let me know.

keep on creating

I think i have my nephew converted over to an interest in checking out a lot of Japanese hip hop music. as far as MINT among other artists and people’s reactions; most people listen to it with me and find it more genuine than the American junk that even the greats are producing nowadays and we all think its interesting that while they do more original work, they also reuse pieces of old beats and a lot of the music has this “purist” flavor to it.

my boy said he was shocked at how much of it has a Los Angeles/Dilla (At the end of his life) feeling to it.

Peace
:)

What sort of reactions are you getting to Mint though? I’m sort of curious.

Carl – you’re welcome?

Josh – I’m right there in the intro, fam! and behind the mixes. I’m interested in how people react to this stuff, though, so no need to apologize. I’ll be tearing it up again in my first language soon enough though – stay in tune.

Tyler – see above, I hear you.

I’ll be doing a breakdown of some of this once again, so stay in tune for that as well.

That said, what happened to Dex? I don’t mind foreign hip-hop, its just the rymes really don’t mean anything to me in Japaneese.

Any chance of getting back to a more (english, sorry) format any time soon?

just a little background so you know how much i love mixtapeshow.net…

I took two years of Japanese in college, right? all i ever got from that class was a taste for Japanese hip-hop and well… laid by the Korean girls on student visa in my classes. while that did not end well and i failed the class twice, i still love the music and its not easy to get at out here in cali unless you have connections. i guess, really, you’re my connection.

much appreciation. those MINT tracks are so nice! he’s become one of my favorites in my normal rotations. i get some interesting and surprising feedback about his stuff.