This mixtape crystallizes 4 years of listening to Japanese hiphop to death, hanging out in shibuya music shops, getting lost in Shinjuku live houses, chillin’ in Harajuku on skateboards… As a huge fan of J-rap, and pretty sad about the international treatment of this music, I decided to shed some light on it, even in a very humble way. Of course, Japanese hiphop is too rich to be sum up in 90 minutes, but we tried to cover a broad spectrum of music, with a mixtape separated into three main parts: some street bangers, lots of crazy experimental tracks, and a bunch of laidback tunes. In this Cum On My Selector Mixtape, you’ll find the new guard of Japanese MCs (Issugi, SLACK, Zone The Darkness…), demented musicians who forgot the concept of boundaries (Dotama, PSG, Fragment…), amazing beatmakeurs who’ve no reason to envy international producers (Budamunk, Watter, XLII…), and even some forgotten treasures (Shuren The Fire, Hakuchumu). You’ll even encounter some kings of the Japanese rap game, like Tha Blue Herb or Kan.

You may not like everything there, but I definitely hope that you’ll at least find some good artists to dig in the future. Don’t be pissed off if you don’t see some of the Japanese HH legends in the tracklist (like King Giddra), because this mixtape is mainly aimed to outline the best of today’s Japanese rap.

Well… You’re searching for some good Japanese bands, but they’re hard to find because kanjis are a pain in the ass? For you, J-rap is only represented by Koda Kumi or M-flo? You only wanna listen to good tunes, but you’ve never thought about Japanese rap? You love DJ Krush’s stuff, but you’d like to hear more? Well, in any case, we hope that you’ll like this selection